Psalm 77:1-Psalm 78:1 - Confidence In A Time Of Crisis
1 To the overseer for Jeduthun: to Asaph a chanting. My voice to God, and I will cry with my voice to God, and he gave ear to me. 2 In the day of my straits I sought Jehovah: my hand was stretched out at night, and it will not be slack: my soul refused to be comforted. 3 I will remember God and I shall be disquieted: I shall be depressed and my spirit will languish. Silence.
4 Thou didst hold mine eyes watching: I was moved, and I will not speak. 5 I reckoned the days of old, the everlasting years. 6 I will remember my stringed instruments in the night: I shall meditate with my heart, and my spirit will search out.
7 Will Jehovah reject forever? and will he no more add to be satisfied? 8 Did his mercy fail forever? his word come to an end to generation and generation? 9 Did God forget to compassionate? or in anger did he gather his compassion? Silence.
10 And saying, This has made me sick: the years of the right hand of the Most High. 11 I will remember the works of Jah: for I will remember the ancient time of thy wonder. 12 And I meditated in all thy work, and I will think upon all thy doings.
13 O God, thy way is in the holy place: what God great as God? 14 Thou the God doing wonder: thou didst make known thy strength among the peoples. 15 Thou didst redeem with the arm thy people the sons of Jacob and Joseph. Silence.
16 The waters saw thee, O God, the waters saw thee; they will tremble, also the depths will be moved. 17 The clouds poured out waters: the clouds gave a voice: also thine arrows will go about. 18 The voice of thy thunder in the wheel: the lightnings lightened the habitable globe: the earth moved and it will shake. 19 In the sea thy way, and thy paths in many waters, and thy heels were not known. 20 Thou didst guide thy people as sheep by the hand of Moses and Aaron.
1 Instruction to Asaph. Give ear, O my people, to my law: incline your ears to the sayings of my mouth.