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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "//www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="//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 CEV</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /></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" 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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">Contemporary English Version</div><div class="chap"><h3 class="d">(A psalm by Asaph for Jeduthun, the music leader.)</h3><h3 class="s1">In Times of Trouble God Is with His People</h3><p class="q1"><span class="v19_77_1"><span class="reftext" id="Ps.77.1" class="v19_77_1">1</span>I pray to you, Lord God,</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_77_1">and I beg you to listen.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_77_2"><span class="reftext" id="Ps.77.2" class="v19_77_2">2</span>In days filled with trouble,</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_77_2">I search for you.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_77_2">And at night I tirelessly</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_77_2">lift my hands in prayer,</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_77_2">refusing comfort.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_77_3"><span class="reftext" id="Ps.77.3" class="v19_77_3">3</span>When I think of you,</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_77_3">I feel restless and weak.</span></p><p class="b"></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_77_4"><span class="reftext" id="Ps.77.4" class="v19_77_4">4</span>Because of you, Lord God,</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_77_4">I can't sleep.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_77_4">I am restless</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_77_4">and can't even talk.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_77_5"><span class="reftext" id="Ps.77.5" class="v19_77_5">5</span>I think of times gone by,</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_77_5">of those years long ago.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_77_6"><span class="reftext" id="Ps.77.6" class="v19_77_6">6</span>Each night my mind</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_77_6">is flooded with questions:<a href="#fn" id="link_Ps.77.6!f.1" class="notelink f-link"><span>+</span></a> </span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_77_7"><span class="reftext" id="Ps.77.7" class="v19_77_7">7</span>“Have you rejected me forever?</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_77_7">Won't you be kind again?</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_77_8"><span class="reftext" id="Ps.77.8" class="v19_77_8">8</span>Is this the end of your love</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_77_8">and your promises?</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_77_9"><span class="reftext" id="Ps.77.9" class="v19_77_9">9</span>Have you forgotten</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_77_9">how to have pity?</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_77_9">Do you refuse to show mercy</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_77_9">because of your anger?”</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_77_10"><span class="reftext" id="Ps.77.10" class="v19_77_10">10</span>Then I said, “God Most High,</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_77_10">what hurts me most</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_77_10">is that you no longer help us</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_77_10">with your mighty arm.”</span></p><p class="b"></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_77_11"><span class="reftext" id="Ps.77.11" class="v19_77_11">11</span>Our <span class="nd">Lord</span>, I will remember</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_77_11">the things you have done,</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_77_11">your miracles of long ago.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_77_12"><span class="reftext" id="Ps.77.12" class="v19_77_12">12</span>I will think about each one</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_77_12">of your mighty deeds.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_77_13"><span class="reftext" id="Ps.77.13" class="v19_77_13">13</span>Everything you do is right,</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_77_13">and no other god</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_77_13">compares with you.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_77_14"><span class="reftext" id="Ps.77.14" class="v19_77_14">14</span>You alone work miracles,</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_77_14">and you have let nations</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_77_14">see your mighty power.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_77_15"><span class="reftext" id="Ps.77.15" class="v19_77_15">15</span>With your own arm you rescued</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_77_15">your people, the descendants</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_77_15">of Jacob and Joseph.</span></p><p class="b"></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_77_16"><span class="reftext" id="Ps.77.16" class="v19_77_16">16</span>The ocean looked at you, God,</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_77_16">and it trembled deep down</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_77_16">with fear.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_77_17"><span class="reftext" id="Ps.77.17" class="v19_77_17">17</span>Water flowed from the clouds.</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_77_17">Thunder was heard above</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_77_17">as your arrows of lightning</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_77_17">flashed about.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_77_18"><span class="reftext" id="Ps.77.18" class="v19_77_18">18</span>Your thunder roared</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_77_18">like chariot wheels.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_77_18">The world was made bright</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_77_18">by lightning,</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_77_18">and all the earth trembled.</span></p><p class="b"></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_77_19"><span class="reftext" id="Ps.77.19" class="v19_77_19">19</span>You walked through the water</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_77_19">of the mighty sea,</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_77_19">but your footprints</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_77_19">were never seen.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_77_20"><span class="reftext" id="Ps.77.20" class="v19_77_20">20</span>You guided your people</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_77_20">like a flock of sheep,</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_77_20">and you chose Moses and Aaron</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_77_20">to be their leaders.</span></p> <a name="fn"></a><br /><br /><br /><b>Footnotes:<br /><br /><note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">77.6 </char><char style="fq" closed="false">my mind … questions: </char><char style="ft" closed="false">One ancient translation; Hebrew “I remember my music.”</char></note></div></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div align="center"><p><span style="font-size:11pt;">Contemporary English Version, Second Edition (CEV®)</span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt;">© 2006 American Bible Society. 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