Psalm 76 “With my voice I cried to the Lord, with my voice to God”

Psalm 76 read:

1 Finally, O Idithum, a psalm to Asaph

2 I cried with my voice to the Lord, with my voice to God, and I heard. 3 In the day of my tribulation I sought God with my hand, that I laid hold upon Him, and was not deceived. Having denied myself, my soul may be comforted. 4 I remembered God and rejoiced, and my spirit was mocked and faint-hearted. 5 Anticipate my fears: I am troubled and unable to speak. 6 I thought about the first days, and remembered the everlasting summer, and learned: 7 At night my heart mocked, and my spirit grew weary: 8 Will the Lord reject food forever, and show no mercy again? 9 Or will He cut off His mercy to the end, ending the verb from generation to generation? 10 Will God forget to provide food? Or will He withhold His bounties in His anger? 11 And he said: “Today this has begun, this betrayal of the right hand of the Most High.” 12 I will remember the works of the Lord, for I will remember Your wonders from the beginning, 13 and I will learn from all Your works, and I will mock at Your undertakings. 14 O God, your way is holy: who is the great god like our God? 15 Thou art a God who works wonders: Thou hast spoken Thy power among men, 16 Thou hast delivered with Thy arm Thy people, the sons of Jacob and Joseph. 17 You saw the waters, O God, you saw the waters, and you were afraid: the deeps were troubled, 18 there was a great deal of noise in the waters, and a voice came from the clouds, for your arrows were passing away. 19 The voice of Your thunder is in the wheels, Your lightning illuminates the world: the earth moves and trembles. 20 Thy ways are in the sea, and Thy paths are in many waters, and Thy footsteps are not known. 21 You have instructed your people like sheep by the hand of Moses and Aaron.

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Psalm 76

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Psalm 76 in Russian:

1 To the head of the choir Idifumov. Psalm of Asaph.

2 My voice is to God, and I will cry; my voice is to God, and He will hear me.

3 In the day of my trouble I will seek the Lord; My hand is stretched out at night and does not fall; my soul refuses consolation.

4 I remember God and tremble; I think, and my spirit faints.

5 You do not let me close my eyes; I'm shocked and can't speak.

6 I reflect on the days of old, on the years of centuries past;

7 I remember my songs in the night, I talk to my heart, and my spirit tries:

8 Has the Lord rejected him forever, and will no longer favor him?

9 Has His mercy ceased forever, and His word been cut off from generation to generation?

10 Has God really forgotten to have mercy? Did He shut up His mercies in anger?

11 And I said: “This is my grief—the change of the right hand of the Most High.”

12 I will remember the works of the Lord; I will remember Your ancient wonders;

13 I will delve into all Your works, meditate on Your great deeds.

14 God! holy is your way. Who is God as great as [our] God!

15 You are a God who works miracles; You have demonstrated Your power among the nations;

16 You have delivered with your arm your people, the sons of Jacob and Joseph.

17 The waters saw You, O God; the waters saw You and were afraid, and the deeps trembled.

18 The clouds poured out water, the clouds made thunder, and Your arrows flew.

19 The voice of Your thunder in the circle of heaven; lightning illuminated the universe; the earth shook and shook.

20 Thy way is in the sea, and Thy path is in the great waters, and Thy footsteps are unknown.

21 You led Your people like a flock by the hand of Moses and Aaron.

What is the interpretation of Christian Psalm 76

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From the very first lines of the text of Psalm 76, we understand without much difficulty that it was written by a person in extremely difficult life circumstances. The phrase “You do not let me close my eyes; I am shocked and cannot speak” (Ps. 76:5) testifies to the deep emotional shock that he experienced.

The interpretation of the prayer of Psalm 76 tells us that it was written not as a result of any one misfortune, but a whole series of unfortunate events that the Jewish people experienced. Among them, researchers note the capture and destruction of Jerusalem, the repeated raids of Nebuchadnezzar, the death of King Josiah in a battle with the Egyptians and the captivity of King Manasseh by the Assyrians.

Prayer Psalm 76 is a help to desperate parents

The famous author of religious hymns, Asaph, is considered to be the author of the text of the Christian 76 Psalm. It is noteworthy that Psalm 76 is full not only of extreme despair, but also of hope - despite the plight of the Jewish people, who have lost their temple and prophets, and are experiencing times of decline, Asaph forbids himself to become despondent. In the psalm, he encourages his people with a reminder of God's previous mercies and the belief that sooner or later the Lord will again turn His Face to the chosen people. Parents who find it difficult to find a common language with their children should read and listen to Orthodox Psalm 76 online.

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To the head of the choir Idifumov. Psalm of Asaph.

My voice is to God, and I will cry out; my voice is to God, and He will hear me. In the day of my trouble I seek the Lord; My hand is stretched out at night and does not fall; my soul refuses consolation. I remember God and tremble; I think, and my spirit faints. You do not let me close my eyes; I'm shocked and can't speak. I reflect on the ancient days, on the years of centuries past; I remember my songs in the night, I talk with my heart, and my spirit tests: has the Lord really rejected him forever, and will no longer be favorable? has His mercy ceased forever, and His word been cut off from generation to generation? Has God really forgotten to have mercy? Did He shut up His mercies in anger? And I said: “This is my grief - the change of the right hand of the Most High.” I will remember the works of the Lord; I will remember Your ancient wonders; I will delve into all Your deeds, meditate on Your great deeds. God! holy is your way. Who is God as great as our God! You are the God who works miracles; You have demonstrated Your power among the nations; You delivered with your arm your people, the sons of Jacob and Joseph. The waters saw You, O God, the waters saw You and were afraid, and the deeps trembled. The clouds poured out water, the clouds made thunder, and Your arrows flew. The voice of Your thunder in the circle of heaven; lightning illuminated the universe; the earth shook and shook. Your path is in the sea, and Your path is in the great waters, and Your footprints are unknown. Like a flock, You led Your people by the hand of Moses and Aaron.

Orthodox Psalter, text of Psalm 76 in Church Slavonic

With my voice I cried to the Lord, with my voice to God, and I heard. In the day of my tribulation I sought God with my hand, which lay before him, and was not deceived; my soul, having been cast aside, may be comforted. I remembered God and rejoiced, I reflected, and my spirit became fainthearted. Anticipate the watch, my eyes; confused and speechless. I thought about the first days, and remembered the eternal summer, and learned; At night my heart pondered and my spirit grew weary; Will the Lord reject food forever and not show favor again? or will he cut off his mercy completely, ending the verb from generation to generation? Will God forget to be generous? or will he withhold his bounties in his anger? And reh; Now this betrayal of the right hand of the Most High has begun. I remembered the works of the Lord; for I will remember your miracles from the beginning, and I will learn from all your deeds, and I will meditate on your undertakings. God, your path is holy; Who is the great God like our God? You are God and work miracles; Thou hast spoken thy strength among the people, and with thy arm hast delivered thy people, the sons of Jacob and Joseph. You saw the water, O God, you saw the water and were afraid; the confusion of the abyss. Lots of sound of waters; the voice of the clouds, for your arrows pass away. The voice of your thunder is in the wheel, your lightning illuminates the universe; the earth moved and trembled. Your path is in the sea, and your paths are in many waters, and your footprints are not known. You have instructed your people like sheep by the hand of Moses and Aaron.

Kathisma 10 Psalm 76

Psalm 76

The psalm was written under difficult circumstances (3), which shocked the author (5). He does not see God's help; events happen one more menacingly than the other, so that the writer asks with bewildered horror: “Has the Lord really rejected Him forever and His mercy ceased forever?” (3-9). Since the scripture does not say anything about the destruction of the temple, the main shrine and value of Jerusalem and all of Judea, which the author would certainly have mentioned if this event had taken place in his time, the writing of the psalm must be attributed to the period before the destruction of Jerusalem. Most likely, the psalm was written during the time of King Jehoiakim, when Judea had already experienced a number of formidable events, for example, the captivity of Manasseh, the death of Josiah in the fight against Pharaoh Necho, and the double movement of Nebuchadnezzar through Judea. All these events were accompanied by the devastation and devastation of Judea, and the writer of the psalm could witness how these disasters gradually became more frequent, and there was no hope of stopping or preventing them from anywhere. The writer was a singer from the family of Asafa, who assigned his psalm to be performed by the Idithum choir.

On the day of great disaster, I turn to the Lord in prayer. I lost sleep and gave myself up to thoughts: has the Lord turned away from his people forever and will no longer pour out his mercies on them (2-11)? Then I began to remember Your great deeds shown over the Jewish people in their past (12-13). You, Holy One, then demonstrated Your omnipotence over the nations, delivered Jacob and Joseph, by Your command the clouds poured out water and the earth shook from thunderstorms. You led your people through the sea and, like a flock, guarded with your hand Moses and Aaron (14-21).

1 To the head of the choir Idifumov. Psalm of Asaph. 2 My voice is to God, and I will cry; my voice is to God, and He will hear me.

2. “I will cry out” - I will constantly pray to God to help my people. - “He will hear me” - the writer harbors the hope that his sincere prayer will arouse God’s favor. This faith determines the further content of the psalm, when the author moves from depicting the difficult events of his time to indicating the blessings of God in the past of Jewish life and ends the psalm with a listing of these blessings. His cry, therefore, is not a cry of despair and hopelessness, but a bitter prayer, but warmed with hope.

3 In the day of my trouble I will seek the Lord; My hand is stretched out at night and does not fall; my soul refuses consolation.

3. “My hand is stretched out at night and does not go down” - prayer position with hands raised to God. This prayer is constant (“the hand does not give up”). - “My soul refuses consolation” means that the author is either so depressed by grief that nothing can tear his attention in another direction, or that the author, with the most careful observation of the course of events, does not see anything encouraging anywhere, no glimmer of a better future (fol. 11th century).

4 I remember God and tremble; I think, and my spirit faints. 5 You do not let me close my eyes; I'm shocked and can't speak. 6 I reflect on the days of old, on the years of centuries past; 7 I remember my songs in the night, I talk to my heart, and my spirit tries:

7. “My spirit searches” - examines everything that happens, and on the basis of this tries to predict the course of events.

8 Has the Lord rejected him forever, and will no longer favor him? 9 Has His mercy ceased forever, and His word been cut off from generation to generation? 10 Has God really forgotten to have mercy? Did He shut up His mercies in anger?

8-10. The result of this inquisitive attitude to reality is the saddest: he sees the complete abandonment of the Jewish people by God. Hence the bewilderment arises: “Has the Lord really rejected him forever?” “Really forever. Is His word cut off from generation to generation?” By “word” here we do not mean the revelation of God to the people, since this was then communicated in the sermon of the prophet Jeremiah, but, in accordance with the subsequent content, listing the facts of God’s miraculous help to his people, the word generally means Divine favor, Divine protection and help.

11 And I said: “This is my grief - the change of the right hand of the Most High.”

11. “This is my grief - a change in the right hand of the Most High,” a change in God’s relationship with his people. This change is presupposed not by one particular fact, an unfortunate event in the life of the people, but by a whole series of them. The author grieves not about an accidental phenomenon, even a terrible one, but about God’s constant permission to pour out one disaster after another upon the Jews. It is the latter that frightens the writer.

Since the present life did not represent anything joyful for the author, he wanted to find peace in the past and from there draw a source of consolation for himself. He saw this latter in God’s miraculous guidance of his people, which is why he briefly reports some of these facts.

12 I will remember the works of the Lord; I will remember Your ancient wonders; 13 I will delve into all Your works, meditate on Your great deeds. 14 God! holy is your way. Who is God as great as [our] God! 15 You are a God who works miracles; You have demonstrated Your power among the nations; 16 You have delivered with your arm your people, the sons of Jacob and Joseph. 17 The waters saw You, O God; the waters saw You and were afraid, and the deeps trembled. 18 The clouds poured out water, the clouds made thunder, and Your arrows flew. 19 The voice of Your thunder in the circle of heaven; lightning illuminated the universe; the earth shook and shook. 20 Thy way is in the sea, and Thy path is in the great waters, and Thy footsteps are unknown.

20. The miraculous passage of the Jews through the Red Mora is depicted. - “Your path is in the great waters” - a trace of Your omnipotence, the manifestation of the latter is in the separation of deep waters; “Your footprints are unknown” - in the ordinary way, such a fact is inexplicable by natural forces, it is the work of Your incomprehensible power.

The author’s indication of God’s miraculous help to his people in the past apparently reassures the writer and instills faith that the sincere appeal of the Jews to God will be a source for sending the Lord’s mercy upon them in the present time. This explains that the author of the psalm said at the beginning: “he will hear me.”

21 You led Your people like a flock by the hand of Moses and Aaron.

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With my voice I cried to the Lord, with my voice to God, and I heard.

In the day of my tribulation I sought God with my hand, which lay before Him, and was not deceived: my soul, having been rejected, may be comforted.

I remembered God and rejoiced, I mocked and reflected, and my spirit became fainthearted.

Anticipate my watches: I am confused and speechless.

I thought about the first days, and remembered the eternal years, and learned: in the night I mocked my heart, and pondered it in anguish, and tried my spirit: the Lord will forever reject food, and will not show favor again; or he will cut off His mercy to the end, ending the verb from generation to generation; God will forget to provide food; or He will withhold His bounty in His wrath; and rekh: now has begun: this is the betrayal of the right hand of the Most High.

I will remember the works of the Lord: for I will remember Your wonders from the beginning, and I will learn from all Your works, and I will mock and meditate on Your undertakings.

God, your way is holy: who is a great God, even as our God; Thou art a God who works miracles: Thou hast spoken Thy power in men, Thou hast delivered Thy people with Thy arm, the sons of Jacob and Joseph.

You saw the waters, O God, you saw the waters and were afraid: the abyss was in turmoil, there was a lot of noise of the waters: the clouds gave a voice, for your arrows pass away.

The voice of Thy thunder is in the wheels, Thy lightning illuminates the universe: the earth moves and trembles.

Thy ways are in the sea, and Thy paths are in many waters, and Thy footsteps are not known.

Thou hast taught Thy people like sheep, by the hand of Moses and Aaron.

In Russian. An educational text for understanding unfamiliar words and expressions of the Church Slavonic language.

About God's protection to His people

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My voice is to God, and I will cry out; my voice is to God, and He will hear me.

In the day of my trouble I seek the Lord; My hand is stretched out at night and does not fall; my soul refuses consolation.

I remember God and tremble; I think, and my spirit faints.

You do not let me close my eyes; I'm shocked and can't speak.

I reflect on the ancient days, on the years of centuries past; I remember my songs in the night, I talk with my heart, and my spirit tests: has the Lord really rejected him forever, and will no longer be favorable?

Has His mercy ceased forever, and His word been cut short from generation to generation?

Has God really forgotten to have mercy?

Did He shut up His mercies in anger?

And I said: “This is my grief - the change of the right hand of the Most High.”

I will remember the works of the Lord; I will remember Your ancient wonders; I will delve into all Your deeds, meditate on Your great deeds.

God! Holy is Your way.

Who is God as great as our God!

You are the God who works miracles; You have demonstrated Your power among the nations; You delivered with an arm your people, the sons of Jacob and Joseph.

The waters saw You, O God, the waters saw You and were afraid, and the deeps trembled.

The clouds poured out water, the clouds made thunder, and Your arrows flew.

The voice of Your thunder in the circle of heaven; lightning illuminated the universe; the earth shook and shook.

Your path is in the sea, and Your path is in the great waters, and Your footprints are unknown.

Like a flock, You led Your people by the hand of Moses and Aaron.

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Monday

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