and said, “O Lord God of Israel, why has this come to pass in Israel, that today there should be one tribe missing in Israel?”

Read full chapter

Lord, God of Israel,” they cried, “why has this happened to Israel? Why should one tribe be missing(A) from Israel today?”

Read full chapter

Jeremiah’s Question

12 Righteous (A)are You, O Lord, when I plead with You;
Yet let me talk with You about Your judgments.
(B)Why does the way of the wicked prosper?
Why are those happy who deal so treacherously?

Read full chapter

Jeremiah’s Complaint

12 You are always righteous,(A) Lord,
    when I bring a case(B) before you.
Yet I would speak with you about your justice:(C)
    Why does the way of the wicked prosper?(D)
    Why do all the faithless live at ease?

Read full chapter

17 O Lord, why have You (A)made us stray from Your ways,
And hardened our heart from Your fear?
Return for Your servants’ sake,
The tribes of Your inheritance.

Read full chapter

17 Why, Lord, do you make us wander(A) from your ways
    and harden our hearts(B) so we do not revere(C) you?
Return(D) for the sake of your servants,
    the tribes that are your inheritance.(E)

Read full chapter

The foolishness of a man twists his way,
And his heart frets against the Lord.

Read full chapter

A person’s own folly(A) leads to their ruin,
    yet their heart rages against the Lord.(B)

Read full chapter

12 Why have You (A)broken down her [a]hedges,
So that all who pass by the way pluck her fruit?

Read full chapter

Footnotes

  1. Psalm 80:12 walls or fences

12 Why have you broken down its walls(A)
    so that all who pass by pick its grapes?

Read full chapter

A Plea for Relief from Oppressors

A [a]Contemplation of Asaph.

74 O God, why have You cast us off forever?
Why does Your anger smoke against the sheep of Your pasture?

Read full chapter

Footnotes

  1. Psalm 74:1 Heb. Maschil

Psalm 74

A maskil[a] of Asaph.

O God, why have you rejected(A) us forever?(B)
    Why does your anger smolder against the sheep of your pasture?(C)

Read full chapter

Footnotes

  1. Psalm 74:1 Title: Probably a literary or musical term

And Joshua said, “Alas, Lord [a]God, (A)why have You brought this people over the Jordan at all—to deliver us into the hand of the Amorites, to destroy us? Oh, that we had been content, and dwelt on the other side of the Jordan! O Lord, what shall I say when Israel turns its [b]back before its enemies? For the Canaanites and all the inhabitants of the land will hear it, and surround us, and (B)cut off our name from the earth. Then (C)what will You do for Your great name?”

Read full chapter

Footnotes

  1. Joshua 7:7 Heb. YHWH, Lord
  2. Joshua 7:8 Lit. neck

And Joshua said, “Alas, Sovereign Lord, why(A) did you ever bring this people across the Jordan to deliver us into the hands of the Amorites to destroy us?(B) If only we had been content to stay on the other side of the Jordan! Pardon your servant, Lord. What can I say, now that Israel has been routed by its enemies? The Canaanites and the other people of the country will hear about this and they will surround us and wipe out our name from the earth.(C) What then will you do for your own great name?(D)

Read full chapter

24 All nations would say, (A)‘Why has the Lord done so to this land? What does the heat of this great anger mean?’

Read full chapter

24 All the nations will ask: “Why has the Lord done this to this land?(A) Why this fierce, burning anger?”

Read full chapter