1 Unto the end. For Jeduthun. A Psalm of Asaph. 2 I cried out to the Lord with my voice, to God with my voice, and he attended to me. 3 In the days of my tribulation, I sought God, with my hands opposite him in the night, and I was not deceived. My soul refused to be consoled. 4 I was mindful of God, and I was delighted, and I was distressed, and my spirit fell away. 5 My eyes anticipated the vigils. I was disturbed, and I did not speak. 6 I considered the days of antiquity, and I held the years of eternity in my mind. 7 And I meditated in the night with my heart, and I was distressed, and I examined my spirit. 8 So then, will God reject for eternity? Will he not continue to allow himself to show favor? 9 Or, will he cut off his mercy in the end, from generation to generation? 10 And would God ever forget to be merciful? Or, would he, in his wrath, restrict his mercies? 11 And I said, “Now I have begun. This change is from the right hand of the Most High.” 12 I was mindful of the works of the Lord. For I will be mindful from the beginning of your wonders, 13 and I will meditate on all your works. And I will take part in your intentions. 14 Your way, O God, is in what is holy. Which God is great like our God? 15 You are the God who performs miracles. You have made your virtue known among the peoples. 16 With your arm, you have redeemed your people, the sons of Jacob and of Joseph. 17 The waters saw you, O God, the waters saw you, and they were afraid, and the depths were stirred up. 18 Great was the sound of the waters. The clouds uttered a voice. For your arrows also pass by. 19 The voice of your thunder is like a wheel. Your flashes have illuminated the whole world. The earth has quaked and trembled. 20 Your way is through the sea, and your paths are through many waters. And your traces will not be known. 21 You have conducted your people like sheep, by the hand of Moses and Aaron.
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Cross references (21)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info. References use English (Hebrew-based) verse numbers; links open the passage in CPDV.
- 1 Psalm 3:4; Psalm 142:1–3; Psalm 50:1; Psalm 62:1; Psalm 39:1
- 2 Psalm 3:4; Psalm 142:1–3; Psalm 50:1; Psalm 62:1; Psalm 39:1
- 3 Isaiah 26:9; Psalm 50:15; Isaiah 26:16; Genesis 37:35; Hebrews 5:7
- 4 Psalm 61:2; Psalm 142:2–3; Job 7:11; Job 31:23; Lamentations 3:39
- 5 Job 7:13–15; Psalm 6:6; Job 2:13; Job 6:3; Esther 6:1
- 6 Deuteronomy 32:7; Isaiah 51:9; Psalm 143:5; Psalm 44:1; Micah 7:14–15
- 7 Psalm 42:8; Psalm 4:4; Psalm 139:23–24; Lamentations 3:40; Job 35:10
- 8 Psalm 85:1; Lamentations 3:31–32; Psalm 89:46; Romans 11:1–2; Psalm 85:5
- 9 Numbers 23:19; Romans 9:6; 2 Peter 3:9; Luke 16:25–26; Numbers 14:34
- 10 Isaiah 49:14–15; Psalm 40:11; Luke 13:25–28; 1 John 3:17; Romans 11:32
- 11 Job 42:3; Exodus 15:6; Psalm 31:22; Mark 9:24; Habakkuk 3:2–13
- 12 Psalm 143:5; 1 Chronicles 16:12; Psalm 105:5; Isaiah 5:12; Psalm 28:5
- 13 Psalm 71:24; Psalm 145:11; Deuteronomy 6:7; Psalm 105:2; Psalm 104:34
- 14 Exodus 15:11; Psalm 73:17; Isaiah 40:25; Deuteronomy 32:31; Psalm 89:6–8
- 15 Daniel 6:27; Psalm 136:4; Exodus 15:11; Isaiah 51:9; Exodus 13:14
- 16 Deuteronomy 9:29; Exodus 6:6; Isaiah 63:9; Psalm 74:2; Deuteronomy 9:26
- 17 Exodus 14:21; Habakkuk 3:15; Joshua 3:15–16; Psalm 114:3–6; Habakkuk 3:8–10
- 18 Psalm 18:14; 2 Samuel 22:15; Judges 5:4; Psalm 144:6; Psalm 68:8–9
- 19 Psalm 97:4; Revelation 11:19; Matthew 27:51; Matthew 28:2; Judges 5:4
- 20 Exodus 14:28; Habakkuk 3:15; Nehemiah 9:11; Psalm 29:10; Psalm 97:2
- 21 Exodus 13:21; Psalm 78:52; Exodus 14:19; Isaiah 63:11–12; Psalm 80:1
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What the Fathers said
Passages from the Church Fathers that expound or quote this chapter, verbatim from the public-domain Schaff edition (19th-century English translations). Verse numbers below follow the Hebrew/English numbering: 77.
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The Jews are wont to glory in this Psalm which we have sung, saying, "Known in Judæa is God, in Israel great is the name of Him:" and to revile the Gentiles to whom God is not known, and to say that to themselves alone God is known; seeing that the Prophet saith, "Known in Judæa is God." In other …
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 8 (1888)
The verse runs: "Shall God forget to be gracious? Shall He in anger shut up His tender mercies?" His anger, they say, would condemn all that are unworthy of everlasting happiness to endless punishment.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 2 (1887)
… sent me," and "the Spirit came down from the Lord and guided them." And pray do not again understand by this guidance some humble service, for the Word witnesses that it was the work of God;--"Thou leddest thy people," it is said "like a flock," and "Thou that leadest Joseph like a flock," and "He led them on safely, so …
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 2, vol. 8 (1895)
shall He shut up in His anger His tender mercies" as if the sentence of God were true of good men, false of bad men, or true of good men and wicked angels, but false of bad men.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 2 (1887)
shall He shut up in His anger His tender mercies?" and then immediately subjoins, "And I said, Now I begin: this is the change wrought by the right hand of the Most High," he manifestly explained what he meant by the words, "Shall he shut up in His anger His tender mercies?" For God's anger is this mortal life, in …
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 2 (1887)