Psalms 77:10-20

10 Then I said, "What hurts me most is this - that God is no longer powerful."

11 I will remember your great deeds, Lord; I will recall the wonders you did in the past.

12 I will think about all that you have done; I will meditate on all your mighty acts.

13 Everything you do, O God, is holy. No god is as great as you.

14 You are the God who works miracles; you showed your might among the nations.

15 By your power you saved your people, the descendants of Jacob and of Joseph.

16 When the waters saw you, O God, they were afraid, and the depths of the sea trembled.

17 The clouds poured down rain; thunder crashed from the sky, and lightning flashed in all directions.

18 The crash of your thunder rolled out, and flashes of lightning lit up the world; the earth trembled and shook.

19 You walked through the waves; you crossed the deep sea, but your footprints could not be seen.

20 You led your people like a shepherd, with Moses and Aaron in charge.

Psalms 77:10-20 Meaning and Commentary

To the chief Musician, to Jeduthun, A Psalm of Asaph. Jeduthun was the name of the chief musician, to whom this psalm was inscribed and sent; see 1 Chronicles 25:1, though Aben Ezra takes it to be the first word of some song, to the tune of which this was sung; and the Midrash interprets it of the subject of the psalm, which is followed by Jarchi, who explains it thus, "concerning the decrees and judgments which passed upon Israel;" that is, in the time of their present captivity, to which, as he, Kimchi, and Arama think, the whole psalm belongs. Some interpreters refer it to the affliction of the Jews in Babylon, so Theodoret; or under Ahasuerus, or Antiochus; and others to the great and last distress of the church under antichrist; though it seems to express the particular case of the psalmist, and which is common to other saints.

Footnotes

• [a]. [Verse 10 in Hebrew is unclear.]