Psalms 77:1
To the chief music-maker. After Jeduthun. Of Asaph. A Psalm.
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
I cried unto God with my voice, even unto God with my voice; and he gave ear unto me.
In Context
2\77:1\I was crying to God with my voice; even to God with my voice, and he gave ear to me.
Cross References
1 Chronicles 25:3Of Jeduthun: the six sons of Jeduthun, Gedaliah and Zeri and Jeshaiah, Hashabiah and Mattithiah; under the direction of their father Jeduthun who, acting as a prophet, with corded instruments gave praise and glory to the Lord.
Psalms 3:4\3:3\But your strength, O Lord, is round me, you are my glory and the lifter up of my head.
Psalms 39:1To the chief music-maker. Of Jeduthun. A Psalm. Of David.
Psalms 55:16\55:15\Let the hand of death come on them suddenly, and let them go down living into the underworld; because evil is in their houses and in their hearts.
Psalms 116:1I have given my love to the Lord, because he has given ear to the voice of my cry and my prayer.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 77:1
This psalm, according to the method of many other psalms, begins with sorrowful complaints but ends with comfortable encouragements. The complaints seem to be of personal grievances, but the encouragements relate to the public concerns of the church, so that it is not certain whether it was penned upon a personal or a public account. If they were private troubles that he was groaning under, it teaches us that what God has wrought for his church in general may be improved for the comfort of particular believers; if… Read the whole commentary →