In the Day of Trouble I Sought the LORD

1To the overseer for Jeduthun: to Asaph a chanting. My voice to God, and I will cry with my voice to God, and he gave ear to me.

2In the day of my straits I sought Jehovah: my hand was stretched out at night, and it will not be slack: my soul refused to be comforted.

3I will remember God and I shall be disquieted: I shall be depressed and my spirit will languish. Silence.

4Thou didst hold mine eyes watching: I was moved, and I will not speak.

5I reckoned the days of old, the everlasting years.

6I will remember my stringed instruments in the night: I shall meditate with my heart, and my spirit will search out.

7Will Jehovah reject forever? and will he no more add to be satisfied?

8Did his mercy fail forever? his word come to an end to generation and generation?

9Did God forget to compassionate? or in anger did he gather his compassion? Silence.

10And saying, This has made me sick: the years of the right hand of the Most High.

11I will remember the works of Jah: for I will remember the ancient time of thy wonder.

12And I meditated in all thy work, and I will think upon all thy doings.

13O God, thy way is in the holy place: what God great as God?

14Thou the God doing wonder: thou didst make known thy strength among the peoples.

15Thou didst redeem with the arm thy people the sons of Jacob and Joseph. Silence.

16The waters saw thee, O God, the waters saw thee; they will tremble, also the depths will be moved.

17The clouds poured out waters: the clouds gave a voice: also thine arrows will go about.

18The voice of thy thunder in the wheel: the lightnings lightened the habitable globe: the earth moved and it will shake.

19In the sea thy way, and thy paths in many waters, and thy heels were not known.

20Thou didst guide thy people as sheep by the hand of Moses and Aaron.