Psalms 77:1

New Living Translation

For Jeduthun, the choir director: A psalm of Asaph.

I cry out to God; yes, I shout. Oh, that God would listen to me!

Parallel Translations

Legacy Standard Bible
My voice rises to God, and I must cry aloud;My voice rises to God, and He will hear me.

New American Standard Bible (1995)

For the choir director; according to Jeduthun. A Psalm of Asaph.

My voice rises to God, and I will cry aloud; My voice rises to God, and He will hear me.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
My voyce was vnto the Lorde, and I cryed: my voyce was vnto the Lord, and he hearkened vnto me.

Darby Translation

To the chief Musician. On Jeduthun. Of Asaph. A Psalm.

My voice is unto God, and I will cry; my voice is unto God, and he will give ear unto me.

New King James Version
I cried out to God with my voice-- To God with my voice; And He gave ear to me.

Literal Translation
To the chief musician. On Jeduthun. A Psalm of Asaph. My voice is to God, and I cry; my voice is to God, and He gave ear to me.

Easy-to-Read Version

To the director, Jeduthun. One of Asaph's songs.

I cry out to God for help. I cry out to you, God; listen to me!

World English Bible
<> My cry goes to God! Indeed, I cry to God for help, And for him to listen to me.

King James Version (1611)
[To the chiefe musician, to Ieduthun, a Psalme of Asaph.] I cryed vnto God with my voice: euen vnto God with my voice, and he gaue eare vnto me.

King James Version
I cried unto God with my voice, even unto God with my voice; and he gave ear unto me.

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
I cried vnto God with my voyce, yee euen vnto God cried I with my voyce, & he herde me.

THE MESSAGE

An Asaph Psalm

I yell out to my God, I yell with all my might, I yell at the top of my lungs. He listens.

Amplified Bible
My voice rises to God, and I will cry aloud; My voice rises to God, and He will hear me.

American Standard Version

For the Chief Musician; after the manner of Jeduthun. A Psalm of Asaph.

I will cry unto God with my voice, Even unto God with my voice; and he will give ear unto me.

Bible in Basic English
I was crying to God with my voice; even to God with my voice, and he gave ear to me.

Update Bible Version
For the Chief Musician; after the manner of Jeduthun. A Psalm of Asaph. I will cry to God with my voice, Even to God with my voice; and he will give ear to me.

Webster's Bible Translation
To the chief Musician, to Jeduthun, A Psalm of Asaph. I cried to God with my voice, [even] to God with my voice; and he gave ear to me.

New English Translation

For the music director, Jeduthun; a psalm of Asaph.

I will cry out to God and call for help! I will cry out to God and he will pay attention to me.

Contemporary English Version

(A psalm by Asaph for Jeduthun, the music leader.)

I pray to you, Lord God, and I beg you to listen.

Complete Jewish Bible
For the leader. For Y'dutun. A psalm of Asaf:

Geneva Bible (1587)
For the excellent musitian Ieduthun. A Psalme committed to Asaph. My voyce came to God, when I cryed: my voyce came to God, and he heard me.

George Lamsa Translation
I CRIED to God with my voice, and he heard me; I have lifted up my voice to him, and he answered me.

Hebrew Names Version
<> My cry goes to God! Indeed, I cry to God for help, And for him to listen to me.

JPS Old Testament (1917)
For the Leader; for Jeduthun. A Psalm of Asaph.

New Life Bible
My voice goes up to God, and I will cry out. My voice goes up to God and He will hear me.

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
I cried to the Lord with my voice, yea, my voice was addressed to God; and he gave heed to me.

English Revised Version
For the Chief Musician; after the manner of Jeduthun. A Psalm of Asaph. I will cry unto God with my voice; even unto God with my voice, and he wilt give ear unto me.

Berean Standard Bible
For the choirmaster. According to Jeduthun. A Psalm of Asaph. I cried aloud to God, I cried out to God to hear me.

New Revised Standard

To the leader: according to Jeduthun. Of Asaph. A Psalm.

I cry aloud to God, aloud to God, that he may hear me.

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
With my voice - unto God, will I make outcry, With my voice unto God, and he will give ear unto me;

Douay-Rheims Bible
(76-1) <Unto the end, for Idithun, a psalm of Asaph.> (76-2) I cried to the Lord with my voice; to God with my voice, and he gave ear to me.

Lexham English Bible

For the music director, on Jeduthun.

Of Asaph. A psalm.

I cry out with my voice to God; with my voice to God, that he may hear me.

English Standard Version

To the choirmaster: according to Jeduthun. A Psalm of Asaph.

I cry aloud to God, aloud to God, and he will hear me.

New American Standard Bible
My voice rises to God, and I will cry aloud; My voice rises to God, and He will listen to me.

New Century Version

For the director of music. For Jeduthun. A psalm of Asaph.

I cry out to God; I call to God, and he will hear me.

Good News Translation
I cry aloud to God; I cry aloud, and he hears me.

Christian Standard Bible®

For the choir director: according to Jeduthun. Of Asaph. A psalm.

I cry aloud to God, aloud to God, and He will hear me.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
The `title of the sixte and seuentithe salm. `To the ouercomere on Yditum, `the salm of Asaph. With my vois Y criede to the Lord; with my vois to God, and he yaf tent to me.

Young's Literal Translation
To the Overseer, for Jeduthun. -- A Psalm of Asaph. My voice [is] to God, and I cry, my voice [is] to God, And He hath given ear unto me.

Revised Standard Version
To the choirmaster: according to Jeduthun. A Psalm of Asaph. I cry aloud to God, aloud to God, that he may hear me.

Contextual Overview

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For Jeduthun, the choir director: A psalm of Asaph.

I cry out to God; yes, I shout. Oh, that God would listen to me! ² When I was in deep trouble, I searched for the Lord. All night long I prayed, with hands lifted toward heaven, but my soul was not comforted. ³ I think of God, and I moan, overwhelmed with longing for his help. Interlude ⁴ You don't let me sleep. I am too distressed even to pray! ⁵ I think of the good old days, long since ended, ⁶ when my nights were filled with joyful songs. I search my soul and ponder the difference now. ⁷ Has the Lord rejected me forever? Will he never again be kind to me? ⁸ Is his unfailing love gone forever? Have his promises permanently failed? ⁹ Has God forgotten to be gracious? Has he slammed the door on his compassion? Interlude ¹⁰ And I said, "This is my fate; the Most High has turned his hand against me."

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

A Psalm: This Psalm is allowed by the best judges to have been written during the Babylonian captivity.

of Asaph: or, for Asaph, Psalms 50:1, *title

I cried: Psalms 3:4, Psalms 34:6, Psalms 55:16, Psalms 55:17, Psalms 142:1-3

gave: Psalms 116:1, Psalms 116:2

Reciprocal: 1 Chronicles 6:39 - Asaph 1 Chronicles 25:2 - Asaph 2 Chronicles 35:15 - according Nehemiah 9:4 - cried Job 5:8 - seek Job 16:6 - my grief Psalms 9:9 - in times Psalms 28:1 - Unto Psalms 30:8 - unto Psalms 34:4 - sought Psalms 86:7 - General Psalms 138:3 - In the day Song of Solomon 5:8 - I am Isaiah 26:16 - in trouble Jonah 2:4 - I said Romans 8:26 - with

Gill's Notes on the Bible

I cried unto God with my voice,.... Which is to be understood of prayer, and that vocal, and which is importunate and fervent, being made in distress; see Psalms 3:4, or "my voice was unto God" h, "and I cried"; it was directed to him, and expressed in a very loud and clamorous way:

even unto God with my voice; or "my voice was unto God"; which is repeated to show that he prayed again and again, with great eagerness and earnestness, his case being a very afflicted one:

and he gave ear unto me; his prayer was not without success; God is a God hearing and answering prayer, according to his promise, Psalms 50:15.

h קולי אל אלהים "vox mea ad Deum", Pagninus, Montanus, Musculus, "fertur", Junius Tremellius "erat", Cocceius.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

I cried unto God with my voice - That is, he cried or prayed audibly. It was not mere mental prayer. See the notes at Psalms 3:4.

Even unto God with my voice - The repetition here is emphatic. The idea is that it was an earnest or fervent cry. Compare the notes at 2 Corinthians 12:8.

And he gave ear unto me - See Psalms 5:1, note; Psalms 17:6, note.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

PSALM LXXVII

The psalmist's ardent prayer to God in the tine of distress,

1-4.

The means he used to excite his confidence, 5-12.

God's wonderful works in behalf of his people, 13-20.

NOTES ON PSALM LXXVII

The title, "To the chief Musician, (or conqueror,) to Jeduthun, A Psalm of Asaph." On this title we may observe that both Asaph and Jeduthun were celebrated singers in the time of David, and no doubt were masters or leaders of bands which long after their times were called by their names. Hence Psalms composed during and after the captivity have these names prefixed to them. But there is reason to believe also, that there was a person of the name of Asaph in the captivity at Babylon. The author must be considered as speaking in the persons of the captive Israelites, It may however be adapted to the case of any individual in spiritual distress through strong temptation, or from a sense of the Divine displeasure in consequence of backsliding.

Verse Psalms 77:1. I cried unto God — The repetition here marks the earnestness of the psalmist's soul; and the word voice shows that the Psalm was not the issue of private meditation, but of deep mental trouble, which forced him to speak his griefs aloud.