In the Day of Trouble I Sought the Lord

1For the one directing. According to Jeduthun. Of Asaph. A Psalm.

1 My voice is to God—

indeed I cry out with my voice to God—and He has given ear to me.

2In the day of my distress I sought the Lord;

my hand in the night has been stretched out, and it does not slacken;

my soul refuses to be comforted.

3I remember God, and I groan;

I meditate, and my spirit becomes faint.

Selah

4You hold the lids of my eyes;

I am troubled, and I cannot speak.

5I consider the days of old,

the years of ages past.

6I remember, my song in the night;

with my heart I converse, and my spirit searches.

7“Will the Lord forever reject us,

and not anymore will He add to show favor?

8Has His loving devotion ceased forever?

Has His speech come to an end to generation and generation?

9Or has God forgotten to show favor?

Has He shut up in anger His compassion?”

Selah

10and I said, “I am grieved.

Has it changed—the right hand of the Most High?”†

11I will remember the deeds of YAH;

indeed, I will remember Your wonder of old.

12And I have meditated on all Your work,

and I put forth Your deeds.

13O God, in holiness is Your way;

what god is great like God?

14You are the God doing wonders;

You have made known among the peoples Your strength.

15You have redeemed with Your arm a people,

the sons of Jacob and Joseph.

Selah

16the waters saw You, O God,

the waters saw You and swirled;

even the depths trembled.

17The clouds poured forth waters,

the skies gave forth a voice,

and Your arrows flashed back and forth.

18The voice of Your thunder was in the whirlwind;

the lightnings lit up the world;

the earth trembled and shook.

19Your way was in the sea,

and Your paths in the great waters,

and Your footprints were not known.†

20You led Your people like a flock,

by the hand of Moses and Aaron.