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Psalm 77 Majority Standard Bible
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- Greek and Latin Bibles number most Psalms one lower than Hebrew and English Bibles.
1 For the choirmaster. According to Jeduthun. A Psalm of Asaph. I cried out to God; I cried aloud to God to hear me.
1 For the Chief Musician. To Jeduthun. A Psalm by Asaph. My cry goes to God! Indeed, I cry to God for help, and for him to listen to me.
2 In the day of trouble I sought the Lord; through the night my outstretched hands did not grow weary; my soul refused to be comforted.
2 In the day of my trouble I sought the Lord. My hand was stretched out in the night, and didn’t get tired. My soul refused to be comforted.
3 I remembered You, O God, and I groaned; I mused and my spirit grew faint. Selah
3 I remember God, and I groan. I complain, and my spirit is overwhelmed. Selah.
4 You have kept my eyes from closing; I am too troubled to speak.
4 You hold my eyelids open. I am so troubled that I can’t speak.
5 I considered the days of old, the years long in the past.
5 I have considered the days of old, the years of ancient times.
6 At night I remembered my song; in my heart I mused, and my spirit pondered:
6 I remember my song in the night. I consider in my own heart; my spirit diligently inquires:
7 “Will the Lord spurn us forever and never show His favor again?
7 “Will the Lord reject us forever? Will he be favorable no more?
8 Is His loving devotion gone forever? Has His promise failed for all time?
8 Has his loving kindness vanished forever? Does his promise fail for generations?
9 Has God forgotten to be gracious? Has His anger shut off His compassion?” Selah
9 Has God forgotten to be gracious? Has he, in anger, withheld his compassion?” Selah.
10 So I said, “I am grieved that the right hand of the Most High has changed.”
10 Then I thought, “I will appeal to this: the years of the right hand of the Most High.”
11 I will remember the works of the LORD; yes, I will remember Your wonders of old.
11 I will remember Yah’s deeds; for I will remember your wonders of old.
12 I will reflect on all You have done and ponder Your mighty deeds.
12 I will also meditate on all your work, and consider your doings.
13 Your way, O God, is holy. What god is so great as our God?
13 Your way, God, is in the sanctuary. What god is great like God?
14 You are the God who works wonders; You display Your strength among the peoples.
14 You are the God who does wonders. You have made your strength known among the peoples.
15 With power You redeemed Your people, the sons of Jacob and Joseph. Selah
15 You have redeemed your people with your arm, the sons of Jacob and Joseph. Selah.
16 The waters saw You, O God; the waters saw You and swirled; even the depths were shaken.
16 The waters saw you, God. The waters saw you, and they writhed. The depths also convulsed.
17 The clouds poured down water; the skies resounded with thunder; Your arrows flashed back and forth.
17 The clouds poured out water. The skies resounded with thunder. Your arrows also flashed around.
18 Your thunder resounded in the whirlwind; the lightning lit up the world; the earth trembled and quaked.
18 The voice of your thunder was in the whirlwind. The lightnings lit up the world. The earth trembled and shook.
19 Your path led through the sea, Your way through the mighty waters, but Your footprints were not to be found.
19 Your way was through the sea, your paths through the great waters. Your footsteps were not known.
20 You led Your people like a flock by the hand of Moses and Aaron.
20 You led your people like a flock, by the hand of Moses and Aaron.
Cross references (20)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 Psalm 3:4; Psalm 142:1–3; Psalm 50:1; Psalm 62:1; Psalm 39:1
- 2 Isaiah 26:9; Psalm 50:15; Isaiah 26:16; Genesis 37:35; Hebrews 5:7
- 3 Psalm 61:2; Psalm 142:2–3; Job 7:11; Job 31:23; Lamentations 3:39
- 4 Job 7:13–15; Psalm 6:6; Job 2:13; Job 6:3; Esther 6:1
- 5 Deuteronomy 32:7; Isaiah 51:9; Psalm 143:5; Psalm 44:1; Micah 7:14–15
- 6 Psalm 42:8; Psalm 4:4; Psalm 139:23–24; Lamentations 3:40; Job 35:10
- 7 Psalm 85:1; Lamentations 3:31–32; Psalm 89:46; Romans 11:1–2; Psalm 85:5
- 8 Numbers 23:19; Romans 9:6; 2 Peter 3:9; Luke 16:25–26; Numbers 14:34
- 9 Isaiah 49:14–15; Psalm 40:11; Luke 13:25–28; 1 John 3:17; Romans 11:32
- 10 Job 42:3; Exodus 15:6; Psalm 31:22; Mark 9:24; Habakkuk 3:2–13
- 11 Psalm 143:5; 1 Chronicles 16:12; Psalm 105:5; Isaiah 5:12; Psalm 28:5
- 12 Psalm 71:24; Psalm 145:11; Deuteronomy 6:7; Psalm 105:2; Psalm 104:34
- 13 Exodus 15:11; Psalm 73:17; Isaiah 40:25; Deuteronomy 32:31; Psalm 89:6–8
- 14 Daniel 6:27; Psalm 136:4; Exodus 15:11; Isaiah 51:9; Exodus 13:14
- 15 Deuteronomy 9:29; Exodus 6:6; Isaiah 63:9; Psalm 74:2; Deuteronomy 9:26
- 16 Exodus 14:21; Habakkuk 3:15; Joshua 3:15–16; Psalm 114:3–6; Habakkuk 3:8–10
- 17 Psalm 18:14; 2 Samuel 22:15; Judges 5:4; Psalm 144:6; Psalm 68:8–9
- 18 Psalm 97:4; Revelation 11:19; Matthew 27:51; Matthew 28:2; Judges 5:4
- 19 Exodus 14:28; Habakkuk 3:15; Nehemiah 9:11; Psalm 29:10; Psalm 97:2
- 20 Exodus 13:21; Psalm 78:52; Exodus 14:19; Isaiah 63:11–12; Psalm 80:1
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“Commentary” is the opening of a homily or exposition on this chapter (John Chrysostom’s homilies, Augustine’s tractates, sermons and expositions of the Psalms). “Quotes” are sentences where the edition’s own footnotes identify a quotation of a verse here, kept only when the wording matches the verse. Only works whose authorship is not in doubt are used. Psalms follow the Hebrew/English numbering (Augustine numbers them as the Septuagint does: his Psalm 50 is Psalm 51 here).
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)