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yes, I shout.</p><p class="line2">Oh, that God would listen to me!</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/77-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>When I was in deep trouble,</p><p class="line2">I searched for the Lord.</p><p class="line1">All night long I prayed, with hands lifted toward heaven,</p><p class="line2">but my soul was not comforted.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/77-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>I think of God, and I moan,</p><p class="line2">overwhelmed with longing for his help.</p><p class="lit">Interlude</p><p class="b"/><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/77-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>You don’t let me sleep.</p><p class="line2">I am too distressed even to pray!</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/77-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>I think of the good old days,</p><p class="line2">long since ended,</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/77-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>when my nights were filled with joyful songs.</p><p class="line2">I search my soul and ponder the difference now.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/77-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>Has the Lord rejected me forever?</p><p class="line2">Will he never again be kind to me?</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/77-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>Is his unfailing love gone forever?</p><p class="line2">Have his promises permanently failed?</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/77-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>Has God forgotten to be gracious?</p><p class="line2">Has he slammed the door on his compassion?</p><p class="lit">Interlude</p><p class="b"/><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/77-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>And I said, “This is my fate;</p><p class="line2">the Most High has turned his hand against me.”</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/77-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>But then I recall all you have done, O LORD;</p><p class="line2">I remember your wonderful deeds of long ago.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/77-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>They are constantly in my thoughts.</p><p class="line2">I cannot stop thinking about your mighty works.</p><p class="b"/><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/77-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>O God, your ways are holy.</p><p class="line2">Is there any god as mighty as you?</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/77-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>You are the God of great wonders!</p><p class="line2">You demonstrate your awesome power among the nations.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/77-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>By your strong arm, you redeemed your people,</p><p class="line2">the descendants of Jacob and Joseph.</p><p class="lit">Interlude</p><p class="b"/><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/77-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>When the Red Sea<a href="#footnotes"><span class="fn">a</span></a> saw you, O God,</p><p class="line2">its waters looked and trembled!</p><p class="line2">The sea quaked to its very depths.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/77-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>The clouds poured down rain;</p><p class="line2">the thunder rumbled in the sky.</p><p class="line2">Your arrows of lightning flashed.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/77-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>Your thunder roared from the whirlwind;</p><p class="line2">the lightning lit up the world!</p><p class="line2">The earth trembled and shook.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/77-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>Your road led through the sea,</p><p class="line2">your pathway through the mighty waters—</p><p class="line2">a pathway no one knew was there!</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/77-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>You led your people along that road like a flock of sheep,</p><p class="line2">with Moses and Aaron as their shepherds.</p><A name="footnotes"></a><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"><span class="mainfootnotes"><span class="mainfootnoteshdg">Footnotes:</span><br><span class="fn">a</span><note caller="+" style="f"><span class="fr">77:16 </span><span class="ft">Hebrew </span><span class="it">the waters.</span><br></span></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center"><em>Holy Bible</em>, New Living Translation, copyright © 1996, 2004, 2015 by Tyndale House Foundation. 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