Translation: ESV
I cry aloud to God, aloud to God, and he will hear me.
Crying out loudly to God in a desperate situation is the response of faith.
▸This is a resolve to cry out loudly to God in a desperate situation.
This is a resolve to cry out loudly to God in a desperate situation. The repetition of the same expression emphasizes the urgency of the petition. The conviction that God will listen is the motivation that keeps the psalmist crying out.
I said, "Let me remember my song in the night; let me meditate in my heart." Then my spirit made a diligent search:
Remembering the grace of God received before and praising him in a night of pain is a way to maintain faith.
▸Remembering a song in the night and meditating means looking back on the experience of praise God gave even in a night of pain.
Then I said, "I will appeal to this, to the years of the right hand of the Most High."
Acknowledging that one's perspective is limited and weak becomes the turning point for the restoration of faith.
▸This is the turning point from lament.
I will remember the deeds of the LORD; yes, I will remember your wonders of old.
Remembering God's past acts of salvation is the way to recover hope in present crisis.
▸After the turning point, the decision is made to remember the history of past salvation.
Your way was through the sea, your path through the great waters; yet your footprints were unseen.
God's path of salvation is real even when invisible, and he works in ways that transcend human understanding.
▸The event of crossing the Red Sea at the Exodus is recalled.