13 Gideon said to Him, “O [a]my lord, if the Lord is with us, why then has all this happened to us? And (A)where are all His miracles (B)which our fathers told us about, saying, ‘Did not the Lord bring us up from Egypt?’ But now the Lord has (C)forsaken us and delivered us into the hands of the Midianites.”

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  1. Judges 6:13 Heb. adoni, used of man

Which we have heard and known,
And our fathers have told us.
(A)We will not hide them from their children,
(B)Telling to the generation to come the praises of the Lord,
And His strength and His wonderful works that He has done.

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Redemption Remembered in Present Dishonor

To the Chief Musician. A (A)Contemplation[a] of the sons of Korah.

44 We have heard with our ears, O God,
(B)Our fathers have told us,
The deeds You did in their days,
In days of old:

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  1. Psalm 44:1 Heb. Maschil

And he went out [a]to meet Asa, and said to him: “Hear me, Asa, and all Judah and Benjamin. (A)The Lord is with you while you are with Him. (B)If you seek Him, He will be found by you; but (C)if you forsake Him, He will forsake you.

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  1. 2 Chronicles 15:2 Lit. before

Separated from God

59 Behold, the Lord’s hand is not (A)shortened,
That it cannot save;
Nor His ear heavy,
That it cannot hear.
But your iniquities have separated you from your God;
And your sins have hidden His face from you,
So that He will (B)not hear.

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17 “The poor and needy seek water, but there is none,
Their tongues fail for thirst.
I, the Lord, will hear them;
I, the God of Israel, will not (A)forsake them.

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49 Lord, where are Your former lovingkindnesses,
Which You (A)swore to David (B)in Your truth?

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Will the Lord cast off forever?
And will He be favorable no more?
Has His mercy ceased forever?
Has His (A)promise failed [a]forevermore?
Has God forgotten to be gracious?
Has He in anger shut up His tender mercies? Selah

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 77:8 Lit. unto generation and generation

22 But the children struggled together within her; and she said, “If all is well, why am I like this?” (A)So she went to inquire of the Lord.

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A Prayer of Penitence

15 (A)Look down from heaven,
And see (B)from Your habitation, holy and glorious.
Where are Your zeal and Your strength,
The yearning (C)of Your heart and Your mercies toward me?
Are they restrained?

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17 But if your heart turns away so that you do not hear, and are drawn away, and worship other gods and serve them, 18 (A)I announce to you today that you shall surely perish; you shall not prolong your days in the land which you cross over the Jordan to go in and possess.

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14 And He said, (A)“My Presence will go with you, and I will give you (B)rest.”

15 Then he said to Him, (C)“If Your Presence does not go with us, do not bring us up from here. 16 For how then will it be known that Your people and I have found grace in Your sight, (D)except You go with us? So we (E)shall be separate, Your people and I, from all the people who are upon the face of the earth.”

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God’s Everlasting Love

31 What then shall we say to these things? (A)If God is for us, who can be against us?

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33 “So when these people or the prophet or the priest ask you, saying, ‘What is (A)the [a]oracle of the Lord?’ you shall then say to them, [b]‘What oracle?’ I will even forsake you,” says the Lord.

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 23:33 burden, prophecy
  2. Jeremiah 23:33 LXX, Tg., Vg. ‘You are the burden.’

(A)Do not hide Your face from me;
Do not turn Your servant away in anger;
You have been my help;
Do not leave me nor forsake me,
O God of my salvation.

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17 Then My anger shall be (A)aroused against them in that day, and (B)I will forsake them, and I will (C)hide My face from them, and they shall be [a]devoured. And many evils and troubles shall befall them, so that they will say in that day, (D)‘Have not these evils come upon us because our God is (E)not among us?’

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  1. Deuteronomy 31:17 consumed

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

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14 and they will tell it to the inhabitants of this land. They have (A)heard that You, Lord, are among these people; that You, Lord, are seen face to face and Your cloud stands above them, and You go before them in a pillar of cloud by day and in a pillar of fire by night. 15 Now if You kill these people as one man, then the nations which have heard of Your fame will speak, saying,

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