In the Day of Trouble I Seek the Lord

To the choirmaster: according to yJeduthun. A Psalm of zAsaph.

¹I acry aloud to God,

aloud to God, and he will hear me.

²bIn the day of my trouble I seek the Lord;

in cthe night my dhand is stretched out without wearying;

my soul erefuses to be comforted.

³When I remember God, I fmoan;

when I meditate, my spirit faints. Selah

⁴You hold my eyelids open;

I am so gtroubled that I cannot speak.

⁵I consider hthe days of old,

the years long ago.

⁶I said,1 “Let me remember my isong in the night;

let me jmeditate in my heart.”

Then my spirit made a diligent search:

⁷“Will the Lord kspurn forever,

and never again lbe favorable?

⁸Has his steadfast love forever ceased?

Are his mpromises at an end for all time?

⁹nHas God forgotten to be gracious?

oHas he in anger shut up his compassion?” Selah

¹⁰Then I said, “I will appeal to this,

to the years of the pright hand of the Most High.”2

¹¹I will remember the deeds of the Lord;

yes, I will qremember your wonders of old.

¹²I will ponder all your rwork,

and meditate on your smighty deeds.

¹³Your way, O God, is tholy.

uWhat god is great like our God?

¹⁴You are the God who vworks wonders;

you have wmade known your might among the peoples.

¹⁵You xwith your arm redeemed your people,

the children of Jacob and Joseph. Selah

¹⁶When ythe waters saw you, O God,

when the waters saw you, they were afraid;

indeed, the deep trembled.

¹⁷The clouds poured out water;

the skies zgave forth thunder;

your aarrows flashed on every side.

¹⁸bThe crash of your thunder was in the whirlwind;

cyour lightnings lighted up the world;

the earth dtrembled and shook.

¹⁹Your eway was through the sea,

your path through the great waters;

yet your footprints fwere unseen.3

²⁰You gled your people like a flock

by the hand of Moses and Aaron.