Bible Reading Plan

Chapter 77

Comfort in Trouble from Recalling God's Mighty Deeds.

¹ My voice rises to God, and I will ^(C1)cry aloud;
My voice rises to God, and He will listen to me.

² In the ^(C1)day of my trouble I sought the Lord;
^(C2)In the night my ^(C3)hand was stretched out and did not grow weary;
My soul ^(C4)refused to be comforted.

³ When I remember God, then I am ^(C1)restless;
When I ^(C2)sigh, then ^(C3)my spirit feels weak. Selah

⁴ You have held my eyelids open;
I am so troubled that I ^(C1)cannot speak.

⁵ I have considered the ^(C1)days of old,
The years of long ago.

⁶ I will remember my ^(C1)song in the night;
I ^(C2)will meditate with my heart,
And my spirit ^(F1)ponders:

⁷ Will the Lord ^(C1)reject forever?
And will He ^(C2)never be favorable again?

⁸ Has His ^(C1)favor ceased forever?
Has His ^(F1)(C2)promise come to an end ^(F2)forever?

⁹ Has God ^(C1)forgotten to be gracious,
Or has He in anger ^(F1)withdrawn His ^(C2)compassion? Selah

¹⁰ Then I said, "^(C1)It is my ^(F1)grief,
That the ^(C2)right hand of the Most High has changed."

¹¹ I shall remember the ^(C1)deeds of ^(F1)the LORD;
I will certainly ^(C1)remember Your wonders of old.

¹² I will ^(C1)meditate on all Your work,
And on Your deeds with thanksgiving.

¹³ Your way, God, is ^(C1)holy;
^(C2)What god is great like our God?

¹⁴ You are the ^(C1)God who works wonders;
You have ^(C2)made known Your strength among the peoples.

¹⁵ By Your ^(F1)power You have ^(C1)redeemed Your people,
The sons of Jacob and ^(C2)Joseph. Selah

¹⁶ The ^(C1)waters saw You, God;
The waters saw You, they were in anguish;
The ocean depths also trembled.

¹⁷ The ^(C1)clouds poured out water;
The skies ^(F1)(C2)sounded out;
Your ^(C3)arrows ^(F2)flashed here and there.

¹⁸ The ^(C1)sound of Your thunder was in the whirlwind;
The ^(C2)lightning lit up the world;
The ^(C3)earth trembled and shook.

¹⁹ Your ^(C1)way was in the sea
And Your paths in the mighty waters,
And Your footprints were not known.

²⁰ You ^(C1)led Your people like a flock
By the hand of ^(C2)Moses and Aaron.

Chapter 78

God's Guidance of His People in Spite of Their Unfaithfulness.

^1 (C1)Listen, my people, to my ^(F1)instruction;
^(C2)Incline your ears to the words of my mouth.

² I will ^(C1)open my mouth in a parable;
I will tell ^(C2)riddles of old,

³ Which we have heard and known,
And ^(C1)our fathers have told us.

⁴ We will ^(C1)not conceal them from their children,
But we will ^(C2)tell the generation to come the praises of the LORD,
And His power and His ^(C3)wondrous works that He has done.

⁵ For He established a ^(C1)testimony in Jacob,
And appointed a ^(C2)law in Israel,
Which He ^(C3)commanded our fathers
That they were to ^(F1)(C4)teach them to their children,

^6 (C1)So that the generation to come would know, ^(C2)the children yet to be born,
That they would arise and ^(C3)tell them to their children,

⁷ So that they would put their confidence in God
And ^(C1)not forget the works of God,
But ^(C2)comply with His commandments,

⁸ And ^(C1)not be like their fathers,
A ^(C2)stubborn and rebellious generation,
A generation that ^(C3)did not ^(F1)prepare its heart
And whose spirit was not ^(C4)faithful to God.

⁹ The sons of Ephraim ^(F1)were ^(C1)archers equipped with bows,
Yet ^(C2)they turned back on the day of battle.

¹⁰ They ^(C1)did not keep the covenant of God
And refused to ^(C2)walk in His Law;

¹¹ They ^(C1)forgot His deeds
And His ^(F1)miracles that He had shown them.

^12 (C1)He performed wonders before their fathers
In the land of Egypt, in the ^(C2)field of Zoan.

¹³ He ^(C1)divided the sea and caused them to pass through,
And He made the waters stand ^(C2)up like a heap.

¹⁴ Then He led them with the cloud by ^(C1)day
And all the night with a ^(C2)light of fire.

¹⁵ He ^(C1)split the rocks in the wilderness
And gave them plenty to drink like the ocean depths.

¹⁶ He ^(C1)brought forth streams from the rock
And made waters run down like rivers.

¹⁷ Yet they still continued to sin against Him,
To ^(C1)rebel against the Most High in the desert.

¹⁸ And in their heart they ^(C1)put God to the test
By asking for ^(C2)food ^(F1)that suited their taste.

¹⁹ Then they spoke against God;
They said, "^(C1)Can God prepare a table in the wilderness?

²⁰ "Behold, He ^(C1)struck the rock so that waters gushed out,
And streams were overflowing;
Can He also provide bread?
Will He prepare ^(C2)meat for His people?"

²¹ Therefore the LORD heard and ^(F1)was ^(C1)full of wrath;
And a fire was kindled against Jacob,
And anger also mounted against Israel,

²² Because they ^(C1)did not believe in God
And did not trust in His salvation.

²³ Yet He commanded the clouds above
And ^(C1)opened the doors of heaven;

²⁴ He ^(C1)rained down manna upon them to eat,
And gave them ^(F1)(C2)food from heaven.<