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?

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  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)

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

20 (A)“The Lord would not spare him; for then (B)the anger of the Lord and (C)His jealousy would burn against that man, and every curse that is written in this book would settle on him, and the Lord (D)would blot out his name from under heaven.

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20 The Lord will never be willing to forgive(A) them; his wrath and zeal(B) will burn(C) against them. All the curses written in this book will fall on them, and the Lord will blot(D) out their names from under heaven.

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Know that the Lord, He is God;
(A)It is He who has made us, and [a]not we ourselves;
(B)We are His people and the sheep of His pasture.

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  1. Psalm 100:3 So with Kt., LXX, Vg.; Qr., many Heb. mss., Tg. we are His

Know that the Lord is God.(A)
    It is he who made us,(B) and we are his[a];
    we are his people,(C) the sheep of his pasture.(D)

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  1. Psalm 100:3 Or and not we ourselves

13 So (A)we, Your people and sheep of Your pasture,
Will give You thanks forever;
(B)We will show forth Your praise to all generations.

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13 Then we your people, the sheep of your pasture,(A)
    will praise you forever;(B)
from generation to generation
    we will proclaim your praise.

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For He is our God,
And (A)we are the people of His pasture,
And the sheep [a]of His hand.

(B)Today, if you will hear His voice:

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  1. Psalm 95:7 Under His care

for he is our God
    and we are the people of his pasture,(A)
    the flock under his care.

Today, if only you would hear his voice,

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But (A)You have cast us off and put us to shame,
And You do not go out with our armies.

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But now you have rejected(A) and humbled us;(B)
    you no longer go out with our armies.(C)

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Israel’s Rejection Not Total

11 I say then, (A)has God cast away His people? (B)Certainly not! For (C)I also am an Israelite, of the seed of Abraham, of the tribe of Benjamin. God has not cast away His people whom (D)He foreknew. Or do you not know what the Scripture says of Elijah, how he pleads with God against Israel, saying,

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The Remnant of Israel

11 I ask then: Did God reject his people? By no means!(A) I am an Israelite myself, a descendant of Abraham,(B) from the tribe of Benjamin.(C) God did not reject his people,(D) whom he foreknew.(E) Don’t you know what Scripture says in the passage about Elijah—how he appealed to God against Israel:

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26 But (A)you do not believe, because you are not of My sheep, [a]as I said to you. 27 (B)My sheep hear My voice, and I know them, and they follow Me. 28 And I give them eternal life, and they shall never perish; neither shall anyone snatch them out of My hand. 29 (C)My Father, (D)who has given them to Me, is greater than all; and no one is able to snatch them out of My Father’s hand. 30 (E)I and My Father are one.”

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  1. John 10:26 NU omits as I said to you

26 but you do not believe because you are not my sheep.(A) 27 My sheep listen to my voice; I know them,(B) and they follow me.(C) 28 I give them eternal life,(D) and they shall never perish;(E) no one will snatch them out of my hand.(F) 29 My Father, who has given them to me,(G) is greater than all[a];(H) no one can snatch them out of my Father’s hand. 30 I and the Father are one.”(I)

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  1. John 10:29 Many early manuscripts What my Father has given me is greater than all

32 “Do not fear, little flock, for (A)it is your Father’s good pleasure to give you the kingdom.

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32 “Do not be afraid,(A) little flock, for your Father has been pleased to give you the kingdom.(B)

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31 “You are My (A)flock, the flock of My pasture; you are men, and I am your God,” says the Lord God.

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31 You are my sheep,(A) the sheep of my pasture,(B) and I am your God, declares the Sovereign Lord.’”

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The Branch of Righteousness

23 “Woe (A)to the shepherds who destroy and scatter the sheep of My pasture!” says the Lord.

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The Righteous Branch

23 “Woe to the shepherds(A) who are destroying and scattering(B) the sheep of my pasture!”(C) declares the Lord.

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Will the Lord cast off forever?
And will He be favorable no more?

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“Will the Lord reject forever?(A)
    Will he never show his favor(B) again?

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As I live,” says the Lord God, “surely because My flock became a prey, and My flock (A)became food for every beast of the field, because there was no shepherd, nor did My shepherds search for My flock, (B)but the shepherds fed themselves and did not feed My flock”—

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As surely as I live, declares the Sovereign Lord, because my flock lacks a shepherd and so has been plundered(A) and has become food for all the wild animals,(B) and because my shepherds did not search for my flock but cared for themselves rather than for my flock,(C)

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