📖 Psalms — Chapter 77 (KJV)
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Psalms 77:1 RI cried unto God with my voice, even unto God with my voice; and he gave ear unto me.
Psalms 77:2 In the day of my trouble I sought the Lord: my Tsore ran in the night, and ceased not: Rmy soul refused to be comforted.
Psalms 77:3 RI remembered God, and was troubled: I complained, and my spirit was overwhelmed. Selah.
Psalms 77:4 Thou Rholdest mine eyes waking: I am so troubled that I cannot speak.
Psalms 77:5 RI have considered the days of old, the years of ancient times.
Psalms 77:6 I call to remembrance Rmy song in the night: I commune with mine own heart: and my spirit made diligent search.
Psalms 77:7 Will Rthe Lord cast off for ever? and will he be favourable no more?
Psalms 77:8 RIs his mercy clean gone for ever? doth his promise fail Tfor evermore?
Psalms 77:9 Hath RGod forgotten to be gracious? hath he in anger shut up his tender mercies? Selah.
Psalms 77:10 And I said, RThis is my infirmity: but I will remember the years of the right hand of the most High.
Psalms 77:11 I will remember the works of the LORD: surely I will remember thy wonders of old.
Psalms 77:12 I will Rmeditate also of all thy work, and talk of thy doings.
Psalms 77:13 RThy way, O God, is in the sanctuary: who is so great a God as our God?
Psalms 77:14 Thou art Rthe God that doest wonders: thou hast declared thy strength among the people.
Psalms 77:15 Thou hast Rwith thine arm redeemed thy people, the sons of Jacob and Joseph. Selah.
Psalms 77:16 The waters saw thee, O God, the waters saw thee; they were afraid: the depths also were troubled.
Psalms 77:17 The clouds RTpoured out water: the skies sent out a sound: thine arrows also went abroad.
Psalms 77:18 The Rvoice of thy thunder was in the heaven: the lightnings lightened the world: the earth trembled and shook.
Psalms 77:19 Thy Rway is in the sea, and thy path in the great waters, and thy footsteps are not known.
Psalms 77:20 RThou leddest thy people like a flock by the hand of Moses and Aaron.
📚 Study This Chapter
📖 What We’re Reading
Psalms 77:1–9 — Distress and searching questions
🌱 What These Verses Teach Us
The speaker seeks God in trouble but remains overwhelmed, sleepless, and unable to find comfort. He asks whether favor, mercy, and graciousness have ended. These are the questions of lament, not the poem's settled teaching about God; the following movement turns toward remembered divine works.
Key Truth: Persistent distress can be brought honestly to God.
Check What You Remember
1. Whom did the speaker seek in trouble? (Psalms 77:2)
Find it in Psalms 77:2 (KJV).
2. What time's song does he remember? (Psalms 77:6)
Find it in Psalms 77:6 (KJV).
3. What does he ask whether God has forgotten to be? (Psalms 77:9)
Find it in Psalms 77:9 (KJV).
📖 What We’re Reading
Psalms 77:10–15 — Remembering wonders and redemption
🌱 What These Verses Teach Us
The speaker deliberately remembers the Lord's earlier works and meditates upon them. God is praised as incomparable, mighty, and redeeming. Memory does not make the questions unreal, but it supplies a wider basis for trust than the present pain alone can provide.
Key Truth: Remembered redemption can sustain hope in a troubled present.
Check What You Remember
1. What will he remember? (Psalms 77:11)
Find it in Psalms 77:11 (KJV).
2. What has God declared among the people? (Psalms 77:14)
Find it in Psalms 77:14 (KJV).
3. Which two ancestors' sons are named? (Psalms 77:15)
Find it in Psalms 77:15 (KJV).
📖 What We’re Reading
Psalms 77:16–20 — An unseen path and shepherded people
🌱 What These Verses Teach Us
Storm and sea imagery recall God's mighty passage and the deliverance of his people. His footsteps are not known, yet the people are led like a flock through Moses and Aaron. The closing picture offers confidence in guidance even when the path of divine action cannot be fully traced.
Key Truth: God can lead when his path is not fully visible.
Check What You Remember
1. Where is God's way described? (Psalms 77:19)
Find it in Psalms 77:19 (KJV).
2. What are not known? (Psalms 77:19)
Find it in Psalms 77:19 (KJV).
3. By whose hand were the people led? (Psalms 77:20)
Find it in Psalms 77:20 (KJV).
Related Scripture (KJV)
Exodus 14:21 — The crossing of the sea stands behind the psalm's remembrance of deliverance.
This related passage is selected for its connection with this chapter. It is separate from the chapter text.
Reflect and Apply
What remembered act of God's care can help you pray when you cannot trace what he is doing now?
Advanced Questions and Answers
Study this chapter’s wording, patterns, contrasts, and meaning in greater depth.
1. Why are the questions about ended mercy not a settled conclusion?
2. How does remembered song coexist with sleepless anguish?
3. What deliberate change redirects the meditation?
4. How do waters and storms portray divine power?
5. How does unseen passage coexist with real guidance?
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