Judges 21:3

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³“Lord, God of Israel,” they cried, “why has this happened to Israel? Why should one tribe be missing^(A) from Israel today?”

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Jeremiah 12:1

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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?

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Isaiah 63:17

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¹⁷Why, 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)

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Proverbs 19:3

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³A person’s own folly^(A) leads to their ruin,
yet their heart rages against the Lord.^(B)

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Psalm 80:12

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

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Psalm 74:1

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Psalm 74

A maskil^[a] of Asaph.

¹O God, why have you rejected^(A) us forever?^(B)
Why does your anger smolder against the sheep of your pasture?^(C)

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Footnotes

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

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Joshua 7:7-9

New International Version

⁷And 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! ⁸Pardon your servant, Lord. What can I say, now that Israel has been routed by its enemies? ⁹The 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)”