Psalm 74:1 “Why have You rejected us forever, O God? Why does Your anger smolder a…”

Psalm 74:1

Why have You rejected us forever, O God? Why does Your anger smolder against the sheep of Your pasture?

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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

World English Bible

God, why have you rejected us forever? Why does your anger smolder against the sheep of your pasture?

American Standard Version

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

Geneva Bible 1599

A Psalme to give instruction, committed to Asaph. O God, why hast thou put vs away for euer? why is thy wrath kindled against the sheepe of thy pasture?

Darby Translation

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

Young's Literal Translation

An Instruction of Asaph. Why, O God, hast Thou cast off for ever? Thine anger smoketh against the flock of Thy pasture.

Bible in Basic English

Of God, why have you put us away from you for ever? why is the fire of your wrath smoking against the sheep who are your care?

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Cross references

“A. M. 3416. B.C. 588. Maschil of Asaph”

Psalm 78:1

Psalm 78:1 · BSB

Give ear, O my people, to my instruction; listen to the words of my mouth.

“O God”

Psalm 44:9 Psalm 42:11 Jeremiah 31:37 Psalm 10:1 Psalm 42:9 Psalm 60:1

Psalm 44:9 · BSB

But You have rejected and humbled us; You no longer go forth with our armies.

Psalm 42:11 · BSB

Why are you downcast, O my soul? Why the unease within me? Put your hope in God, for I will yet praise Him, my Savior and my God.

Jeremiah 31:37 · BSB

This is what the LORD says: “Only if the heavens above could be measured and the foundations of the earth below searched out would I reject all of Israel’s descendants because of all they have done,” declares the LORD.

Psalm 10:1 · BSB

Why, O LORD, do You stand far off? Why do You hide in times of trouble?

Psalm 42:9 · BSB

I say to God my Rock, “Why have You forgotten me? Why must I walk in sorrow because of the enemy’s oppression?”

Psalm 60:1 · BSB

You have rejected us, O God; You have broken us; You have been angry; restore us!

“smoke”

Deuteronomy 29:20 Psalm 79:5

Deuteronomy 29:20 · BSB

The LORD will never be willing to forgive him. Instead, His anger and jealousy will burn against that man, and every curse written in this book will fall upon him. The LORD will blot out his name from under heaven

Psalm 79:5 · BSB

How long, O LORD? Will You be angry forever? Will Your jealousy burn like fire?

“the sheep”

Psalm 79:13 Psalm 100:3 John 10:26–30 Ezekiel 34:31 Psalm 95:7 Jeremiah 23:1

Psalm 79:13 · BSB

Then we Your people, the sheep of Your pasture, will thank You forever; from generation to generation we will declare Your praise.

Psalm 100:3 · BSB

Know that the LORD is God. It is He who made us, and we are His; we are His people, and the sheep of His pasture.

John 10:26–30 · BSB

But because you are not My sheep, you refuse to believe.

Ezekiel 34:31 · BSB

‘You are My flock, the sheep of My pasture, My people, and I am your God,’ declares the Lord GOD.”

Psalm 95:7 · BSB

For He is our God, and we are the people of His pasture, the sheep under His care. Today, if you hear His voice,

Jeremiah 23:1 · BSB

“Woe to the shepherds who destroy and scatter the sheep of My pasture!” declares the LORD.

Also

Psalm 18:8

Psalm 18:8 · BSB

Smoke rose from His nostrils, and consuming fire came from His mouth; glowing coals blazed forth.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

2Remember Your congregation, which You purchased long ago and redeemed as the tribe of Your inheritance— Mount Zion, where You dwell.

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