Psalm 74:1
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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?
Footnotes
- Psalm 74:1 Heb. Maschil
Deuteronomy 29:20
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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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Psalm 100:3
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3 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.
Footnotes
- Psalm 100:3 So with Kt., LXX, Vg.; Qr., many Heb. mss., Tg. we are His
Psalm 79:13
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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.
Psalm 95:7
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Psalm 44:9
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9 But (A)You have cast us off and put us to shame,
And You do not go out with our armies.
Romans 11:1-2
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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. 2 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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John 10:26-30
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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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- John 10:26 NU omits as I said to you
Luke 12:32
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32 “Do not fear, little flock, for (A)it is your Father’s good pleasure to give you the kingdom.
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Ezekiel 34:31
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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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Jeremiah 23:1
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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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Psalm 77:7
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7 Will the Lord cast off forever?
And will He be favorable no more?
Ezekiel 34:8
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8 “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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Jeremiah 31:37
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37 Thus says the Lord:
(A)“If heaven above can be measured,
And the foundations of the earth searched out beneath,
I will also (B)cast off all the seed of Israel
For all that they have done, says the Lord.
Psalm 79:5
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Psalm 78:1
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God’s Kindness to Rebellious Israel
A (A)Contemplation[a] of Asaph.
78 Give ear, O my people, to my law;
Incline your ears to the words of my mouth.
Footnotes
- Psalm 78:1 Heb. Maschil
Psalm 60:10
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Psalm 60:1
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Urgent Prayer for the Restored Favor of God(A)
To the Chief Musician. (B)Set to [a]“Lily of the Testimony.” A Michtam of David. For teaching. (C)When he fought against Mesopotamia and Syria of Zobah, and Joab returned and killed twelve thousand Edomites in the Valley of Salt.
60 O God, (D)You have cast us off;
You have broken us down;
You have been displeased;
Oh, restore us again!
Footnotes
- Psalm 60:1 Heb. Shushan Eduth
Psalm 42:11
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11 (A)Why are you cast down, O my soul?
And why are you disquieted within me?
Hope in God;
For I shall yet praise Him,
The [a]help of my countenance and my God.
Footnotes
- Psalm 42:11 Lit. salvation
Psalm 42:9
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9 I will say to God my Rock,
(A)“Why have You forgotten me?
Why do I go mourning because of the oppression of the enemy?”
Psalm 18:8
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8 Smoke went up from His nostrils,
And devouring fire from His mouth;
Coals were kindled by it.
Psalm 10:1
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A Song of Confidence in God’s Triumph over Evil
10 Why do You stand afar off, O Lord?
Why do You hide in times of trouble?
Jeremiah 33:24-26
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24 “Have you not considered what these people have spoken, saying, ‘The two families which the Lord has chosen, He has also cast them off’? Thus they have (A)despised My people, as if they should no more be a nation before them.
25 “Thus says the Lord: ‘If (B)My covenant is not with day and night, and if I have not (C)appointed the ordinances of heaven and earth, 26 (D)then I will (E)cast away the descendants of Jacob and David My servant, so that I will not take any of his descendants to be rulers over the descendants of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. For I will cause their captives to return, and will have mercy on them.’ ”
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