Psalm 77

New International Version

Psalm 77^[a]

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

¹I cried out to God^(A) for help;
    I cried out to God to hear me.
²When I was in distress,^(B) I sought the Lord;
    at night^(C) I stretched out untiring hands,^(D)
    and I would not be comforted.^(E)

³I remembered^(F) you, God, and I groaned;^(G)
    I meditated, and my spirit grew faint.^[b]^(H)
⁴You kept my eyes from closing;
    I was too troubled to speak.^(I)
⁵I thought about the former days,^(J)
    the years of long ago;
⁶I remembered my songs in the night.
    My heart meditated and my spirit asked:

⁷“Will the Lord reject forever?^(K)
    Will he never show his favor^(L) again?
⁸Has his unfailing love^(M) vanished forever?
    Has his promise^(N) failed for all time?
⁹Has God forgotten to be merciful?^(O)
    Has he in anger withheld his compassion?^(P)”

¹⁰Then I thought, “To this I will appeal:
    the years when the Most High stretched out his right hand.^(Q)
¹¹I will remember the deeds of the Lord;
    yes, I will remember your miracles^(R) of long ago.
¹²I will consider^(S) all your works
    and meditate on all your mighty deeds.”^(T)

¹³Your ways, God, are holy.
    What god is as great as our God?^(U)
¹⁴You are the God who performs miracles;^(V)
    you display your power among the peoples.
¹⁵With your mighty arm you redeemed your people,^(W)
    the descendants of Jacob and Joseph.

¹⁶The waters^(X) saw you, God,
    the waters saw you and writhed;^(Y)
    the very depths were convulsed.
¹⁷The clouds poured down water,^(Z)
    the heavens resounded with thunder;^(AA)
    your arrows^(AB) flashed back and forth.
¹⁸Your thunder was heard in the whirlwind,^(AC)
    your lightning^(AD) lit up the world;
    the earth trembled and quaked.^(AE)
¹⁹Your path^(AF) led through the sea,^(AG)
    your way through the mighty waters,
    though your footprints were not seen.

²⁰You led your people^(AH) like a flock^(AI)
by the hand of Moses and Aaron.^(AJ)

Footnotes

Psalm 77:1 In Hebrew texts 77:1-20 is numbered 77:2-21.
Psalm 77:3 The Hebrew has Selah (a word of uncertain meaning) here and at the end of verses 9 and 15.

Nehemiah 9:9-15

New International Version

⁹“You saw the suffering of our ancestors in Egypt;^(A) you heard their cry at the Red Sea.^[a]^(B) ¹⁰You sent signs^(C) and wonders^(D) against Pharaoh, against all his officials and all the people of his land, for you knew how arrogantly the Egyptians treated them. You made a name^(E) for yourself,^(F) which remains to this day. ¹¹You divided the sea before them,^(G) so that they passed through it on dry ground, but you hurled their pursuers into the depths,^(H) like a stone into mighty waters.^(I) ¹²By day^(J) you led^(K) them with a pillar of cloud,^(L) and by night with a pillar of fire to give them light on the way they were to take.

¹³“You came down on Mount Sinai;^(M) you spoke^(N) to them from heaven.^(O) You gave them regulations and laws that are just^(P) and right, and decrees and commands that are good.^(Q) ¹⁴You made known to them your holy Sabbath^(R) and gave them commands, decrees and laws through your servant Moses. ¹⁵In their hunger you gave them bread from heaven^(S) and in their thirst you brought them water from the rock;^(T) you told them to go in and take possession of the land you had sworn with uplifted hand^(U) to give them.^(V)

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Footnotes

Nehemiah 9:9 Or the Sea of Reeds

Romans 14:13-15:2

New International Version

¹³Therefore let us stop passing judgment^(A) on one another. Instead, make up your mind not to put any stumbling block or obstacle in the way of a brother or sister.^(B) ¹⁴I am convinced, being fully persuaded in the Lord Jesus, that nothing is unclean in itself.^(C) But if anyone regards something as unclean, then for that person it is unclean.^(D) ¹⁵If your brother or sister is distressed because of what you eat, you are no longer acting in love.^(E) Do not by your eating destroy someone for whom Christ died.^(F) ¹⁶Therefore do not let what you know is good be spoken of as evil.^(G) ¹⁷For the kingdom of God is not a matter of eating and drinking,^(H) but of righteousness, peace^(I) and joy in the Holy Spirit,^(J) ¹⁸because anyone who serves Christ in this way is pleasing to God and receives human approval.^(K)

¹⁹Let us therefore make every effort to do what leads to peace^(L) and to mutual edification.^(M) ²⁰Do not destroy the work of God for the sake of food.^(N) All food is clean,^(O) but it is wrong for a person to eat anything that causes someone else to stumble.^(P) ²¹It is better not to eat meat or drink wine or to do anything else that will cause your brother or sister to fall.^(Q)

²²So whatever you believe about these things keep between yourself and God. Blessed is the one who does not condemn^(R) himself by what he approves. ²³But whoever has doubts^(S) is condemned if they eat, because their eating is not from faith; and everything that does not come from faith is sin.^[a]

15 We who are strong ought to bear with the failings of the weak^(T) and not to please ourselves. ²Each of us should please our neighbors for their good,^(U) to build them up.^(V)