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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 GNT</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">Good News Translation</div><div class="chap"><h3 class="s">Comfort in Time of Distress<a href="#fn" id="link_Ps.77.1!f.1" class="notelink f-link"><span>+</span></a> </h3><p class="q1"><span class="v19_77_1"><span class="reftext" id="Ps.77.1" class="v19_77_1">1</span>I cry aloud to God;</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_77_1">I cry aloud, and he hears me.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_77_2"><span class="reftext" id="Ps.77.2" class="v19_77_2">2</span>In times of trouble I pray to the Lord;</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_77_2">all night long I lift my hands in prayer,</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_77_2">but I cannot find 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 God, I sigh;</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_77_3">when I meditate, I feel discouraged.</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>He keeps me awake all night;</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_77_4">I am so worried that I cannot speak.</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 days gone by</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_77_5">and remember years of 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>I spend the night in deep thought;<a href="#fn" id="link_Ps.77.6!f.1" class="notelink f-link"><span>+</span></a> </span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_77_6">I meditate, and this is what I ask myself:</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_77_7"><span class="reftext" id="Ps.77.7" class="v19_77_7">7</span>“Will the Lord always reject us?</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_77_7">Will he never again be pleased with us?</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_77_8"><span class="reftext" id="Ps.77.8" class="v19_77_8">8</span>Has he stopped loving us?</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_77_8">Does his promise no longer stand?</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_77_9"><span class="reftext" id="Ps.77.9" class="v19_77_9">9</span>Has God forgotten to be merciful?</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_77_9">Has anger taken the place of his compassion?”</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, “What hurts me most is this—</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_77_10">that God is no longer powerful.”<a href="#fn" id="link_Ps.77.10!f.1" class="notelink f-link"><span>+</span></a> </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>I will remember your great deeds, <span class="nd">Lord</span>;</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_77_11">I will recall the wonders you did in the past.</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 all that you have done;</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_77_12">I will meditate on all your mighty acts.</span></p><p class="b"></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, O God, is holy.</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_77_13">No god is as great as 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 are the God who works miracles;</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_77_14">you showed your might among the nations.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_77_15"><span class="reftext" id="Ps.77.15" class="v19_77_15">15</span>By your power you saved your people,</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_77_15">the descendants of Jacob and of 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>When the waters saw you, O God, they were afraid,</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_77_16">and the depths of the sea trembled.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_77_17"><span class="reftext" id="Ps.77.17" class="v19_77_17">17</span>The clouds poured down rain;</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_77_17">thunder crashed from the sky,</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_77_17">and lightning flashed in all directions.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_77_18"><span class="reftext" id="Ps.77.18" class="v19_77_18">18</span>The crash of your thunder rolled out,</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_77_18">and flashes of lightning lit up the world;</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_77_18">the earth trembled and shook.</span></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 waves;</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_77_19">you crossed the deep sea,</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_77_19">but your footprints could not be 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 led your people like a shepherd,</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_77_20">with Moses and Aaron in charge.</span></p><a name="fn"></a><br /><br /><br /><b>Footnotes:<br /><br /><note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">HEBREW TITLE: </char><char style="ft" closed="false">A psalm by Asaph.</char></note><br /><note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">77.6: </char><char style="ft" closed="false">Some ancient translations </char><char style="fq" closed="false">deep thought; </char><char style="ft" closed="false">Hebrew </char><char style="fq" closed="false">song.</char></note><br /><note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">77.10: </char><char style="ft" closed="false">Verse 10 in Hebrew is unclear.</char></note></div></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div align="center"><p><span style="font-size:11pt;">Good News Translation® (Today’s English Version, Second Edition)</span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt;">© 1992 American Bible Society. 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