I called to remembrance my [a]song in the night: I communed with mine own heart, and my spirit searched [b]diligently.

Will the Lord absent himself forever? and will he show no more favor?

Is his [c]mercy clean gone forever? doth his promise fail forevermore?

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 77:6 Of thanksgiving, which I was accustomed to sing in my prosperity.
  2. Psalm 77:6 Both the causes why I was chastened, and when my sorrows should have an end.
  3. Psalm 77:8 As if he should say, It is impossible: whereby he exhorteth himself to patience.

I remembered my songs in the night.
    My heart meditated and my spirit asked:

“Will the Lord reject forever?(A)
    Will he never show his favor(B) again?
Has his unfailing love(C) vanished forever?
    Has his promise(D) failed for all time?

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