< Psalms 77 >

1 TO THE OVERSEER. FOR JEDUTHUN. A PSALM OF ASAPH. My voice [is] to God, and I cry, My voice [is] to God, And He has given ear to me.
To the Chief Musician. On "Jeduthun." Asaph’s, a Melody. With my voice—unto God, will I make outcry, With my voice unto God, and he will give ear unto me;
2 I sought the Lord in a day of my distress, My hand has been spread out by night, And it does not cease, My soul has refused to be comforted.
In the day of my distress—unto My Lord, will I seek, My hand, by night, hath been outstretched and never once became slack, My soul, hath refused to be consoled;
3 I remember God, and make a noise, I meditate, and my spirit is feeble. (Selah)
I remember God and I murmur, I muse, and my spirit swooneth. (Selah)
4 You have taken hold of the watches of my eyes, I have been moved, and I do not speak.
Thou hast held, watching, mine eyes, I was driven to and fro, and could not speak;
5 I have reckoned the days of old, The years of the ages.
I reasoned, Of the days of aforetime, Of the years of by-gone ages;
6 I remember my music in the night, I meditate with my heart, and my spirit searches diligently:
I remember my song in the night, —With my own heart, I commune, And my spirit, maketh search: —
7 Does the Lord cast off for all ages? Does He add to be pleased no longer?
For ages, will My Lord reject? And, not again, grant acceptance any more?
8 Has His kindness ceased forever? The saying failed from generation to generation?
Hath his lovingkindness, come to a perpetual end? Hath his word failed to generation after generation?
9 Has God forgotten [His] favors? Has He shut up His mercies in anger? (Selah)
Hath GOD, forgotten to show favour? Or hath he shut up, in anger, his compassions? (Selah)
10 And I say: “My weakness is, The changes of the right hand of the Most High.”
Then said I—An affliction to me, it is, The changing of the right hand of the Most High.
11 I mention the doings of YAH, For I remember Your wonders of old,
I will remember the doings of Yah, Surely I will remember, out of aforetime, thy wonderful way;
12 And I have meditated on all Your working, And I talk concerning Your doings.
And will talk to myself of all thy work, And, of thy doings, will I muse: —
13 O God, Your way [is] in holiness, Who [is] a great god like God?
O God, in the sanctuary, is thy way, —Who is a great GOD like Elohim?
14 You [are] the God doing wonders. You have made Your strength known among the peoples,
Thou, art GOD, doing wonderfully, —Thou hast made known, among the peoples, thy might;
15 You have redeemed Your people with strength, The sons of Jacob and Joseph. (Selah)
Thou didst redeem, with thine arm—Thy people, Thy sons of Jacob and Joseph. (Selah)
16 The waters have seen You, O God, The waters have seen You, They are afraid—also depths are troubled.
The waters saw thee, O God, The waters saw thee, They were in birth-throes, Yea the resounding deeps were stirred;
17 Thick clouds have poured out waters, The skies have given forth a noise, Also—Your arrows go up and down.
The clouds, poured down waters, The skies uttered, a voice, Yea, thine arrows, flew hither and thither;
18 The voice of Your thunder [is] in the spheres, Lightnings have lightened the world, The earth has trembled, indeed, it shakes.
The, voice of thy thunder, was in the whirlwind, Thy lightnings illumined the world, The earth, trembled and quaked;
19 Your way [is] in the sea, And Your paths in many waters, And Your tracks have not been known.
In the sea, was thy way, And, thy path, in the mighty waters, And, thy footprints, could not be known:
20 You have led Your people as a flock, By the hand of Moses and Aaron!
Thou didst lead, like a flock, thy people, By the hand of Moses and Aaron.

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