LifePoint Church
August 21, 2022
Pastor Kile Baker
Psalm 77
I cried out to God for help;
I cried out to God to hear me.
When I was in distress, I sought the Lord;
at night I stretched out untiring hands,
and I would not be comforted.
I remembered you, God, and I groaned;
I meditated, and my spirit grew faint.Y
You kept my eyes from closing;
I was too troubled to speak.
I thought about the former days,
the years of long ago;
I remembered my songs in the night.
My heart meditated and my spirit asked:
“Will the Lord reject forever?
Will he never show his favor again?
Has his unfailing love vanished forever?
Has his promise failed for all time?
Has God forgotten to be merciful?
Has he in anger withheld his compassion?”
Wonder that leads to wandering.
Then I thought, “To this I will appeal:
the years when the Most High stretched out his right hand.
I will remember the deeds of the Lord;
yes, I will remember your miracles of long ago.
I will consider all your works
and meditate on all your mighty deeds.”
Your ways, God, are holy.
What god is as great as our God?
You are the God who performs miracles;
you display your power among the peoples.
With your mighty arm you redeemed your people,
the descendants of Jacob and Joseph.
The waters saw you, God,
the waters saw you and writhed;
the very depths were convulsed.
The clouds poured down water,
the heavens resounded with thunder;
your arrows flashed back and forth.
Your thunder was heard in the whirlwind,
your lightning lit up the world;
the earth trembled and quaked.
Your path led through the sea,
your way through the mighty waters,
though your footprints were not seen.
You led your people like a flock
by the hand of Moses and Aaron.
Have you:
Cried out to God for help; for God to hear you?
When you were in distress, did you seek the Lord?
At night, have you been stretching out untiring hands,
And yet not been comforted?
Appealed to God, remembering the years when the
Most High stretched out his right hand?
Remembered the deeds of the Lord, and His miracles of long ago?
Considered all of His works, and meditated on all His mighty deeds?
Will you:
Cry out to God for help, and ask Him to hear you?
When you are in distress, seek the Lord?
At night, with stretched out untiring hands,
Refuse to be comforted?
Appeal to God, looking forward to the years when the
Most High will stretch out his right hand?
Learn of the deeds of the Lord, and His miracles of long ago?
Consider all of His works, and meditate on all His mighty deeds?