Verse 1

I cried aloud to God for help;

I prayed that God would hear.

When I was plunged in deep distress,

I sought the Lord in prayer.

Verse 2

At night I stretched untiring hands,

Relief my soul refused.

Rememb’ring you, O God, I groaned

With longing as I mused.

Verse 3

In my distress I could not speak;

From sleep you kept my eye.

I thought about the former days,

The years which have gone by.

Verse 4

Throughout the watches of the night

My songs I called to mind.

I pondered deeply, while my heart

An answer tried to find:

Verse 5

“For ever will the Lord reject

And never show his grace?

Has he withdrawn his steadfast love

And turned from me his face?

Verse 6

“For all time has his promise failed?

Is God no longer kind?

Has he in his great wrath dismissed

Compassion from his mind?”

Verse 7

Then to my heart there came this thought:

“On this I will rely

The years of the right hand of power

Of him who is Most High.”

Verse 8

I will recall the LORD’s great deeds

Your works of long ago.

I’ll meditate on all your acts;

Your mighty deeds I’ll show.

Verse 9

O God, most holy are your ways.

What god compares with you?

You are the God of miracles,

Whose power the nations view.

‘‘Psalm 77 v 1-14’ Words © 'Sing Psalms' New Metrical Versions of the Book of Psalms 2017 Tune Glencairn C.M. T.L. Hately, 1815-67

Arrangement by Sol Fenne ©2022 His Estate. All rights reserved