Psalms 77

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

For the leader. On Jeduthun. Of Asaph, a psalm. Loudly will I lift my cry to God, loudly to God, so he hears to 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 seek the Lord; in the night I lift my hands in prayer, refusing all comfort.

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

When I think of God, I moan; when I muse, my spirit is faint. (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.

When you hold my eyes awake, and I am restless and speechless,

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

I think of the days of old, call to mind distant years.

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

I commune with my heart in the night, I muse with inquiring spirit.

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

“Will the Lord cast us off forever, will he be gracious no more?

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

Has his love vanished forever? Is his faithfulness utterly gone?

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?”

Has God forgotten to be gracious, or in anger withheld his compassion?” (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.”

Then I said, “This it is that grieves me, that the hand of the Most High has changed.”

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

I will think of the deeds of the Lord, and remember your wonders of old.

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

I will muse on all you have wrought, and meditate on your deeds.

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

Then your way, O God, was majestic: what God was great as our God?

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

You were a God who did marvels, you did show your power to the world

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

by your arm you rescued your people, the children 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 you, O God. The waters saw you and shivered; to their depths they trembled.

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

Clouds poured torrents of water, thunder rolled in the sky, your arrows sped to and fro.

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

Loud was the roll of your thunder, lightnings lit up the world. Earth quaked and trembled.

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

In your way, Lord, through the sea, in your path through the mighty waters, your footsteps were all unseen.

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

You did guide your folk like a flock by the hand of Moses and Aaron.