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Scriptural Text [& Editorial]
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Commentary & Explanation
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Footnotes ~ References ~ JST
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CHAPTER 77
The righteous cry unto the Lord—They remember the wonders of old,
how he redeemed the sons of Jacob, and led Isrea like a flock.
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To the chief Musician, to Jeduthun, A Psalm of Asaph
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1 I CRIED unto God with my voice, even unto God with my voice; and he gave ear unto me.
2 In the day of my trouble I
asought the Lord: my sore ran in the night, and ceased not:
my soul refused to be bcomforted.
3 I remembered God, and was troubled: I
acomplained, and my spirit was
boverwhelmed. Selah.
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4 Thou holdest mine eyes waking: I am so troubled that I cannot speak.
5 I have considered the days of old, the years of ancient times.
6 I call to remembrance my
asong in the night: I commune with mine own heart: and my
spirit made diligent search.
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7 Will the Lord cast off for
ever?a and will he be favourable
no more?
8 Is his mercy clean gone for ever? doth his promise fail for evermore?
9 Hath God forgotten to be gracious? hath he in anger shut up his tender mercies? Selah.
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7a Will the Lord cast off for ever?
The sins of King David caused David to inquire if the Lord would cast him off
forever because of his gross sins. To this David determined that the Lord
would not cast him off forever, that eventually according to the recompense of
the law, the Lord would revisit David and grant him a salvation, removing his
soul fromthe realm of the damned.
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10 And I said, This is my infirmity: but I will remember the years of the right hand of the most High.
11 I will remember the works of the LORD: surely I will remember thy wonders of old.
12 I will ameditate also of
all thy work, and talk of thy doings.
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13 Thy way, O God, is
ain the sanctuary: who is so great a God as
our God?
14 Thou art the God that doest
awonders: thou hast declared thy strength among the
people.
15 Thou hast with thine arm redeemed
thy people, the sons of Jacob and aJoseph. Selah.
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16 The awaters saw thee, O
God, the waters saw thee; they were afraid: the depths also were troubled.
17 The clouds poured out water: the skies sent out a sound: thine arrows also went abroad.
18 The voice of thy thunder was in the
heaven: the lightnings alightened the world: the earth
trembled and shook.
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19 Thy way is in the sea, and thy path in the great waters, and thy footsteps are not known.
20 Thou aleddest thy people
like a flock by the hand of bMoses and Aaron.
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