[1] I lift my voice to God and cry ˻for help˼. I lift my voice to you God, listen to me!
[2] My Master, I come to you when I have trouble. I reached out for you all night long. My soul refused to be comforted.
[3] I think about God, and I try to tell him how I feel. But I can’t.
[4] You would not let me sleep. I tried to say something, but I was too upset.
[5] I kept thinking about the past. I kept thinking about things that happened long ago.
[6] At night, I try to think about my songs. I talk with myself and try to understand.
[7] I wonder, ”Has our Master left us forever? Will he ever want us again?
[8] Is God’s love gone forever? Will he ever speak to us again?
[9] Has God forgotten what mercy is? Has his compassion changed to anger?”
[10] Then I thought, ”The thing that really bothers me is this: 'Has God Most-High lost his power?’”
[11] I remember what the Lord did. God, I remember the amazing things that you did long ago.
[12] I thought about what you have done. I thought about those things.
[13] God, your ways are holy. God, no one is great like you are.
[14] You are the God that did amazing things. You showed people your great power.
[15] With your power you saved your people. You saved the descendants of Jacob and Joseph. selah
[16] God, the water saw you, and became afraid. The deep water shook with fear.
[17] The thick clouds dropped their water. People heard loud thunder in the high clouds. Then your arrows of lightning flashed through the clouds.
[18] There were loud claps of thunder. Lightning lit up the world. The earth shook and trembled.
[19] God, you walked through the deep water, you crossed the deep sea, but you left no footprints.
[20] You used Moses and Aaron to lead your people like sheep.