Psalms 77:3-13

3 I sigh as I remember God. I begin to lose hope as I think about him. Selah

4 (You keep my eyelids open.) I am so upset that I cannot speak.

5 I have considered the days of old, the years long ago.

6 I remember my song in the night and reflect [on it]. My spirit searches [for an answer]:

7 Will the Lord reject [me] for all time? Will he ever accept me?

8 Has his mercy come to an end forever? Has his promise been canceled throughout every generation?

9 Has God forgotten to be merciful? Has he locked up his compassion because of his anger? Selah

10 Then I said, "It makes me feel sick that the power of the Most High is no longer the same."

11 I will remember the deeds of the LORD. I will remember your ancient miracles.

12 I will reflect on all your actions and think about what you have done.

13 O God, your ways are holy! What god is as great as our God?

Psalms 77:3-13 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.