Psalms 77:1-20

Psalm PSALM—NOTE ON Psalms 77:1. This is a community lament. By referring to God’s “anger” (v. Psalms 77:9) the psalm acknowledges that the reason for the trouble may be some fault in the people (see Psalms 74:1; Psalms 79:1; Psalms 80:1). The repeated key words here are “remember” and “meditate” (Psalms 77:3, Psalms 77:6, Psalms 77:11). The psalm moves from remembering and meditating on God (as the one who has made promises to his people), to remembering and meditating on how things once were better, to remembering and meditating on God’s mighty deeds of old that build confidence for his people’s future.