Psalm 77

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Psalm 77 is a biblical psalm of lament and trust in which the psalmist moves from deep distress and questioning to renewed confidence by remembering God’s past mighty deeds.

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Label Occurrences
Psalm 77 canonical 4

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Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf biblical psalm ⓘ
psalm of lament ⓘ
psalm of trust ⓘ
addressedTo God ⓘ
attributedTo Asaph ⓘ
belongsToCollection Psalms of Asaph ⓘ
bookDivision Book III of Psalms ⓘ
canonicalStatus canonical ⓘ
emotionalTone anguish ⓘ
confidence in God ⓘ
hope ⓘ
genre lament ⓘ
prayer ⓘ
keyMotive meditation on God’s past actions ⓘ
remembering God’s works ⓘ
language Hebrew ⓘ
literaryForm first-person prayer ⓘ
literaryMovement from lament to confidence ⓘ
liturgicalUse Christian liturgy ⓘ
Jewish liturgy ⓘ
mentions God’s wonders of old ⓘ
meditation in the night ⓘ
the day of trouble ⓘ
partOf Book of Psalms ⓘ
linked to: Psalms

Hebrew Bible ⓘ
linked to: Tanakh

Old Testament ⓘ
linked to: Bible
positionInBook 77 ⓘ
questionedConcept God’s favor ⓘ
God’s mercy ⓘ
God’s promises ⓘ
God’s steadfast love ⓘ
religiousTradition Christianity ⓘ
Judaism ⓘ
scripturalContext Wisdom and poetic literature of the Bible ⓘ
structure movement from complaint to praise ⓘ
theme God’s mighty acts in history ⓘ
comfort through memory ⓘ
distress ⓘ
divine deliverance ⓘ
questioning God ⓘ
remembrance of God’s deeds ⓘ
struggle with doubt ⓘ
trust in God ⓘ
theologicalFocus God’s faithfulness remembered in crisis ⓘ
tension between experience and faith ⓘ
traditionNumbering Psalm 76 in Septuagint numbering ⓘ
usedIn private devotion ⓘ
public worship ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Asaph → creditedWith → Psalm 77 ⓘ
Psalms of Asaph → containsPsalm → Psalm 77 ⓘ
Book III of Psalms → composedOf → Psalm 77 ⓘ