For the choir director; according to Jeduthun. A Psalm of Asaph.

     1My voice rises to God, and I will cry aloud;
            My voice rises to God, and He will hear me.

     2In the day of my trouble I sought the Lord;
            In the night my hand was stretched out without weariness;
            My soul refused to be comforted.

     3When I remember God, then I am disturbed;
            When I sigh, then my spirit grows faint. Selah.

     4Thou hast held my eyelids open;
            I am so troubled that I cannot speak.

     5I have considered the days of old,
            The years of long ago.

     6I will remember my song in the night;
            I will meditate with my heart;
            And my spirit ponders.

     7Will the Lord reject forever?
            And will He never be favorable again?

     8Has His lovingkindness ceased forever?
            Has His promise come to an end forever?

     9Has God forgotten to be gracious?
            Or has He in anger withdrawn His compassion? Selah.

     10Then I said, “It is my grief,
            That the right hand of the Most High has changed.”

     11I shall remember the deeds of the LORD;
            Surely I will remember Thy wonders of old.

     12I will meditate on all Thy work,
            And muse on Thy deeds.

     13Thy way, O God, is holy;
            What god is great like our God?

     14Thou art the God who workest wonders;
            Thou hast made known Thy strength among the peoples.

     15Thou hast by Thy power redeemed Thy people,
            The sons of Jacob and Joseph. Selah.

     16The waters saw Thee, O God;
            The waters saw Thee, they were in anguish;
            The deeps also trembled.

     17The clouds poured out water;
            The skies gave forth a sound;
            Thy arrows flashed here and there.

     18The sound of Thy thunder was in the whirlwind;
            The lightnings lit up the world;
            The earth trembled and shook.

     19Thy way was in the sea,
            And Thy paths in the mighty waters,
            And Thy footprints may not be known.

     20Thou didst lead Thy people like a flock,
            By the hand of Moses and Aaron.