Psalms 77:6-16

6 I remembered my songs in the night. My heart meditated and my spirit asked:

7 “Will the Lord reject forever? Will he never show his favor again?

8 Has his unfailing love vanished forever? Has his promise failed for all time?

9 Has God forgotten to be merciful? Has he in anger withheld his compassion?”

10 Then I thought, “To this I will appeal: the years when the Most High stretched out his right hand.

11 I will remember the deeds of the LORD; yes, I will remember your miracles of long ago.

12 I will consider all your works and meditate on all your mighty deeds.”

13 Your ways, God, are holy. What god is as great as our God?

14 You are the God who performs miracles; you display your power among the peoples.

15 With your mighty arm you redeemed your people, the descendants of Jacob and Joseph.

16 The waters saw you, God, the waters saw you and writhed; the very depths were convulsed.

Psalms 77:6-16 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.

Cross References

• 1. S 1 Chronicles 28:9
• 2. Psalms 85:1; Psalms 102:13; Psalms 106:4
• 3. S Psalms 6:4; Psalms 90:14
• 4. 2 Peter 3:9
• 5. Psalms 25:6; Psalms 40:11; Psalms 51:1
• 6. Isaiah 49:15
• 7. S Exodus 15:6; Psalms 31:22
• 8. S Nehemiah 9:17; Psalms 143:5
• 9. S Genesis 24:63
• 10. Psalms 143:5
• 11. S Exodus 15:11; S Psalms 71:19; Psalms 86:8
• 12. S Exodus 3:20; S Exodus 34:10
• 13. S Exodus 6:6; Deuteronomy 9:29
• 14. Exodus 14:21,28; Isaiah 50:2; Habakkuk 3:8
• 15. Psalms 114:4; Habakkuk 3:10