Psalm 77
1 I cried unto God with my voice, even unto God with my voice; and he gave ear unto me.
1 I will cry unto | God • with my | voice; ||
even unto God will I cry with my | voice, and | he shall | hearken • unto me. ||
2 In the day of my trouble I sought the Lord: my sore ran in the night, and ceased not: my soul refused to be comforted.
2 In the time of my trouble I | sought the | Lord: ||
I stretched forth my hands unto him, and ceased not in the night season; my | soul re- | fused | comfort. ||
3 I remembered God, and was troubled: I complained, and my spirit was overwhelmed. Selah.
3 When I am in heaviness, I will | 3 think upon | God; ||
when my heart is | vexed, I | will com- | plain. ||
4 Thou holdest mine eyes waking: I am so troubled that I cannot speak.
4 Thou holdest mine | eyes | waking: ||
I am so | feeble • that I | cannot | speak. ||
5 I have considered the days of old, the years of ancient times.
5 I have considered the days of old, and the | years • that are | past. ||
6 I call to remembrance my song, * and in the night I commune with mine own | heart, and | 3 search out my | spirit. ||
6 I call to remembrance my song in the night: I commune with mine own heart: and my spirit made diligent search.
7 Will the Lord cast off for ever? and will he be favourable no more?
7 Will the Lord ab- | sent him•self for | ever? ||
and | will he • be no | more in- | treated? ||
8 Is his mercy clean gone for ever? doth his promise fail for evermore?
8 Is his mercy clean | gone for | ever? ||
and is his promise come utterly to an | end for | ever- | more? ||
9 Hath God forgotten to be gracious? hath he in anger shut up his tender mercies? Selah.
9 Hath God for- | gotten • to be | gracious? ||
and will he shut up his loving- | kindness | in dis- | pleasure? ||
10 And I said, This is my infirmity: but I will remember the years of the right hand of the most High.
10 And I said, It is mine | own in- | firmi•ty; ||
but I will remember the years of the | right hand | of the • Most | Highest. ||
11 I will remember the works of the Lord: surely I will remember thy wonders of old.
11 I will remember the works of the Lord, * and call to mind thy | 3 wonders of | old time. ||
12 I will think also of all thy works, * and my | 3 talking shall | be of • thy | doings. ||
12 I will meditate also of all thy work, and talk of thy doings.
13 Thy way, O God, is in the sanctuary: who is so great a God as our God?
13 Thy way, O | God, is | holy: ||
who is so | great a | God as | our God? ||
14 Thou art the God that doest wonders: thou hast declared thy strength among the people.
14 Thou art the | God that • doest | wonders, ||
and hast de- | clared thy | power a•mong the | peoples. ||
15 Thou hast with thine arm redeemed thy people, the sons of Jacob and Joseph. Selah.
15 Thou hast mightily de- | 3 livered thy | people, ||
even the | sons of | 3 Jacob and | Joseph. ||
16 The waters saw thee, O God, the waters saw thee; they were afraid: the depths also were troubled.
16 The waters 3 saw | thee, O | God, ||
the waters saw thee, and were a- | fraid; the • depths | 3 also were | troubled. ||
17 The clouds poured out water: the skies sent out a sound: thine arrows also went abroad.
17 The clouds poured out water, the | air | thundered, ||
and thine | arrows | went a- | broad. ||
18 The voice of thy thunder was in the heaven: the lightnings lightened the world: the earth trembled and shook.
18 The voice of thy thunder was | heard • round a- | bout: ||
the lightnings shone upon the ground; * the | earth was | moved, and | shook with•al. ||
19 Thy way is in the sea, and thy path in the great waters, and thy footsteps are not known.
19 Thy way is in the sea, and thy paths in the | great | waters, ||
and thy | footsteps | are not | known. ||
20 Thou leddest thy people like a flock by the hand of Moses and Aaron.
20 Thou leddest thy | people • like | sheep, ||
by the | hand of | Moses • and | Aaron. ||
About the Pointing
The text of the Coverdale Psalter follows the 1928 American Book of Common Prayer. The pointing, suitably adapted, is taken from Charles Macpherson, Edward C. Bairstow, and Percy C. Buck, The English Psalter (Novello & Co., 1925).