Isaiah 49:14
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14 But Zion said, “The Lord has forsaken me;
my Lord has forgotten me.”(A)
Romans 11:1-5
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Israel’s Rejection Is Not Final
11 I ask, then, has God rejected his people? By no means! I myself am an Israelite, a descendant of Abraham, a member of the tribe of Benjamin.(A) 2 God has not rejected his people whom he foreknew. Do you not know what the scripture says of Elijah, how he pleads with God against Israel?(B) 3 “Lord, they have killed your prophets, they have demolished your altars; I alone am left, and they are seeking my life.” 4 But what is the divine reply to him? “I have kept for myself seven thousand who have not bowed the knee to Baal.”(C) 5 So, too, at the present time there is a remnant chosen by grace.
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Isaiah 40:27
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27 Why do you say, O Jacob,
and assert, O Israel,
“My way is hidden from the Lord,
and my right is disregarded by my God”?(A)
Lamentations 5:20
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20 Why have you forgotten us completely?
Why have you forsaken us these many days?(A)
Jeremiah 23:39
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39 therefore, I will surely lift you up[a] and cast you away from my presence, you and the city that I gave to you and your ancestors.(A)
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- 23.39 Heb mss Gk Vg: MT forget you
Psalm 89:38-46
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38 But now you have spurned and rejected him;
you are full of wrath against your anointed.(A)
39 You have renounced the covenant with your servant;
you have defiled his crown in the dust.(B)
40 You have broken through all his walls;
you have laid his strongholds in ruins.(C)
41 All who pass by plunder him;
he has become the scorn of his neighbors.(D)
42 You have exalted the right hand of his foes;
you have made all his enemies rejoice.(E)
43 Moreover, you have turned back the edge of his sword,
and you have not supported him in battle.(F)
44 You have removed the scepter from his hand[a]
and hurled his throne to the ground.(G)
45 You have cut short the days of his youth;
you have covered him with shame. Selah(H)
46 How long, O Lord? Will you hide yourself forever?
How long will your wrath burn like fire?(I)
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- 89.44 Cn: Heb removed his cleanness
Psalm 77:6-9
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6 I commune[a] with my heart in the night;
I meditate and search my spirit:[b](A)
7 “Will the Lord spurn forever
and never again be favorable?(B)
8 Has his steadfast love ceased forever?
Are his promises at an end for all time?(C)
9 Has God forgotten to be gracious?
Has he in anger shut up his compassion?” Selah(D)
Psalm 31:22
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22 I had said in my alarm,
“I am driven far[a] from your sight.”
But you heard my supplications
when I cried out to you for help.(A)
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- 31.22 Heb mss: MT cut off
Psalm 22:1
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Psalm 22
Plea for Deliverance from Suffering and Hostility
To the leader: according to The Deer of the Dawn. A Psalm of David.
1 My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?
Why are you so far from helping me, from the words of my groaning?(A)
Psalm 13:1
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Psalm 13
Prayer for Deliverance from Enemies
To the leader. A Psalm of David.
1 How long, O Lord? Will you forget me forever?
How long will you hide your face from me?(A)
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