Psalms 77:1
(77-1) For the Leader; for Jeduthun. A Psalm of Asaph. (77-2) I will lift up my voice unto God, and cry; I will lift up my voice unto God, that He may give ear unto me.
JPS TaNaKH 1917
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
Cross References
1 Chronicles 25:3Of Jeduthun: the sons of Jeduthun: Gedaliah, and Zeri, and Jeshaiah, Hashabiah, and Mattithiah, six; under the hands of their father Jeduthun with the harp, who prophesied in giving thanks and praising the LORD.
Psalms 3:4(3-5) With my voice I call unto the LORD, and He answereth me out of His holy mountain. Selah
Psalms 39:1(39-1) For the Leader, for Jeduthun. A Psalm of David. (39-2) I said: 'I will take heed to my ways, that I sin not with my tongue; I will keep a curb upon my mouth, while the wicked is before me.'
Psalms 55:16(55-17) As for me, I will call upon God; and the LORD shall save me.
Psalms 116:1I love that the LORD should hear my voice and my supplications.
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 →