Psalms 77

1 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;

I cry out to God; I cry aloud to him, and he hears me.

2 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;

Whenever have trouble, I pray to the Lord; all during the night I lift up my hands while I pray, [but] nothing causes me to be comforted.

3 I remember God and I murmur, I muse, and my spirit swooneth. (Selah)

When I think about God, I (despair/think that he will never help me); when I meditate about him, I am discouraged.

4 Thou hast held, watching, mine eyes, I was driven to and fro, and could not speak;

[All during the night] he prevents me from sleeping; I am very worried, with the result that I do not know what to say.

5 I reasoned, Of the days of aforetime, Of the years of by-gone ages;

I think about days that have passed; I remember [what happened in] previous years.

6 I remember my song in the night, —With my own heart, I commune, And my spirit, maketh search: —

I spend the whole night thinking [about things]; I meditate, and this is what I ask myself:

7 For ages, will My Lord reject? And, not again, grant acceptance any more?

“Will the Lord always reject us? Will he never again be pleased with us?

8 Hath his lovingkindness, come to a perpetual end? Hath his word failed to generation after generation?

Has he stopped faithfully loving us? Will he not do for us what he promised to do?

9 Hath GOD, forgotten to show favour? Or hath he shut up, in anger, his compassions? (Selah)

God promised to be merciful to us; has he forgotten that? Because he is angry [with us], has he decided to not be kind to us?”

10 Then said I—An affliction to me, it is, The changing of the right hand of the Most High.

Then I said, “What causes me to be [very] sad is that [it seems that] God, who is greater than any other god, is no longer powerful.”

11 I will remember the doings of Yah, Surely I will remember, out of aforetime, thy wonderful way;

[But then], Yahweh, I recall/remember your great deeds; I remember the wonderful things that you did in the past.

12 And will talk to myself of all thy work, And, of thy doings, will I muse: —

I meditate on all that you have done, and I think about your mighty acts.

13 O God, in the sanctuary, is thy way, —Who is a great GOD like Elohim?

God, everything that you do is holy; there is certainly no god [RHQ] who is great like you are!

14 Thou, art GOD, doing wonderfully, —Thou hast made known, among the peoples, thy might;

You are God, the one who performs miracles; you showed to people of many people-groups that you are powerful.

15 Thou didst redeem, with thine arm—Thy people, Thy sons of Jacob and Joseph. (Selah)

By your power [MTY] you rescued your people [from Egypt]; you saved those who were descendants of Jacob and [his son] Joseph.

16 The waters saw thee, O God, The waters saw thee, They were in birth-throes, Yea the resounding deeps were stirred;

[It was as though] the waters [of the Red Sea] saw you and became very afraid, and even the deepest part of the water shook.

17 The clouds, poured down waters, The skies uttered, a voice, Yea, thine arrows, flew hither and thither;

Rain poured down from the clouds [PRS]; it thundered [very loudly] [PRS], and lightning flashed in all directions.

18 The, voice of thy thunder, was in the whirlwind, Thy lightnings illumined the world, The earth, trembled and quaked;

Thunder crashed in the whirlwind, and lightning (lit up/flashed across) the entire sky [HYP]; the earth shook violently [DOU].

19 In the sea, was thy way, And, thy path, in the mighty waters, And, thy footprints, could not be known:

[Then] you walked through the sea on a path that you made through the deep water, but your footprints could not be seen.

20 Thou didst lead, like a flock, thy people, By the hand of Moses and Aaron.

You led your people like [a shepherd leads his] flock [of sheep], while Moses and Aaron were the leaders [of your people].