Verse 1

A contemplation of Asaph. O God, why have You rejected us forever? Why does Your anger burn against the sheep of Your pasture?

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  • Deut 29:20 : 20 The LORD will single them out for disaster from all the tribes of Israel, according to all the curses of the covenant written in this Book of the Law.
  • Ps 79:13 : 13 Then we, Your people and the sheep of Your pasture, will give thanks to You forever; from generation to generation, we will proclaim Your praise.
  • Ps 95:7 : 7 For He is our God, and we are the people of His pasture and the sheep under His care. Today, if you hear His voice,
  • Ps 100:3 : 3 Know that the Lord is God. He made us, and we are His; we are His people, the sheep of His pasture.
  • Ps 44:9 : 9 In God we make our boast all day long, and we will give thanks to Your name forever. Selah.
  • Ps 77:7 : 7 I remember my song in the night; I meditate with my heart, and my spirit searches diligently.
  • Jer 23:1 : 1 Woe to the shepherds who destroy and scatter the sheep of My pasture, declares the LORD.
  • Ezek 34:31 : 31 You are My sheep, the sheep of My pasture, and I am your God, declares the Lord GOD.
  • Luke 12:32 : 32 Do not be afraid, little flock, for your Father has been pleased to give you the kingdom.
  • John 10:26-30 : 26 but you do not believe because you are not my sheep. 27 My sheep listen to my voice; I know them, and they follow me. 28 I give them eternal life, and they will never perish. No one will snatch them out of my hand. 29 My Father, who has given them to me, is greater than all; no one can snatch them out of my Father's hand. 30 I and the Father are one.
  • Rom 11:1-2 : 1 So I ask, did God reject His people? Certainly not! For I too am an Israelite, a descendant of Abraham, from the tribe of Benjamin. 2 God has not rejected His people, whom He foreknew. Or do you not know what the Scripture says in the story of Elijah, how he pleaded with God against Israel?
  • Jer 31:37 : 37 This is what the LORD says: If the heavens above can be measured and the foundations of the earth below can be explored, then I will reject all the descendants of Israel because of all they have done, declares the LORD.
  • Ps 78:1 : 1 A teaching of Asaph. Listen, my people, to my instruction; incline your ears to the words of my mouth.
  • Ps 79:5 : 5 How long, Lord? Will You be angry forever? Will Your jealousy burn like fire?
  • Ps 60:1 : 1 For the director, according to 'The Lily of the Testimony,' a Miktam of David, for instruction.
  • Ps 60:10 : 10 Moab is my washbasin; upon Edom I cast my sandal; over Philistia I shout in triumph.
  • Ps 10:1 : 1 Why, Lord, do You stand far off? Why do You hide Yourself in times of trouble?
  • Ps 18:8 : 8 Then the earth shook and trembled; the foundations of the mountains quaked and were shaken, because He was angry.
  • Ps 42:9 : 9 By day the LORD commands his steadfast love, and at night his song is with me—a prayer to the God of my life.
  • Ps 42:11 : 11 With crushing pain in my bones, my enemies taunt me, saying to me all day long, 'Where is your God?'
  • Ezek 34:8 : 8 'As surely as I live,' declares the Lord GOD, 'because My flock has become prey and My flock has become food for every wild animal since there was no shepherd and My shepherds did not search for My flock, but the shepherds fed themselves and did not feed My flock,
  • Jer 33:24-26 : 24 Have you not noticed what these people are saying: 'The Lord has rejected the two families he chose'? So they despise my people and no longer regard them as a nation. 25 This is what the Lord says: If I have not established my covenant with day and night and the fixed laws of heaven and earth, 26 then I will reject the descendants of Jacob and my servant David and will not choose one of his descendants to rule over the offspring of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. But I will restore their fortunes and have compassion on them.