Psalms 77:1
Loudly will I lift my cry to God, loudly to God, so he hears to me.
Open English Bible (US)
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
Psalms 3:4When loudly I call to the Lord, from his holy hill he gives answer. Selah
Psalms 39:1I vowed to watch my words, and sin not with my tongue, but to put on my mouth a muzzle, while the wicked were in my presence.
Psalms 55:16But I will call on God, the Lord will save me.
Psalms 116:1I love the Lord, for he hears my voice, my pleas for mercy.
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 →