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

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Will the Lord cast off for ever? and will he be favourable no more?

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Psalm 85[a]

For the director of music. Of the Sons of Korah. A psalm.

You, Lord, showed favor to your land;
    you restored the fortunes(A) of Jacob.

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 85:1 In Hebrew texts 85:1-13 is numbered 85:2-14.

85 Lord, thou hast been favourable unto thy land: thou hast brought back the captivity of Jacob.

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31 For no one is cast off
    by the Lord forever.(A)
32 Though he brings grief, he will show compassion,
    so great is his unfailing love.(B)

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31 For the Lord will not cast off for ever:

32 But though he cause grief, yet will he have compassion according to the multitude of his mercies.

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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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11 I say then, Hath God cast away his people? God forbid. For I also am an Israelite, of the seed of Abraham, of the tribe of Benjamin.

God hath not cast away his people which he foreknew. Wot ye not what the scripture saith of Elias? how he maketh intercession to God against Israel saying,

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Will you be angry with us forever?(A)
    Will you prolong your anger through all generations?

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Wilt thou be angry with us for ever? wilt thou draw out thine anger to all generations?

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46 How long, Lord? Will you hide yourself forever?
    How long will your wrath burn like fire?(A)

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46 How long, Lord? wilt thou hide thyself for ever? shall thy wrath burn like fire?

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38 But you have rejected,(A) you have spurned,
    you have been very angry with your anointed one.

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38 But thou hast cast off and abhorred, thou hast been wroth with thine anointed.

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24 though he may stumble, he will not fall,(A)
    for the Lord upholds(B) him with his hand.

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24 Though he fall, he shall not be utterly cast down: for the Lord upholdeth him with his hand.

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Psalm 13[a]

For the director of music. A psalm of David.

How long,(A) Lord? Will you forget me(B) forever?
    How long will you hide your face(C) from me?
How long must I wrestle with my thoughts(D)
    and day after day have sorrow in my heart?
    How long will my enemy triumph over me?(E)

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 13:1 In Hebrew texts 13:1-6 is numbered 13:2-6.

13 How long wilt thou forget me, O Lord? for ever? how long wilt thou hide thy face from me?

How long shall I take counsel in my soul, having sorrow in my heart daily? how long shall mine enemy be exalted over me?

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24 Who can hide(A) in secret places
    so that I cannot see them?”
declares the Lord.
    “Do not I fill heaven and earth?”(B)
declares the Lord.

25 “I have heard what the prophets say who prophesy lies(C) in my name. They say, ‘I had a dream!(D) I had a dream!’ 26 How long will this continue in the hearts of these lying prophets, who prophesy the delusions(E) of their own minds?(F)

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24 Can any hide himself in secret places that I shall not see him? saith the Lord. Do not I fill heaven and earth? saith the Lord.

25 I have heard what the prophets said, that prophesy lies in my name, saying, I have dreamed, I have dreamed.

26 How long shall this be in the heart of the prophets that prophesy lies? yea, they are prophets of the deceit of their own heart;

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How long,(A) Lord? Will you be angry(B) forever?
    How long will your jealousy burn like fire?(C)

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How long, Lord? wilt thou be angry for ever? shall thy jealousy burn like fire?

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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

74 O God, why hast thou cast us off for ever? why doth thine anger smoke against the sheep of thy pasture?

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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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But thou hast cast off, and put us to shame; and goest not forth with our armies.

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