For the Chief Musician. To Jeduthun. A Psalm by Asaph.

• ¹My cry goes to God!
• Indeed, I cry to God for help,
• and for him to listen to me.

• ²In the day of my trouble I sought the Lord.
• My hand was stretched out in the night, and didn’t get tired.
• My soul refused to be comforted.

• ³I remember God, and I groan.
• I complain, and my spirit is overwhelmed.

• Selah.

• ⁴You hold my eyelids open.
• I am so troubled that I can’t speak.

• ⁵I have considered the days of old,
• the years of ancient times.

• ⁶I remember my song in the night.
• I consider in my own heart;
• my spirit diligently inquires:

• ⁷“Will the Lord reject us forever?
• Will he be favorable no more?

• ⁸Has his loving kindness vanished forever?
• Does his promise fail for generations?

• ⁹Has God forgotten to be gracious?
• Has he, in anger, withheld his compassion?”

• Selah.

• ¹⁰Then I thought, “I will appeal to this:
• the years of the right hand of the Most High.”

• ¹¹I will remember Yah’s deeds;
• for I will remember your wonders of old.

• ¹²I will also meditate on all your work,
• and consider your doings.

• ¹³Your way, God, is in the sanctuary.
• What god is great like God?

• ¹⁴You are the God who does wonders.
• You have made your strength known among the peoples.

• ¹⁵You have redeemed your people with your arm,
• the sons of Jacob and Joseph.

• Selah.

• ¹⁶The waters saw you, God.
• The waters saw you, and they writhed.
• The depths also convulsed.

• ¹⁷The clouds poured out water.
• The skies resounded with thunder.
• Your arrows also flashed around.

• ¹⁸The voice of your thunder was in the whirlwind.
• The lightnings lit up the world.
• The earth trembled and shook.

• ¹⁹Your way was through the sea;
• your paths through the great waters.
• Your footsteps were not known.

• ²⁰You led your people like a flock,
• by the hand of Moses and Aaron.