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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1" /><title>Psalm 77 ESV</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../cmenus/psalms/77.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="../topmenuchap/psalms/77-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="http://biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="../">ESV</a> > Psalm 77</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../psalms/76.htm" title="Psalm 76">◄</a> Psalm 77 <a href="../psalms/78.htm" title="Psalm 78">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top">English Standard Version</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/p/esv/nas/psalms/77.shtml" style="color:#001320" title="Parallel Chapters"> Par ▾ </a></tr></table></div></a><div class="chap"><p class="heading">In the Day of Trouble I Seek the Lord</p><subheading class="psalm-title">To the choirmaster: according to Jeduthun. A Psalm of Asaph.</subheading><span class="block-indent"><p class="line-group"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/77-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">I cry aloud to God,</span><br /><span class="indent">aloud to God, and he will hear me.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/77-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">In the day of my trouble I seek the Lord;</span><br /><span class="indent">in the night my hand is stretched out without wearying;</span><br /><span class="indent">my soul refuses to be comforted.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/77-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">When I remember God, I moan;</span><br /><span class="indent">when I meditate, my spirit faints. <selah>Selah</selah></span></p> <p class="line-group"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/77-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">You hold my eyelids open;</span><br /><span class="indent">I am so troubled that I cannot speak.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/77-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">I consider the days of old,</span><br /><span class="indent">the years long ago.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/77-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">I said,<span class="footnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="Hebrew lacks I said">a</a></sup></span> “Let me remember my song in the night;</span><br /><span class="indent">let me meditate in my heart.”</span><br /><span class="indent">Then my spirit made a diligent search:</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/77-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">“Will the Lord spurn forever,</span><br /><span class="indent">and never again be favorable?</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/77-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">Has his steadfast love forever ceased?</span><br /><span class="indent">Are his promises at an end for all time?</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/77-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">Has God forgotten to be gracious?</span><br /><span class="indent">Has he in anger shut up his compassion?” <selah>Selah</selah></span></p> <p class="line-group"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/77-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">Then I said, “I will appeal to this,</span><br /><span class="indent">to the years of the right hand of the Most High.”<span class="footnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="Or This is my grief: that the right hand of the Most High has changed">b</a></sup></span></span></p> <p class="line-group"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/77-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">I will remember the deeds of the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>;</span><br /><span class="indent">yes, I will remember your wonders of old.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/77-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">I will ponder all your work,</span><br /><span class="indent">and meditate on your mighty deeds.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/77-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">Your way, O God, is holy.</span><br /><span class="indent">What god is great like our God?</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/77-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">You are the God who works wonders;</span><br /><span class="indent">you have made known your might among the peoples.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/77-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">You with your arm redeemed your people,</span><br /><span class="indent">the children of Jacob and Joseph. <selah>Selah</selah></span></p> <p class="line-group"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/77-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">When the waters saw you, O God,</span><br /><span class="indent">when the waters saw you, they were afraid;</span><br /><span class="indent">indeed, the deep trembled.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/77-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">The clouds poured out water;</span><br /><span class="indent">the skies gave forth thunder;</span><br /><span class="indent">your arrows flashed on every side.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/77-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">The crash of your thunder was in the whirlwind;</span><br /><span class="indent">your lightnings lighted up the world;</span><br /><span class="indent">the earth trembled and shook.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/77-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">Your way was through the sea,</span><br /><span class="indent">your path through the great waters;</span><br /><span class="indent">yet your footprints were unseen.<span class="footnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="Hebrew unknown">c</a></sup></span></span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/77-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">You led your people like a flock</span><br /><span class="indent">by the hand of Moses and Aaron.</span></p><A name="footnotes"></a><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"><span class="mainfootnotes"><span class="mainfootnoteshdg">Footnotes:</span><br><span class="footnotesbot">a</span> <span class="fnverse">6</span> Hebrew lacks <i class="catch-word">I said</i><br /><span class="footnotesbot">b</span> <span class="fnverse">10</span> Or <i>This is my grief: that the right hand of the Most High 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