1: I yell out to my God, I yell with all my might, I yell at the top of my lungs. He listens.
2: I found myself in trouble and went looking for my Lord; my life was an open wound that wouldn't heal. When friends said, "Everything will turn out all right," I didn't believe a word they said.
3: I remember God--and shake my head. I bow my head--then wring my hands.
4: I'm awake all night--not a wink of sleep; I can't even say what's bothering me.
5: I go over the days one by one, I ponder the years gone by.
6: I strum my lute all through the night, wondering how to get my life together.
7: Will the Lord walk off and leave us for good? Will he never smile again?
8: Is his love worn threadbare? Has his salvation promise burned out?
9: Has God forgotten his manners? Has he angrily stalked off and left us?
10: "Just my luck," I said. "The High God goes out of business just the moment I need him."
11: Once again I'll go over what GOD has done, lay out on the table the ancient wonders;
12: I'll ponder all the things you've accomplished, and give a long, loving look at your acts.
13: O God! Your way is holy! No god is great like God!
14: You're the God who makes things happen; you showed everyone what you can do--
15: You pulled your people out of the worst kind of trouble, rescued the children of Jacob and Joseph.
16: Ocean saw you in action, God, saw you and trembled with fear; Deep Ocean was scared to death.
17: Clouds belched buckets of rain, Sky exploded with thunder, your arrows flashing this way and that.
18: From Whirlwind came your thundering voice, Lightning exposed the world, Earth reeled and rocked.
19: You strode right through Ocean, walked straight through roaring Ocean, but nobody saw you come or go.
20: Hidden in the hands of Moses and Aaron, You led your people like a flock of sheep. An Asaph psalm