A Psalm of Asaph, to the chief Musician, to Jeduthun. |
Psalm 77:1-20 Book#3 of Psalms [in Smaller Chunks] |
With my voice, I cried [out] to God, even to God with my voice & He [lent His] ear [& listened] to me. [On] the day of my trouble, I sought the Lord. The [discharge] from [wound] ran [during] the night. [without ceasing.] My soul refused to be comforted. |
I complained & was troubled & my spirit was overwhelmed, [then,] I remembered God. Selah. I am so troubled, that I can't speak & You [focus my] eyes [while] waking [up.] I have [given thought to] the days of old & the years of ancient times. |
I [talked within my] own heart & my spirit [thoroughly searched] & I [remembered] my song in the night. Will the Lord [no longer find favor] & will He cast [us] off forever? Does His promise fail [forever?] Is His mercy [totally] gone forever? |
[Nehemiah 9:26-27 [However] they were disobedient & rebelled against You & cast Your Law behind their backs & [killed] Your prophets, [who] testified against them, to [return] them to You & they [did large provoking things.] |
Therefore, You delivered them into the hand of their enemies, who [distressed] them. And in the time of their trouble, when they cried [out] to You, You heard them from heaven & according to Your [numerous] mercies, You gave them [deliverers,] who saved them out of the hand of their enemies.] |
Has God forgotten to be gracious? Has He shut up His tender mercies in His anger? Selah. And I said, This is my [affliction:] but I will remember the years of the right hand of the Most High. [Exodus 15:3-6 The Lord is a Man of War. The Lord is His Name. He cast Pharaoh's chariots & his [army] into the sea. |
Also, [Pharaoh's] chosen captains are drowned in the Red Sea. The depths have covered them & they sank to the bottom [like] a stone. Your right hand, O Lord, [has] become glorious in power. Your right hand, O Lord, has dashed the enemy [into] pieces.] |
I will remember the [Lord's] works, surely, I will remember Your wonders of old. [Deuteronomy 8:3-4 And He humbled you & [allowed] you to hunger & fed you with manna, which you & your [forefathers hadn't previously known; so] that He might make you know that man doesn't live by bread [alone,] but man does live by every Word that proceeds out of the mouth of the Lord. |
Your clothing didn't [grow] old upon you & neither did your foot swell these 40 years. You shall also consider in your heart, that, as a man chastises his son, so the Lord your God chastises you.] |
I will [think about] all Your work & talk of Your [deeds.] O God, Your way is in the sanctuary; Who is so great a God as our God? You are the God, [Who] does wonders. You have declared Your strength among the people. |
With Your arm, You have redeemed Your people, the sons of Jacob & Joseph. Selah. The waters saw You, O God. The waters saw You & they were afraid. Also, the depths were troubled. [Exodus 14:21-22 And Moses stretched out his hand over the sea. |
And the Lord caused the sea to go back by a strong east wind all that night & made the sea dry land & the waters were divided. And the children of Israel went into the midst of the sea upon the dry ground. And the waters were a wall unto them on their right hand & on their left.] |
The clouds poured out water & the skies sent out a [thundering] sound. And also Your arrows went abroad. The [sound] of Your thunder was in the heaven & the lightnings [enlightened] the world. The earth trembled & shook. |
[Exodus 19:16-18 And it [happened] on the 3rd day in the morning, that there were thunders & lightnings & a thick cloud upon the mount & the [sound of an exceedingly] loud trumpet; so that all the people that [were] in the camp trembled. |
And Moses brought [forward] the people out of the camp to meet with God. And they stood at the [lower] part of the mount. And Mount Sinai was [totally smoking,] because the Lord [went down] upon it in fire & [its] smoke [went up like] the smoke of a furnace & the whole mount greatly quaked.] |
Your [road] is in the sea & Your path in the [expansive] waters & Your footsteps are not known. You led Your people like a flock, by the hand of Moses & Aaron. |