Psalm 76

The faithful have recourse to God in trouble of mind, with confidence in his mercy and power.

Does this psalm differ from what you were expecting? Don't be confused. There are two systems for arranging the psalms: the Septuagint and the Masoretic. We use the Septuagint system here. In the Masoretic system, which is used in most modern Bible translations, this psalm is called Psalm 77, and the previous psalm is known as Psalm 76.

English (Douay-Rheims)

1 Unto the end, for Idithun, a psalm of Asaph.

2 I cried to the Lord with my voice; to God with my voice, and he gave ear to me.
3 In the days of my trouble I sought God, with my hands lifted up to him in the night, and I was not deceived. My soul refused to be comforted:
4 I remembered God, and was delighted, and was exercised, and my spirit swooned away.
5 My eyes prevented the watches: I was troubled, and I spoke not.
6 I thought upon the days of old: and I had in my mind the eternal years.
7 And I meditated in the night with my own heart: and I was exercised and I swept my spirit.
8 Will God then cast off for ever? or will he never be more favourable again?
9 Or will he cut off his mercy for ever, from generation to generation?
10 Or will God forget to show mercy? or will he in his anger shut up his mercies?
11 And I said, Now have I begun: this is the change of the right hand of the most High.
12 I remembered the works of the Lord: for I will be mindful of thy wonders from the beginning.
13 And I will meditate on all thy works: and will be employed in thy inventions.
14 Thy way, O God, is in the holy place: who is the great God like our God?
15 Thou art the God that dost wonders. Thou hast made thy power known among the nations:
16 With thy arm thou hast redeemed thy people the children of Jacob and of Joseph.
17 The waters saw thee, O God, the waters saw thee: and they were afraid, and the depths were troubled.
18 Great was the noise of the waters: the clouds sent out a sound. For thy arrows pass:
19 The voice of thy thunder in a wheel. Thy lightnings enlightened the world: the earth shook and trembled.
20 Thy way is in the sea, and thy paths in many waters: and thy footsteps shall not be known.
21 Thou hast conducted thy people like sheep, by the hand of Moses and Aaron.

Old Testament first published 1609 by the English College at Douay
New Testament first published 1582 by the English College at Rheims
Revised and Annotated 1749 by Bishop Richard Challoner
Imprimatur. +James Cardinal Gibbons, Archbishop of Baltimore, September 1, 1899

Latin (Clementine Vulgate)

1 In finem, pro Idithun. Psalmus Asaph.

2 Voce mea ad Dominum clamavi;
voce mea ad Deum, et intendit mihi.
3 In die tribulationis meæ Deum exquisivi;
manibus meis nocte contra eum, et non sum deceptus.
Renuit consolari anima mea;
4 memor fui Dei, et delectatus sum,
et exercitatus sum, et defecit spiritus meus.
5 Anticipaverunt vigilias oculi mei;
turbatus sum, et non sum locutus.
6 Cogitavi dies antiquos,
et annos æternos in mente habui.
7 Et meditatus sum nocte cum corde meo,
et exercitabar, et scopebam spiritum meum.
8 Numquid in æternum projiciet Deus?
aut non apponet ut complacitior sit adhuc?
9 aut in finem misericordiam suam abscindet,
a generatione in generationem?
10 aut obliviscetur misereri Deus?
aut continebit in ira sua misericordias suas?
11 Et dixi: Nunc cœpi;
hæc mutatio dexteræ Excelsi.
12 Memor fui operum Domini,
quia memor ero ab initio mirabilium tuorum:
13 et meditabor in omnibus operibus tuis,
et in adinventionibus tuis exercebor.
14 Deus, in sancto via tua:
quis deus magnus sicut Deus noster?
15 Tu es Deus qui facis mirabilia:
notam fecisti in populis virtutem tuam.
16 Redemisti in brachio tuo populum tuum,
filios Jacob et Joseph.
17 Viderunt te aquæ, Deus;
viderunt te aquæ, et timuerunt:
et turbatæ sunt abyssi.
18 Multitudo sonitus aquarum;
vocem dederunt nubes.
Etenim sagittæ tuæ transeunt;
19 vox tonitrui tui in rota.
Illuxerunt coruscationes tuæ orbi terræ;
commota est, et contremuit terra.
20 In mari via tua, et semitæ tuæ in aquis multis,
et vestigia tua non cognoscentur.
21 Deduxisti sicut oves populum tuum,
in manu Moysi et Aaron.

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