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Psalms 74:1
1O God, why have you rejected us so long? Why is your anger so intense against the sheep of your own pasture?
Psalms 74:1 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)O God, why hast thou cast us off for ever? why doth thine anger smoke against the sheep of thy pasture?
- New International Version (NIV)O God, why have you rejected us forever? Why does your anger smolder against the sheep of your pasture?
- English Standard Version (ESV)O God, why do you cast us off forever? Why does your anger smoke against the sheep of your pasture?
- New King James Version (NKJV)O God, why have You cast us off forever? Why does Your anger smoke against the sheep of Your pasture?
Context of Psalms 74:1
O God, why have you rejected us so long? Why is your anger so intense against the sheep of your own pasture? 2Remember that we are the people you chose long ago, the tribe you redeemed as your own special possession! And remember Jerusalem, your home here on earth. 3Walk through the awful ruins of the city; see how the enemy has destroyed your sanctuary.
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לָמָ֣ה אֱ֭לֹהִים זָנַ֣חְתָּ לָנֶ֑צַח יֶעְשַׁ֥ן אַ֝פְּךָ֗ בְּצֹ֣אן מַרְעִיתֶֽךָ׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Psalms 74:1
- Psalms 78:1O my people, listen to my instructions. Open your ears to what I am saying,
- Psalms 10:1O Lord, why do you stand so far away? Why do you hide when I am in trouble?
- Psalms 42:9“O God my rock,” I cry, “why have you forgotten me? Why must I wander around in grief, oppressed by my enemies?”
- Psalms 44:9But now you have tossed us aside in dishonor. You no longer lead our armies to battle.
- Psalms 60:1You have rejected us, O God, and broken our defenses. You have been angry with us; now restore us to your favor.
- Psalms 77:7Has the Lord rejected me forever? Will he never again be kind to me?
- Jeremiah 31:37This is what the Lord says: “Just as the heavens cannot be measured and the foundations of the earth cannot be explored, so I will not consider casting them away for the evil they have done. I, the Lord, have spoken!
- Jeremiah 33:24“Have you noticed what people are saying?—‘The Lord chose Judah and Israel and then abandoned them!’ They are sneering and saying that Israel is not worthy to be counted as a nation.
- Romans 11:1I ask, then, has God rejected his own people, the nation of Israel? Of course not! I myself am an Israelite, a descendant of Abraham and a member of the tribe of Benjamin.
- Psalms 79:5O Lord, how long will you be angry with us? Forever? How long will your jealousy burn like fire?
- Deuteronomy 29:20The Lord will never pardon such people. Instead his anger and jealousy will burn against them. All the curses written in this book will come down on them, and the Lord will erase their names from under heaven.
- Psalms 79:13Then we your people, the sheep of your pasture, will thank you forever and ever, praising your greatness from generation to generation.
- Psalms 95:7for he is our God. We are the people he watches over, the flock under his care. If only you would listen to his voice today!
- Psalms 100:3Acknowledge that the Lord is God! He made us, and we are his. We are his people, the sheep of his pasture.
- Jeremiah 23:1“What sorrow awaits the leaders of my people—the shepherds of my sheep—for they have destroyed and scattered the very ones they were expected to care for,” says the Lord.
- Ezekiel 34:8As surely as I live, says the Sovereign Lord, you abandoned my flock and left them to be attacked by every wild animal. And though you were my shepherds, you didn’t search for my sheep when they were lost. You took care of yourselves and left the sheep to starve.
Commentaries on Psalms 74:1
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 1O God, why hast thou cast us off for ever? - Hast thou determined that we shall never more be thy people? Are we never to see an end to our calamities?Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 1O God, why hast thou cast us off for ever? - Thou seemest to have cast us off forever, or finally. Compare Psalm 44:9, note; Psalm 13:1, note. “Why doth thine anger smoke.” See Deuteronomy 29:20. The presence of smoke indicates fire, and the language here is such as often occurs in the Scriptures, when anger or wrath is compared with fire. See Deuteronomy 32:22; Jeremiah 15:14. Against the sheep of thy pasture - Thy people, represented as a flock. See…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 1The desolations of the sanctuary. (1-11) Pleas for encouraging faith. (12-17) Petitions for deliverances. (18-23) Verses 1-11 This psalm appears to describe the destruction of Jerusalem and the temple by the Chaldeans. The deplorable case of the people of God, at the time, is spread before the Lord, and left with him. They plead the great things God had done for them. If the deliverance of Israel out of Egypt was encouragement to hope that he would not…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1God rejected his people because their sin made him angry (Psalm 106:34–46). Like a caring shepherd, God looks after his people, the sheep of his pasture (Psalms 23; 100:3).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-231. cast ... off--with abhorrence (compare Psa 43:2; 44:9). There is no disavowal of guilt implied. The figure of fire to denote God's anger is often used; and here, and in De 29:20, by the word "smoke," suggests its continuance. sheep ... pasture--(Compare Psa 80:1; 95:7).Read the comment
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Commentaries on Psalms 74
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- The Treasury of David
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
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