So I said, “I am grieved that the right hand of the Most High has changed.”
The Holy Spirit dictated this psalm as a common prayer for the Church in her afflictions, not the private sorrow of one man, but the lamentations of God's chosen people. When we cry to Him, He hears; this is not mere complaint but the sure testimony of His readiness to answer those who call upon Him.
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Commenting on Psalm 77:1-20
Unbelief is an infirmity, a weakness, a folly, a sin, he confesses it plainly now with a cooler mind. When we see our affliction as the Lord's own measure, His ordained portion for our cup, we stop rebelling and find peace in His will. What He arranges is not for us to cavil at.
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Here you see a good man drowning in melancholy, struggling in that horrible pit and miry clay. In his trouble he did not seek distraction or amusement, he sought the Lord Himself. Days of inward trouble must be days of prayer; you must pray your sorrow away, not drink it or laugh it away.
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Commenting on Psalm 77:1-10