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Psalms 74:1

Asaph
Discouragement and depressionDoubtGrief
Why have You rejected us forever, O God? Why does Your anger smolder against the sheep of Your pasture?

2 Remember Your congregation, which You purchased long ago and redeemed as the tribe of Your inheritance— Mount Zion where You dwell.

3 Turn Your steps to the everlasting ruins, to everything in the sanctuary the enemy has destroyed.

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BSB
Why have You rejected us forever, O God? Why does Your anger smolder against the sheep of Your pasture?
KJV
O God, why hast thou cast us off for ever? why doth thine anger smoke against the sheep of thy pasture?
WEB
God, why have you rejected us forever? Why does your anger smolder against the sheep of your pasture?
ASV
O God, why hast thou cast [us] off for ever? Why doth thine anger smoke against the sheep of thy pasture?
DARBY
{An instruction: of Asaph.} Why, O God, hast thou cast off for ever? [why] doth thine anger smoke against the sheep of thy pasture?
BLB
A Maskil of Asaph. <span class=|reftext|><a href=|#|><b>1</b></a> Why, O God, have You rejected us forever? Your anger smolders against the flock of Your pasture.
ÅB
En læresalme av Asaf. Hvorfor, Gud, har du forkastet oss for evig tid? Hvorfor ryker din vrede mot den flokk du før?
OTB
Gud, hvorfor har du forkastet oss for alltid?
Hvorfor ryker din vrede mot sauene på din beitemark?
B1930
En læresalme av Asaf. Hvorfor, Gud, har du forkastet oss for evig tid? Hvorfor ryker din vrede mot den hjord du før?

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Deuteronomy 29:20

    The LORD will never be willing to forgive him. Instead, His anger and jealousy will burn against that man, and every curse written in this book will fall upon him. The LORD will blot out his name from under heaven

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  • Psalms 79:13

    Then we Your people, the sheep of Your pasture, will thank You forever; from generation to generation we will declare Your praise.

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  • Psalms 100:3

    Know that the LORD is God. It is He who made us, and we are His; we are His people, and the sheep of His pasture.

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  • John 10:26–30

    But because you are not My sheep, you refuse to believe.

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  • Psalms 44:9

    But You have rejected and humbled us; You no longer go forth with our armies.

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  • Ezekiel 34:31

    ‘You are My flock, the sheep of My pasture, My people, and I am your God,’ declares the Lord GOD.”

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  • Romans 11:1–2

    I ask then, did God reject His people? Certainly not! I am an Israelite myself, a descendant of Abraham, from the tribe of Benjamin.

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  • Psalms 95:7

    For He is our God, and we are the people of His pasture, the sheep under His care. Today, if you hear His voice,

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