Psalms 77:10-12 KJV
And I said, This is my infirmity: but I will remember the years of the right hand of the most High.
I will remember the works of the LORD: surely I will remember thy wonders of old.
I will meditate also of all thy work, and talk of thy doings.
There is little doubt but that Psalms 77:2-9 describes a grieving, troubled man. The Psalmist knew the depths of sorrow as well as anyone. In verse 10 he says "This is my infirmity..." This is something he faces regularly. He fought bouts of questions. Read through the Psalms and we can see this many times over. Yet he also has a remedy which is given repeatedly. He almost always writes of trouble that has come and that he has victory over when he writes.
The remedy comes in six statements;
I will remember the years of the right hand of the most High
He began by remembering years of God's right hand. This is likely referring to days when God's right hand was obvious. Those days in years passed when it was apparent that God was at work in his life.
I will remember the works of the Lord
This could refer not only to what God has done but to what God is responsible for. There are works that God expects us to do and there are some works that only God can do. there are works that God has committed himself to; such as salvation. We cannot do that and God has promised to do it. By remembering what is our responsibility versus what is God's responsibility we gain balance in our thoughts and actions.
I will remember thy wonders of old
Both those things God has done in the past such as are recorded in the Bible and are recorded in Christian history and, and perhaps more importantly, those wonders He has accomplished for us personally.
I will meditate also of all thy work
The word remember means to mark. The word meditate means to ponder. In the one case, we recognize the fact, in the other case we work its implications over in our minds
[I will] talk of thy doings
Once the Psalmist had marked and meditated upon the works and wonders of God, he said the final step was to talk about them.
To other believers as both an accountability and a means of confirming and refining the truths brought out in meditation
To those who are also sorrowing and a means to encourage them and lift them
To the lost in an effort to bring them to a saving faith in Almighty
Thy way, O God, is in the sanctuary
That is the house of God. Believers must not abandon faithful attendance to the house of God, even in those times of deep sorrow. God's way is given there. The answers we seek will be found in the sanctuary of the Lord.
God uses sorrow in our lives in positive ways so we must not expect to be delivered from it. However, there is a way out of deep sorrow. We do not have to live in the depths of despair but we can use the prescription of Psalms 77 to lift us from sorrow to service in God's house.
And I said, This is my infirmity: but I will remember the years of the right hand of the most High.
I will remember the works of the LORD: surely I will remember thy wonders of old.
I will meditate also of all thy work, and talk of thy doings.
There is little doubt but that Psalms 77:2-9 describes a grieving, troubled man. The Psalmist knew the depths of sorrow as well as anyone. In verse 10 he says "This is my infirmity..." This is something he faces regularly. He fought bouts of questions. Read through the Psalms and we can see this many times over. Yet he also has a remedy which is given repeatedly. He almost always writes of trouble that has come and that he has victory over when he writes.
The remedy comes in six statements;
I will remember the years of the right hand of the most High
He began by remembering years of God's right hand. This is likely referring to days when God's right hand was obvious. Those days in years passed when it was apparent that God was at work in his life.
I will remember the works of the Lord
This could refer not only to what God has done but to what God is responsible for. There are works that God expects us to do and there are some works that only God can do. there are works that God has committed himself to; such as salvation. We cannot do that and God has promised to do it. By remembering what is our responsibility versus what is God's responsibility we gain balance in our thoughts and actions.
I will remember thy wonders of old
Both those things God has done in the past such as are recorded in the Bible and are recorded in Christian history and, and perhaps more importantly, those wonders He has accomplished for us personally.
I will meditate also of all thy work
The word remember means to mark. The word meditate means to ponder. In the one case, we recognize the fact, in the other case we work its implications over in our minds
[I will] talk of thy doings
Once the Psalmist had marked and meditated upon the works and wonders of God, he said the final step was to talk about them.
To other believers as both an accountability and a means of confirming and refining the truths brought out in meditation
To those who are also sorrowing and a means to encourage them and lift them
To the lost in an effort to bring them to a saving faith in Almighty
Thy way, O God, is in the sanctuary
That is the house of God. Believers must not abandon faithful attendance to the house of God, even in those times of deep sorrow. God's way is given there. The answers we seek will be found in the sanctuary of the Lord.
God uses sorrow in our lives in positive ways so we must not expect to be delivered from it. However, there is a way out of deep sorrow. We do not have to live in the depths of despair but we can use the prescription of Psalms 77 to lift us from sorrow to service in God's house.
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