Psalm 77 - Modern English Version

For the Music Director. To Jeduthun. A Psalm of Asaph.

¹ My voice rises to God, thus will I cry aloud; my voice rises to God, thus will He hear me.

² In the day of my trouble I sought the Lord; in the night my hand was stretched out without ceasing; my soul refused to be comforted.

³ I remembered God, and was troubled; I complained, and my spirit was overwhelmed.   Selah

⁴ You hold my eyelids open; I am so troubled that I cannot speak.

⁵ I have considered the days of old, the years long ago.

⁶ I call to remembrance my song in the night; I meditate within my heart, and my spirit ponders:

⁷ “Will the Lord reject forever? Will He be favorable no more?

⁸ Has His mercy ceased forever? Have His promises failed for all time?

⁹ Has God forgotten to be gracious? Has He in anger withheld His tender mercies?”   Selah

¹⁰ Then I said, “This is my grief; but I will remember the years of the right hand of the Most High.”

¹¹ I will remember the works of the Lord; surely I will remember Your wonders of old.

¹² I will meditate on all Your work and muse on Your mighty deeds.

¹³ Your way, O God, is holy; what god is great like our God?

¹⁴ You are the God who works wonders; You have declared Your strength among the peoples.

¹⁵ You have with Your arm redeemed Your people, the sons of Jacob and Joseph.   Selah

¹⁶ The waters saw You, O God; the waters saw You, they were afraid; the depths also trembled.

¹⁷ The clouds poured out water; the skies gave forth thunder; Your arrows flashed back and forth.

¹⁸ The sound of Your thunder was in the whirlwind; the lightnings lit up the world; the earth trembled and shook.

¹⁹ Your way was through the sea, Your path through the great waters; yet Your footsteps were unseen.

²⁰ You led Your people like a flock by the hand of Moses and Aaron.