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            <div class="label">77</div><div class="ms4"><span class="heading">A Cry to God</span></div><div class="d"><span class="content">To the Pure and Shining One</span></div><div class="d"><span class="content">Asaph&#8217;s song of love&#8217;s celebration</span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.77.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">I poured out my complaint to you, God.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.77.1"><span class="content">I lifted up my voice, shouting out for your help.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.77.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">When I was in deep distress, in my day of trouble,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.77.2"><span class="content">I reached out for you with hands stretched out to heaven.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.77.2"><span class="content">Over and over I kept looking for you, God,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.77.2"><span class="content">but your comforting grace was nowhere to be found.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.77.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">As I thought of you I moaned, &#8220;God, where are you?&#8221; </span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="ft">  </span><span class="fr">77:3</span><span class="ft">  </span><span class="ft">Or &#8220;When I am in heaviness [depressed], I will think upon God.&#8221;</span><span class="ft">  </span></span></span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.77.3"><span class="content">I&#8217;m overwhelmed with despair as I wait for your help to arrive.</span></span></div><div class="qr"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.77.3"><span class="qs"><span class="content">Pause in his presence</span></span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.77.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">I can&#8217;t get a wink of sleep until you come and comfort me.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.77.4"><span class="content">Now I&#8217;m too burdened to even pray!</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.77.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">My mind wandered, thinking of days gone by&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.77.5"><span class="content">the years long since passed.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.77.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">Then I remembered the worship songs I used to sing</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.77.6"><span class="content">in the night seasons,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.77.6"><span class="content">and my heart began to fill again with thoughts of you.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.77.6"><span class="content">So my spirit went out once more in search of you.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.77.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">Would you really walk off and leave me forever, my Lord God?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.77.7"><span class="content">Won&#8217;t you show me your kind favor, delighting in me again?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.77.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">Has your well of sweet mercy dried up?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.77.8"><span class="content">Will your promises never come true?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.77.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">Have you somehow forgotten to show me love?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.77.9"><span class="content">Are you so angry that you&#8217;ve closed</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.77.9"><span class="content">your heart of compassion toward me?</span></span></div><div class="qr"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.77.9"><span class="qs"><span class="content">Pause in his presence</span></span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.77.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">Lord, what wounds me most is that it&#8217;s somehow my fault that</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.77.10"><span class="content">you&#8217;ve changed your heart toward me</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.77.10"><span class="content">and I no longer see the years of the Mighty One</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.77.10"><span class="content">or your right hand of power. </span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="ft">  </span><span class="fr">77:10</span><span class="ft">  </span><span class="ft">This difficult verse has a number of alternate translations, including &#8220;Your right hand has changed [or withered].&#8221; The implication is that God&#8217;s power and protection are no longer being seen.</span><span class="ft">  </span></span></span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.77.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">Yet I could never forget all your miracles, my God,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.77.11"><span class="content">as I remember all your wonders of old.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.77.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">I ponder all you&#8217;ve done, Lord, musing on all your miracles.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.77.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">It&#8217;s here in your presence, in your sanctuary,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.77.13"><span class="content">where I learn more of your ways, </span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="ft">  </span><span class="fr">77:13</span><span class="ft">  </span><span class="ft">This is an alternative translation.</span><span class="ft">  </span></span></span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.77.13"><span class="content">for holiness is revealed in everything you do.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.77.13"><span class="content">Lord, you&#8217;re the one and only, the great and glorious God!</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.77.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">Your display of wonders, miracles, and power</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.77.14"><span class="content">makes the nations acknowledge you.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PSA.77.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">By your glory-bursts you&#8217;ve rescued us over and over.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PSA.77.15"><span class="content">Just ask the sons of Jacob or</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PSA.77.15"><span class="content">the sons of Joseph, and they will tell you!</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PSA.77.15"><span class="content">And all of us, your beloved ones, know that it&#8217;s true!</span></span></div><div class="qr"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PSA.77.15"><span class="qs"><span class="content">Pause in his presence</span></span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PSA.77.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">When the many waters of the Red Sea took one look at you, </span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="ft">  </span><span class="fr">77:16</span><span class="ft">  </span><span class="ft">Although the Red Sea is not mentioned in the verse, it is implied in the context.</span><span class="ft">  </span></span></span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PSA.77.16"><span class="content">they were afraid and ran away to hide&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PSA.77.16"><span class="content">trembling to its depths!</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PSA.77.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">Storm clouds filled with water high in the skies;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PSA.77.17"><span class="content">cloudbursts and thunderclaps announced your approach.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PSA.77.17"><span class="content">Lightning-flashes lit up the landscape.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PSA.77.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">Rolling whirlwinds exploded with sonic booms of thunder,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PSA.77.18"><span class="content">rumbling as the skies shouted out your story</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PSA.77.18"><span class="content">with light and sound and wind.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PSA.77.18"><span class="content">Everything on earth shook and trembled as you drew near.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PSA.77.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">Your steps formed a highway through the seas</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PSA.77.19"><span class="content">with footprints on a pathway no one even knew was there. </span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="ft">  </span><span class="fr">77:19</span><span class="ft">  </span><span class="ft">This could be a prophecy of Jesus one day walking on water.</span><span class="ft">  </span></span></span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PSA.77.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">You led your people forward by your loving hand,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PSA.77.20"><span class="content">blessed by the leadership of Moses and Aaron.</span></span></div>
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I poured out my complaint to you, God.
I lifted up my voice, shouting out for your help.
When I was in deep distress, in my day of trouble,
I reached out for you with hands stretched out to heaven.
Over and over I kept looking for you, God,
but your comforting grace was nowhere to be found.
As I thought of you I moaned, “God, where are you?”
I’m overwhelmed with despair as I wait for your help to arrive.
Pause in his presence

I can’t get a wink of sleep until you come and comfort me.
Now I’m too burdened to even pray!
My mind wandered, thinking of days gone by—
the years long since passed.
Then I remembered the worship songs I used to sing
in the night seasons,
and my heart began to fill again with thoughts of you.
So my spirit went out once more in search of you.
Would you really walk off and leave me forever, my Lord God?
Won’t you show me your kind favor, delighting in me again?
Has your well of sweet mercy dried up?
Will your promises never come true?
Have you somehow forgotten to show me love?
Are you so angry that you’ve closed
your heart of compassion toward me?
Pause in his presence

Lord, what wounds me most is that it’s somehow my fault that
you’ve changed your heart toward me
and I no longer see the years of the Mighty One
or your right hand of power.
Yet I could never forget all your miracles, my God,
as I remember all your wonders of old.
I ponder all you’ve done, Lord, musing on all your miracles.
It’s here in your presence, in your sanctuary,
where I learn more of your ways,
for holiness is revealed in everything you do.
Lord, you’re the one and only, the great and glorious God!
Your display of wonders, miracles, and power
makes the nations acknowledge you.
By your glory-bursts you’ve rescued us over and over.
Just ask the sons of Jacob or
the sons of Joseph, and they will tell you!
And all of us, your beloved ones, know that it’s true!
Pause in his presence

When the many waters of the Red Sea took one look at you,
they were afraid and ran away to hide—
trembling to its depths!
Storm clouds filled with water high in the skies;
cloudbursts and thunderclaps announced your approach.
Lightning-flashes lit up the landscape.
Rolling whirlwinds exploded with sonic booms of thunder,
rumbling as the skies shouted out your story
with light and sound and wind.
Everything on earth shook and trembled as you drew near.
Your steps formed a highway through the seas
with footprints on a pathway no one even knew was there.
You led your people forward by your loving hand,
blessed by the leadership of Moses and Aaron.

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