For Jeduthun, the choir director: A psalm of Asaph.
1 I cry out to God; yes, I shout.
Oh, that God would listen to me!
1 I cry out to God; yes, I shout.
Oh, that God would listen to me!
2 When I was in deep trouble,
I searched for the Lord.
All night long I prayed, with hands lifted toward heaven,
but my soul was not comforted.
I searched for the Lord.
All night long I prayed, with hands lifted toward heaven,
but my soul was not comforted.
4 You don’t let me sleep.
I am too distressed even to pray!
I am too distressed even to pray!
5 I think of the good old days,
long since ended,
long since ended,
6 when my nights were filled with joyful songs.
I search my soul and ponder the difference now.
I search my soul and ponder the difference now.
7 Has the Lord rejected me forever?
Will he never again be kind to me?
Will he never again be kind to me?
8 Is his unfailing love gone forever?
Have his promises permanently failed?
Have his promises permanently failed?
10 And I said, “This is my fate;
the Most High has turned his hand against me.”
the Most High has turned his hand against me.”
11 But then I recall all you have done, O LORD;
I remember your wonderful deeds of long ago.
I remember your wonderful deeds of long ago.
12 They are constantly in my thoughts.
I cannot stop thinking about your mighty works.
I cannot stop thinking about your mighty works.
13 O God, your ways are holy.
Is there any god as mighty as you?
Is there any god as mighty as you?
14 You are the God of great wonders!
You demonstrate your awesome power among the nations.
You demonstrate your awesome power among the nations.
16 When the Red Seaa saw you, O God,
its waters looked and trembled!
The sea quaked to its very depths.
its waters looked and trembled!
The sea quaked to its very depths.
18 Your thunder roared from the whirlwind;
the lightning lit up the world!
The earth trembled and shook.
the lightning lit up the world!
The earth trembled and shook.
19 Your road led through the sea,
your pathway through the mighty waters —
a pathway no one knew was there!
your pathway through the mighty waters —
a pathway no one knew was there!
20 You led your people along that road like a flock of sheep,
with Moses and Aaron as their shepherds.
with Moses and Aaron as their shepherds.
Psalms, 77 psalm