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Text -- Psalms 77:1-19 (NET)
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Psalm 77
77:1 For the music director , Jeduthun ; a psalm of Asaph . I will cry out to God and call for help! I will cry out to God and he will pay attention to me.
77:2 In my time of trouble I sought the Lord . I kept my hand raised in prayer throughout the night . I refused to be comforted .
77:3 I said, “I will remember God while I groan ; I will think about him while my strength leaves me.” (Selah )
77:4 You held my eyelids open ; I was troubled and could not speak .
77:5 I thought about the days of old , about ancient times .
77:6 I said, “During the night I will remember the song I once sang; I will think very carefully .” I tried to make sense of what was happening.
77:7 I asked, “Will the Lord reject me forever ? Will he never again show me his favor ?
77:8 Has his loyal love disappeared forever ? Has his promise failed forever ?
77:9 Has God forgotten to be merciful ? Has his anger stifled his compassion ?”
77:10 Then I said , “I am sickened by the thought that the sovereign One might become inactive .
77:11 I will remember the works of the Lord . Yes , I will remember the amazing things you did long ago !
77:12 I will think about all you have done ; I will reflect upon your deeds !”
77:13 O God , your deeds are extraordinary ! What god can compare to our great God ?
77:14 You are the God who does amazing things; you have revealed your strength among the nations .
77:15 You delivered your people by your strength – the children of Jacob and Joseph . (Selah )
77:16 The waters saw you, O God , the waters saw you and trembled . Yes , the depths of the sea shook with fear .
77:17 The clouds poured down rain ; the skies thundered . Yes , your arrows flashed about.
77:18 Your thunderous voice was heard in the wind ; the lightning bolts lit up the world ; the earth trembled and shook .
77:19 You walked through the sea ; you passed through the surging waters , but left no footprints .
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Names, People and Places, Dictionary Themes and Topics
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Names, People and Places:
Dictionary Themes and Topics:
Asaph |
Jeduthun |
Psalms |
Praise |
Manaen |
Afflictions and Adversities |
PSALMS, BOOK OF |
Seekers |
Readings, Select |
Exodus |
God |
Doubting |
Despondency |
Thunder |
Faith |
Meditation |
Prayer |
Arm |
Diligence |
Deep, The |
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NET Notes -> Psa 77:1; Psa 77:1; Psa 77:1; Psa 77:2; Psa 77:2; Psa 77:2; Psa 77:3; Psa 77:4; Psa 77:4; Psa 77:5; Psa 77:6; Psa 77:7; Psa 77:8; Psa 77:10; Psa 77:10; Psa 77:11; Psa 77:11; Psa 77:13; Psa 77:13; Psa 77:13; Psa 77:15; Psa 77:15; Psa 77:16; Psa 77:16; Psa 77:16; Psa 77:16; Psa 77:17; Psa 77:17; Psa 77:17; Psa 77:18; Psa 77:18; Psa 77:19; Psa 77:19; Psa 77:19
NET Notes: Psa 77:1 The perfect with vav (ו) consecutive is best taken as future here (although some translations render this as a past tense; cf. NEB, NIV). The ps...
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NET Notes: Psa 77:2 Or “my soul.” The Hebrew term נֶפֶשׁ (nefesh) with a pronominal suffix is often equivalent to a pronou...
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NET Notes: Psa 77:3 Heb “I will remember God and I will groan, I will reflect and my spirit will grow faint.” The first three verbs are cohortatives, the last...
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NET Notes: Psa 77:4 The imperfect is used in the second clause to emphasize that this was an ongoing condition in the past.
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NET Notes: Psa 77:6 Heb “I will remember my song in the night, with my heart I will reflect. And my spirit searched.” As in v. 4, the words of v. 6a are under...
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NET Notes: Psa 77:7 As in vv. 4 and 6a, the words of vv. 7-9 are understood as a quotation of what the psalmist said earlier. Therefore the words “I asked” ar...
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NET Notes: Psa 77:8 Heb “word,” which may refer here to God’s word of promise (note the reference to “loyal love” in the preceding line).
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NET Notes: Psa 77:10 Heb “And I said, ‘This is my wounding, the changing of the right hand of the Most High.’” The form חַלּ...
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NET Notes: Psa 77:11 The psalmist refuses to allow skepticism to win out. God has revealed himself to his people in tangible, incontrovertible ways in the past and the psa...
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NET Notes: Psa 77:13 Heb “Who [is] a great god like God?” The rhetorical question assumes the answer, “No one!”
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NET Notes: Psa 77:16 The prefixed verbal form may be taken as a preterite or as an imperfect with past progressive force.
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NET Notes: Psa 77:17 The lightning accompanying the storm is portrayed as the Lord’s “arrows” (see v. 18).
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NET Notes: Psa 77:18 Verses 16-18 depict the Lord coming in the storm to battle his enemies and subdue the sea. There is no record of such a storm in the historical accoun...
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