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Psalm 77:1

For the Chief Musician. To Jeduthun. A Psalm by Asaph. My cry goes to God! Indeed, I cry to God for help, and for him to listen to me.

1For the Chief Musician. To Jeduthun. A Psalm by Asaph. My cry goes to God! Indeed, I cry to God for help, and for him to listen to me.
2In the day of my trouble I sought the Lord. My hand was stretched out in the night, and didn’t get tired. My soul refused to be comforted.
3I remember God, and I groan. I complain, and my spirit is overwhelmed. Selah.
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Notice

The repeated cry to God carries both the need for help and the longing to be heard, before any answer appears in the psalm.

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Psalm 3:4I cry to the LORD with my voice, and he answers me out of his holy hill. Selah.Both speakers cry to God; Psalm 3 describes his answer, while Psalm 77 opens with a plea for him to listen.
Psalm 39:1For the Chief Musician. For Jeduthun. A Psalm by David. I said, “I will watch my ways, so that I don’t sin with my tongue. I will keep my mouth with a bridle …Both headings name Jeduthun and the Chief Musician; their subjects differ, with one speaker crying out and the other restraining speech.
Psalm 62:1For the Chief Musician. To Jeduthun. A Psalm by David. My soul rests in God alone. My salvation is from him.Both headings name Jeduthun, and both speakers turn to God, one crying for help and one resting in him.
Psalm 50:1A Psalm by Asaph. The Mighty One, God, the LORD, speaks, and calls the earth from sunrise to sunset.Both psalms bear Asaph’s name; Psalm 77 opens with a human cry to God, while Psalm 50 describes God speaking.
1 Chronicles 6:39His brother Asaph, who stood on his right hand, even Asaph the son of Berechiah, the son of Shimea,Asaph is named in the psalm’s heading and in the family record in Chronicles.
1 Chronicles 25:2of the sons of Asaph: Zaccur, Joseph, Nethaniah, and Asharelah. The sons of Asaph were under the hand of Asaph, who prophesied at the order of the king.The psalm bears Asaph’s name; Chronicles names Asaph as the father whose sons prophesied under his direction.
2 Chronicles 35:15The singers, the sons of Asaph, were in their place, according to the commandment of David, Asaph, Heman, and Jeduthun the king’s seer; and the gatekeepers …Asaph and Jeduthun appear in the psalm’s heading and among those whose commands governed the singers’ service.
Nehemiah 9:4Then Jeshua, Bani, Kadmiel, Shebaniah, Bunni, Sherebiah, Bani, and Chenani of the Levites stood up on the stairs, and cried with a loud voice to the LORD their …Both passages describe cries directed to God, from Asaph in the psalm and from the Levites in Nehemiah.
1 Chronicles 25:6All these were under the hands of their father for song in the LORD’s house, with cymbals, stringed instruments, and harps, for the service of God’s house: …Asaph and Jeduthun appear in the psalm’s heading and among those serving with music in God’s house.
1 Chronicles 25:3Of Jeduthun, the sons of Jeduthun: Gedaliah, Zeri, Jeshaiah, Shimei, Hashabiah, and Mattithiah, six, under the hands of their father Jeduthun, who prophesied …The psalm’s heading names Jeduthun, whom Chronicles describes leading his sons in giving thanks and praising the LORD with the harp.
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One step

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Tell God aloud where you need his help today

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Encouragement

You do not have to claim comfort you lack when you ask God to listen. Asaph’s distress remains as he directs his cry to God.

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Cross-reference data from OpenBible.info (CC BY). Scripture from the World English Bible (public domain). Arc diagram after Chris Harrison and Christoph Römhild (2007).