In My Distress (120)

My `cry_ / goes to God!

In `deed, I cry to God for help_, and for him to listen / to~ me.

`In the day_ of my trouble I_ / sought the Lord.

My `hand was stretched out in the night, and did_ / not get tired. • My `soul refused to be_ / comforted. +

`I remember God_, / and I groan.

I `meditate_, and my spirit is_ / overwhelmed.

Selah.

You `kept my / eyes from closing.

`I_ am so troubled that I / cannot speak.

I `thought about the / days of old,

the `years of / ancient times.

(Ref)

`I remember my song / in the night.

I `meditate in my own heart; my spirit diligent_ / ly inquires:

`“Will the Lord reject_ / us forever?

`Will he show his favor / no~ more?

`Has his loving kindness vanished for_ / e~ ver?

`Does his promise fail for / generations?

Has `God forgotten / to be gracious?

Has `he, in anger, withheld / his compassion?”

Selah.

`Then I thought, “I will ap / peal to this:

the `years_ of the right hand of the / Most~ High.”

I `will remember the deeds / of the LORD;

`for I will remember your_ wonders / of~ old.

(Ref)

`I will meditate on / all your work,

`and consider / all your deeds.

Your `way, O / God, is holy.

What `god is / great like God?

`You are the God / who does wonders.

`You have made your strength_ known a / mong the peoples.

`You_ have redeemed your people / with your arm,

the `sons of Jacob / and~ Joseph.

Selah.

The `waters saw you, / O~ God.

The `waters saw you, / and they writhed.

The `depths_ / also trembled.

The `clouds_ / poured out water.

(Ref)

The `skies resounded / with~ thunder.

Your `arrows also / flashed around.

The `voice_ of your thunder was_ / in the whirlwind.

The `lightnings lit_ / up the world.

The `earth_ trembled / and~ shook.

Your `way was / through the sea,

your `paths_ through the great_ / wa~ ters.

`Yet your footsteps / were unseen. +

You `led your people / like a flock,

`by the hand of Moses / and~ Aaron.