To the chief Musician, to Yedutun, A Psalm of Asaf.

For the conductor, on yeduthun [(the decrees that come upon Israel)] of Asaf, a psalm.

To God I will cry aloud: aloud to God. O, hear me!

[I shall lift] my voice to G d, and I shall cry out. [When I lift] my voice to G d, He shall pay heed to me.

In the day of my trouble I sought the Lord: my hand is stretched out in the night, and rests not: my soul refuses to be comforted.

On the day of my travail, I sought the L rd. My hand [i.e., my wound] oozes [putrefaction] all the night [of exile] and does not abate. My soul refuses consolation.

I remember God, and moan: I meditate, and my spirit faints. (Sela.)

I think upon G d [(upon His lovingkindnesses to me when I was in favor with Him)], and I make moan. I speak [(of those lovingkindnesses)], and my spirit faints forever.

Thou holdest fast my eyelids: I am so troubled that I cannot speak.

You have held fast the watches of my eyes [(in this deep sleep of exile)]. I shudder and cannot speak.

I have considered the days of old, the years of ancient times.

I think of the days of yore [(of Your lovingkindnesses to our forefathers)], of the years gone by.

I call to remembrance my song in the night: I meditate with my heart: and my spirit makes diligent search.

I remember my [Temple] songs at night [i.e., in this night of exile]. I commune with my heart, and my spirit seeks [to understand G d's ways]:

Will the Lord cast off for ever? and will he be favourable no more?

Will the L rd forsake [me] forever and never again be conciliated?

Is his steadfast love clean gone forever? does his promise fail for evermore?

Is His lovingkindness ended forever? Has He irrevocably decreed [not to turn from His wrath] for all time?

Has God forgotten to be gracious? has he in anger shut up his tender mercies? (Sela.)

Has G d forgotten to be gracious? Has He closed off, in anger, His mercies forever?

And I said, I am sick at heart, for the right hand of the most High has changed.

And I said: It is to frighten me [(into returning to Him)] that the right hand of the Almighty has changed [(from smiting the foe to turning back from doing so)].

I will remember the works of the Lord: surely I will remember Thy wonders of old.

[When] I think upon the feats of the L rd; when I think upon Your wonders of yore,

I will meditate also on all Thy work, and muse on Thy doings.

I bring to mind all of Your deeds [(that You have performed for us until now)], and I hold converse in Your acts.

Thy way, O God, is in holiness: who is so great a God as our God?

O G d, Your way is in holiness [i.e., to sanctify Your name in the world by exacting punishment of the wicked]. Who is a great god as G d [is]?

Thou art the God That doest wonders: Thou hast declared Thy strength among the people.

You are the G d who works wonders. You have made known Your might among the peoples.

Thou hast with Thy arm redeemed Thy people, the sons of Ya῾aqov and Yosef. (Sela.)

You have redeemed Your people with Your [mighty] arm, the children of Jacob and Joseph together.

The waters saw Thee, O God, the waters saw Thee: they were afraid: the depths also trembled.

The waters [(of the Red Sea)] saw You, O G d. The waters saw You [and] they trembled. The depths, too, trembled.

The clouds poured out water: the skies sent out a sound: Thy arrows also went abroad.

They [the heavens] poured forth thick waters. The heavens reverberated in sound [(thunder)]; Your arrows [i.e., lightnings], too, went forth.

The voice of Thy thunder was in the whirlwind: the lightnings lightened the world: the earth trembled and shook.

The voice of Your thunder was like a [rolling] wheel [(on the sea to confound the camp of Egypt)]; lightning lit up the world; the earth shook and trembled.

Thy way was in the sea, and Thy path in the great waters, and Thy footsteps were not known.

[You made] Your way in the sea, and Your path in many waters, and Your footsteps were not seen [(the waters immediately returning upon the Egyptians)].

Thou didst lead Thy people like a flock by the hand of Moshe and Aharon.

You led Your people as sheep, by the hand of Moses and Aaron.