In Times of Trouble God Is with His People
1 I pray to you, Lord God,
and I beg you
to listen.
2 In days filled with trouble,
I search for you.
And at night I tirelessly
lift my hands in prayer,
refusing comfort.
3 When I think of you,
I feel restless
and weak.
4 Because of you, Lord God,
I can’t sleep.
I am restless
and can’t
even talk.
5 I think of times gone by,
of those years
long ago.
6 Each night my mind
is flooded with
questions:
7 “Have you rejected me forever?
Won’t you
be kind again?
8 Is this the end of your love
and your promises?
9 Have you forgotten
how to have pity?
Do you refuse to show mercy
because of your
anger?”
10 Then I said, “God Most High,
what hurts me
most
is that you no longer help us
with your mighty
arm.”
11 Our Lord, I will remember
the things you have done,
your miracles
of long ago.
12 I will think about each one
of your mighty
deeds.
13 Everything you do is right,
and no other god
compares with
you.
14 You alone work miracles,
and you have let nations
see your mighty
power.
15 With your own arm you rescued
your people, the descendants
of Jacob and Joseph.
16 The ocean looked at you, God,
and it trembled deep down
with fear.
17 Water flowed from the clouds.
Thunder was heard
above
as your arrows of lightning
flashed about.
18 Your thunder roared
like chariot wheels.
The world was made bright
by lightning,
and all the earth
trembled.
19 You walked through the water
of the mighty
sea,
but your footprints
were never seen.
20 You guided your people
like a flock of
sheep,
and you chose Moses and Aaron
to be their leaders.
The Contemporary English Version c1995 by the American Bible Society.
Selected texts provided for use with the Amos: Hypertext Bible Commentary