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Psalm 77 verses 1 and 2, I cry aloud to God and He will hear me in the day of my trouble.

I seek the Lord. Harding wants to just keep reading throughout the Psalm,

because right after this, the Psalmist begins describing how he is weary with his moaning

and crying out to God how his soul is longing for comfort. He is struggling. When he says,

in the day of my trouble, I seek the Lord. He basically elaborates on how troubled he is

in his heart and mind, and it just continues to develop until you get to verse 10.

And then the Psalmist says, then I said, I will appeal to this to the years of the right hand

of the most high. I will remember the deeds of the Lord. Yes, I will remember your wonders of

old. I will ponder all your work and meditate on your mighty deeds. And what he does after that

is he begins to recount all the ways God has always shown himself faithful on behalf of his people.

And I give you that whole context now to come back to the first couple of verses to remind you

if you find yourself today or whenever you find yourself in a day of trouble.

Seek the Lord for the comfort you need. Seek the Lord for the strength you need.

Seek the one who has always, always, always been faithful on behalf of his people who look to him

and who trust in him. Look back at the years of the right hand of the most high. Remember the

deeds of the Lord. It is so good. We see this command all throughout the Bible to remember,

remember, remember what God has done. Remember who God is especially when your soul is weary

with moaning Psalm chapter 77 verse 2 and 3 when your soul is longing for comfort.

Cry aloud to the Lord. Seek the Lord in the day of trouble and trust that he will do what he

has always done on behalf of his people. He will not let you down. Oh God, we praise you for your

mighty works. Think about Psalms 77 verse 19. Your way was through the sea, your path was in the

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