Psalm
77 Prayed
Praying for the God of miracles
to act once again
I cry out to you, O God, for
help;
I
cry out to you to hear me.
I see the destitution of your
people,
the
irrelevance of your Church in this land, O
Lord.
I am in distress, so I seek
you, O Lord;
at
night I stretch out untiring hands
and
my soul refuses to be comforted.
I remembered you, O God, and I
groan;
I
muse, and my spirit grows faint.
You keep my eyes from closing;
I
am too troubled to speak.
As I think about the former
days,
the
years of long ago;
As I think about how once you
blessed the Church
in
this nation,
how
you sent revival to your people;
As I remembered my songs in the
night.
My
heart muses and my spirit inquires:
“Will the you reject your
Church forever O Lord?
Will
you never show your favour again?
Has your unfailing love
vanished forever?
Has
your promise failed for all time?
Have you forgotten to be
merciful, O God?
Have
you in anger withheld your
compassion?”
So I pray, “To this I will
appeal:
the
years of the right hand of the Most High.”
I will remember the deeds of
the Lord;
yes,
I will remember your miracles of long ago.
I will meditate on all your
works
and
consider all your mighty deeds.
Your ways, O God, are holy.
What
god is so great as our God?
You are the God who performs
miracles;
you
display your power among the peoples.
In the Old Testament you delivered Israel.
With your mighty arm you
redeemed your people,
the
descendants of Jacob and Joseph.
You are the Lord, the God who
brought them
out
of Egypt,
out
of the land of slavery.
The waters of the Red Sea saw
you, O God,
the
waters saw you and writhed;
the
very depths were convulsed.
The clouds poured down water,
the
skies resounded with thunder;
your
arrows flashed back and forth.
Your thunder was heard in the
whirlwind,
your
lightning lit up the world;
the
earth trembled and quaked.
Your path led through the Red
Sea,
your
way through the mighty waters,
though
your footprints were not seen.
You led your people like a
flock
by
the hand of Moses and Aaron.
In the New Testament you
delivered your Church.,
you
led your people out of slavery to sin.
Jesus of Nazareth was a man
accredited
to
the people of Israel by you, O God.
You did miracles, wonders and
signs
among
them through him.
The Holy Spirit was upon him,
because
you anointed him to preach good news
to
the poor.
You sent him to proclaim
freedom for the prisoners
and
recovery of sight for the blind
to
release the oppressed,
to
proclaim the year of your favour.
And so the blind received
sight, the lame walked,
those
who have leprosy were cured,
the deaf heard, the dead
were raised,
and
the good news was preached to the poor.
Through the Spirit of holiness
you
declared him with power
to be the Son of God
by
his resurrection from the dead.
This salvation, which was first
announced by the
Lord
Jesus,
was
confirmed to us by the apostles who heard
him.
You also testified to it
by
signs, wonders and various miracles,
and
gifts of the Holy Spirit,
distributed
according to your will.
Everybody living in Jerusalem
knew
they
did outstanding miracles,
and even the rulers, elders and
teachers of the law
could
not deny it.
Send forth your power to your
people once again.
Deliver
us by your outstretched hand once
more.
Vindicate the name of Jesus
and
shut the mouths of scoffers.
Prove your power, and revive
your Church again
with
the power of the Holy Spirit.
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Psalm 77 Prayed
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