Psalms 77

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

To the chief Musician, to Jeduthun, A Psalm of Asaph. I cried unto God with my voice, [even] unto God with my voice; and he gave ear unto me.

2 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.

In the day of my trouble I sought the Lord: my sore ran in the night, and ceased not: my soul refused to be comforted.

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

I remembered God, and was troubled: I complained, and my spirit was overwhelmed. (Selah)

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

Thou holdest mine eyes waking: I am so troubled that I cannot speak.

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

I have considered the days of old, the years of ancient times.

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

I call to remembrance my song in the night: I commune with mine own heart: and my spirit made diligent search.

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

Will the Lord cast off for ever? and will he be favourable no more?

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

Is his mercy clean gone for ever? doth [his] promise fail for evermore?

9 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?”

Hath God forgotten to be gracious? hath he in anger shut up his tender mercies? (Selah)

10 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.”

And I said, This [is] my infirmity: [but I will remember] the years of the right hand of the most High.

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

I will remember the works of the LORD: surely I will remember thy wonders of old.

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

I will meditate also of all thy work, and talk of thy doings.

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

Thy way, O God, [is] in the sanctuary: who [is so] great a God as [our] God?

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

Thou [art] the God that doest wonders: thou hast declared thy strength among the people.

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

Thou hast with [thine] arm redeemed thy people, the sons of Jacob and Joseph. (Selah)

16 [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.

The waters saw thee, O God, the waters saw thee; they were afraid: the depths also were troubled.

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

The clouds poured out water: the skies sent out a sound: thine arrows also went abroad.

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

The voice of thy thunder [was] in the heaven: the lightnings lightened the world: the earth trembled and shook.

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

Thy way [is] in the sea, and thy path in the great waters, and thy footsteps are not known.

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

Thou leddest thy people like a flock by the hand of Moses and Aaron.