Psalms 77:1
A Psalm of instruction for Asaph. 1 Give heed, O my people, to my law: 1 Incline your ear to the words of my mouth. 1
Updated Brenton Septuagint
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
2I will open my mouth in parables: 1 I will utter dark sayings which have been from the beginning. 1
Cross References
1 Chronicles 25:3To Jeduthun were reckoned the sons of Jeduthun, Gedaliah, and Zeri, and Jeshaiah, and Hashabiah, and Mattithiah, six after their father Jeduthun, sounding loudly on the harp thanksgiving and praise to the Lord.
Psalms 3:4But thou, O Lord, art my helper: 1 My glory, and the one that lifts up my head. 1
Psalms 39:1For the end, a Psalm of David. 1
Psalms 116:1Alleluia. 1 Praise the Lord, all ye nations: 1 Praise him, all ye peoples. 1
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 →