Psalms 77:1-10

In the Day of Trouble I Seek the Lord

To the choirmaster: according to aJeduthun. A Psalm of bAsaph.

1 I ccry aloud to God,
aloud to God, and he will hear me.
2 dIn the day of my trouble I seek the Lord;
in ethe night my fhand is stretched out without wearying;
my soul grefuses to be comforted.
3When I remember God, I hmoan;
when I meditate, my spirit faints.  Selah
4 You hold my eyelids open;
I am so itroubled that I cannot speak.
5I consider jthe days of old,
the years long ago.
6I said,
Hebrew lacks  I said
“Let me remember my lsong in the night;
let me mmeditate in my heart.”
Then my spirit made a diligent search:
7“Will the Lord nspurn forever,
and never again obe favorable?
8Has his steadfast love forever ceased?
Are his ppromises at an end for all time?
9 qHas God forgotten to be gracious?
rHas he in anger shut up his compassion?”  Selah
10 Then I said, “I will appeal to this,
to the years of the sright hand of the Most High.”
Or This is my grief: that the right hand of the Most High has changed

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