Psalm 77

Remembering God's Wonders

The writer cries at night and can't stop. He wonders if God has forgotten him. But then he does something powerful — he starts to remember all the amazing things God has done in the past, like parting the Red Sea. This gives him hope again!

¹I cried out to God for help; I cried out to God to hear me. When I was in distress, I sought the Lord;
²at night I stretched out untiring hands, and I would not be comforted.
³I remembered you, God, and I groaned; I meditated, and my spirit grew faint.
⁴You kept my eyes from closing; I was too troubled to speak.
⁵I thought about the former days, the years of long ago;
⁶I remembered my songs in the night. My heart meditated and my spirit asked:
⁷"Will the Lord reject forever? Will He never show His favor again?
⁸Has His loving devotion vanished forever? Has His promise failed for all time?
⁹Has God forgotten to be merciful? Has He in anger withheld His compassion?" Selah
¹⁰Then I thought, "To this I will appeal: the years when the Most High stretched out His right hand.
¹¹I will remember the deeds of the LORD; yes, I will remember Your miracles of long ago.
¹²I will consider all Your works and meditate on all Your mighty deeds."
¹³Your ways, God, are holy. What god is as great as our God?
¹⁴You are the God who performs miracles; You display Your power among the peoples.
¹⁵With Your mighty arm You redeemed Your people, the descendants of Jacob and Joseph.
¹⁶The waters saw You, God, the waters saw You and writhed; the very depths were convulsed.
¹⁷The clouds poured down water, the heavens resounded with thunder; Your arrows flashed back and forth.
¹⁸Your thunder was heard in the whirlwind, Your lightning lit up the world; the earth trembled and quaked.
¹⁹Your path led through the sea, Your way through the mighty waters, though Your footprints were not seen.
²⁰You led Your people like a flock by the hand of Moses and Aaron.

Scripture from the Berean Standard Bible (BSB)