Psalm 77
For the director of music. For Jeduthun. A psalm of Asaph.
1I cried out to God for help.
I cried out to God to hear me.
2When I was in trouble, I looked to the Lord for help.
During the night I lifted up my hands in prayer.
But I refused to be comforted.
3God, I remembered you, and I groaned.
I thought about you, and I became weak.
4You kept me from going to sleep.
I was so troubled I couldn’t speak.
5I thought about days gone by.
I thought about the years of long ago.
6I remembered how I used to sing praise to you in the night.
I thought about it, and here is what I asked myself.
7“Will the Lord turn away from us forever?
Won’t he ever show us his kindness again?
8Has his faithful love disappeared forever?
Has his promise failed for all time?
9Has God forgotten to help us?
Has he held back his tender love because he was angry?”
10Then I thought, “Here is what gives me hope.
For many years the Most High God showed how powerful he is.
11Lord, I will remember what you did.
Yes, I will remember your miracles of long ago.
12I will spend time thinking about everything you have done.
I will consider all your mighty acts.”
13God, everything you do is holy.
What god is as great as our God?
14You are the God who does miracles.
You show your power among the nations.
15With your mighty arm you set your people free.
You set the children of Jacob and Joseph free.
16God, the water of the Red Sea saw you.
It saw you and boiled up.
The deepest waters were stirred up.
17The clouds poured down rain.
The skies rumbled with thunder.
Lightning flashed back and forth like arrows.
18Your thunder was heard in the windstorm.
Your lightning lit up the world.
The earth trembled and shook.
19Your path led through the Red Sea.
You walked through the mighty waters.
But your footprints were not seen.
20You led your people like a flock.
You led them by the hands of Moses and Aaron.
Dwom 77
Asaf dwom.
1Mesu mefrɛɛ Onyankopɔn srɛɛ mmoa;
mesu mefrɛɛ no sɛ ɔntie me.
2Ɛberɛ a mewɔ ahohiahia mu no, mehwehwɛɛ Awurade;
metrɛɛ me nsa a ɛmpa aba mu anadwo
na me kra ampene sɛ wɔbɛkyekye ne werɛ.
3Ao Onyankopɔn mekaee wo, na mesii apinie;
medwendweneeɛ, na me honhom tɔɔ piti.
4Woamma mʼani ankum;
amanehunu dodoɔ enti, mantumi ankasa.
5Medwenee nna a atwam no ho,
teteete mfeɛ no ho;
6mekaee me nnwom a na meto no anadwo.
Mʼakoma dwenee ho na me honhom bisaa sɛ:
7“Enti, Awurade bɛpo yɛn daa?
Ɔrenhunu yɛn mmɔbɔ bio anaa?
8Nʼadɔeɛ a ɛnsa da atu ayera koraa anaa?
Na ne bɔhyɛ no, amma mu koraa anaa?
9Onyankopɔn werɛ afiri sɛ ɔbɛyɛ mmɔborɔhunufoɔ anaa?
Abufuo enti ne yam nhyehye no bio anaa?”
10Afei, medwenee sɛ, “Onyankopɔn Ɔsorosoroni,
deɛ ɛhyɛ me kra so ne sɛ, wommfa wo tete nsa nifa no mmoa yɛn bio.”
11Mɛkae nneɛma a Awurade ayɛ;
aane, mɛkae wʼanwanwadeɛ a woyɛɛ tete no.
12Mɛdwene wo nnwuma nyinaa ho
na masusu wo nneyɛɛ akɛseɛ nyinaa ho.
13Ao Onyankopɔn, wʼakwan yɛ kronn.
Onyame bɛn na ɔso sɛ yɛn Onyankopɔn?
14Wone Onyankopɔn a woyɛ anwanwadeɛ;
wokyerɛ wo tumi wɔ aman mu.
15Wode wo tumi nsa no gyee wo nkurɔfoɔ,
Yakob ne Yosef asefoɔ no.
16Ao Onyankopɔn, nsuo no hunuu wo,
nsuo no hunuu wo na wɔpopoeɛ;
ebunu no mpo ho wosoeɛ.
17Omununkum tɔɔ nsuo,
aprannaa gyegyee wɔ soro;
na wo bɛmma twaa ogya dii akɔneaba.
18Wʼaprannaa boboom wɔ twahoframa no mu,
wʼanyinam hyerɛn ewiase;
asase popoeɛ na ɛwosoeɛ.
19Wode wo kwan faa ɛpo mu,
wode faa nsuo kɛseɛ mu,
nanso wɔanhunu wʼanammɔn.
20Wonam Mose ne Aaron so
dii wo nkurɔfoɔ anim sɛ nnwankuo.
