| 1 | I will cry to God with my voice, even to God with my voice, and He will give ear
and
hearken to me. |
| 2 | In the day of my trouble I seek (inquire of and desperately require) the Lord; in the night my hand is stretched out [in prayer] without slacking up; I refuse to be comforted. |
| 3 | I [earnestly] remember God; I am disquieted
and
I groan; I muse in prayer, and my spirit faints [overwhelmed].
Selah
[pause, and calmly think of that]! |
| 4 | You hold my eyes from closing; I am so troubled that I cannot speak. |
| 5 | I consider the days of old, the years of bygone times [of prosperity]. |
| 6 | I call to remembrance my song in the night; with my heart I meditate and my spirit searches diligently: |
| 7 | Will the Lord cast off forever? And will He be favorable no more? |
| 8 | Have His mercy
and
loving-kindness ceased forever? Have His promises ended for all time? |
| 9 | Has God [deliberately] abandoned
or
forgotten His graciousness? Has He in anger shut up His compassion?
Selah
[pause, and calmly think of that]! |
| 10 | And I say, This [apparent desertion of Israel by God] is my appointed lot
and
trial, but I will recall the years of the right hand of the Most High [in loving-kindness extended toward us], for this is my grief, that the right hand of the Most High changes. |
| 11 | I will [earnestly] recall the deeds of the Lord; yes, I will [earnestly] remember the wonders [You performed for our fathers] of old. |
| 12 | I will meditate also upon all Your works and consider all Your [mighty] deeds. |
| 13 | Your way, O God, is in the sanctuary [in holiness, away from sin and guilt]. Who is a great God like our God? |
| 14 | You are the God Who does wonders; You have demonstrated Your power among the peoples. |
| 15 | You have with Your [mighty] arm redeemed Your people, the sons of Jacob and Joseph.
Selah
[pause, and calmly think of that]! |
| 16 | When the waters [at the Red Sea and the Jordan] saw You, O God, they were afraid; the deep shuddered also, for [all] the waters saw You. |
| 17 | The clouds poured down water, the skies sent out a sound [of rumbling thunder]; Your arrows went forth [in forked lightning]. |
| 18 | The voice of Your thunder was in the whirlwind, the lightnings illumined the world; the earth trembled and shook. |
| 19 | Your way [in delivering Your people] was through the sea, and Your paths through the great waters, yet Your footsteps were not traceable,
but
were obliterated. |
| 20 | You led Your people like a flock by the hand of Moses and Aaron. |