Sunday, July 1, 2012

In Troubled Times, God is There

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Psalm 77

I pray to you, Lord God,
    and I beg you to listen.
    In days filled with trouble,
    I search for you.
And at night I tirelessly
lift my hands in prayer,
    refusing comfort.
When I think of you,
    I feel restless and weak.
Because of you, Lord God,
    I can’t sleep.
I am restless
    and can’t even talk.
    I think of times gone by,
    of those years long ago.
Each night my mind
    is flooded with questions:
“Have you rejected me forever?
    Won’t you be kind again?
Is this the end of your love
    and your promises?

9 Have you forgotten
    how to have pity?
    Do you refuse to show mercy
    because of your anger?”
10 Then I said, “God Most High,
    what hurts me most
    is that you no longer help us
    with your mighty arm.”
11 Our Lord, I will remember
the things you have done,
    your miracles of long ago.
12 I will think about each one
    of your mighty deeds.
13 Everything you do is right,
    and no other god
    compares with you.
14 You alone work miracles,
    and you have let nations
    see your mighty power.

15 With your own arm you rescued
your people,
    the descendants
    of Jacob and Joseph.
16 The ocean looked at you, God,
    and it trembled deep down
    with fear.
17 Water flowed from the clouds.
    Thunder was heard above
    as your arrows of lightning
    flashed about.
18 Your thunder roared
    like chariot wheels.
The world was made bright
by lightning,
    and all the earth trembled.
19 You walked through the water
    of the mighty sea,
    but your footprints
    were never seen.
20 You guided your people
    like a flock of sheep,
    and you chose Moses and Aaron
    to be their leaders.

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