Psalms 77:1

Remembering God’s Help for Israel

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For the [music] director, on Jeduthun. Of Asaph. A psalm.

1 I cry out with my voice to God; with my voice to God, that he may hear me.

Psalms 77:1 Meaning and Commentary

Psalms 77:1

I cried unto God with my voice
Which is to be understood of prayer, and that vocal, and which is importunate and fervent, being made in distress; see ( Psalms 3:4 ) , or "my voice was unto God" ^F8, "and I cried"; it was directed to him, and expressed in a very loud and clamorous way:

even unto God with my voice;
or "my voice was unto God"; which is repeated to show that he prayed again and again, with great eagerness and earnestness, his case being a very afflicted one:

and he gave ear unto me;
his prayer was not without success; God is a God hearing and answering prayer, according to his promise, ( Psalms 50:15 ) .

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FOOTNOTES:

F8 (Myhla la ylwq) "vox mea ad Deum", Pagninus, Montanus, Musculus, "fertur", Junius & Tremellius; "erat", Cocceius.

Psalms 77:1 In-Context

1 I cry out with my voice to God; with my voice to God, that he may hear me.

2 In the day I [have] trouble, I seek the Lord. At night my hand stretches out {continually}; my soul refuses to be comforted.

3 I remember God and I groan loudly; I meditate and my spirit grows faint.

4 You hold [open] my eyelids. I am troubled and cannot speak.

5 I think about [the] days from long ago, [the] years of ancient times.

Footnotes

• [a]. One of David's musicians (1 Chr 16:41)
• [b]. The Hebrew Bible counts the superscription as the first verse of the psalm; the English verse number is reduced by one