Psalms 77:1
For the Chief Musician. To Jeduthun. A Psalm by Asaph.My cry goes to God!Indeed, I cry to God for help,and for him to listen to me.
New Heart English Bible
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 3:4I cry to the Lord with my voice,and he answers me out of his holy hill.Selah.
Psalms 39:1For the Chief Musician. For Jeduthun. A Psalm by David.I said, "I will watch my ways, so that I do not sin with my tongue.I will keep my mouth with a bridle while the wicked is before me."
Psalms 55:16As for me, I will call on God.The Lord will save me.
Psalms 116:1I love the Lord, because he listens to my voice,and my cries 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 →