Psalms 74:1
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“Why have You rejected us forever, O God? Why does Your anger smolder against the sheep of Your pasture?”
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“Why have You rejected us forever, O God? Why does Your anger smolder against the sheep of Your pasture?”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“O God, why hast thou cast us off for ever? why doth thine anger smoke against the sheep of thy pasture?”
King James Version · Public Domain“O God, why hast thou cast us off for ever? Why doth thine anger smoke against the sheep of thy pasture?”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“An Instruction of Asaph. Why, O God, hast Thou cast off for ever? Thine anger smoketh against the flock of Thy pasture.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Psalms 74:1 — 24 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Exodus 32:11But Moses sought the favor of the LORD his God, saying, “O LORD, why does Your anger burn against Your people, whom You brought out of the land of Egypt with great power and a mighty hand?
- Deuteronomy 29:20The 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
- 2 Kings 21:14So I will forsake the remnant of My inheritance and deliver them into the hands of their enemies. And they will become plunder and spoil to all their enemies,
- Psalms 10:1Why, O LORD, do You stand far off? Why do You hide in times of trouble?
- Psalms 18:8Smoke rose from His nostrils, and consuming fire came from His mouth; glowing coals blazed forth.
- Psalms 42:9I say to God my Rock, “Why have You forgotten me? Why must I walk in sorrow because of the enemy’s oppression?”
- Psalms 42:11Why 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.
- Psalms 44:9But You have rejected and humbled us; You no longer go forth with our armies.
- Psalms 50:1The Mighty One, God the LORD, speaks and summons the earth from where the sun rises to where it sets.
- Psalms 60:1You have rejected us, O God; You have broken us; You have been angry; restore us!
- Psalms 60:10Have You not rejected us, O God? Will You no longer march out, O God, with our armies?
- Psalms 77:7“Will the Lord spurn us forever and never show His favor again?
- Psalms 77:8Is His loving devotion gone forever? Has His promise failed for all time?
- Psalms 78:1Give ear, O my people, to my instruction; listen to the words of my mouth.
- Psalms 79:5How long, O LORD? Will You be angry forever? Will Your jealousy burn like fire?
- Psalms 79:13Then we Your people, the sheep of Your pasture, will thank You forever; from generation to generation we will declare Your praise.
- Psalms 80:5You fed them with the bread of tears and made them drink the full measure of their tears.
- Psalms 85:6Will You not revive us again, that Your people may rejoice in You?
- Psalms 95:7For He is our God, and we are the people of His pasture, the sheep under His care. Today, if you hear His voice,
- Psalms 100:3Know 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.
- Isaiah 64:8But now, O LORD, You are our Father; we are the clay, and You are the potter; we are all the work of Your hand.
- Jeremiah 23:1“Woe to the shepherds who destroy and scatter the sheep of My pasture!” declares the LORD.
- Jeremiah 31:37This 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.
- Jeremiah 33:24“Have you not noticed what these people are saying: ‘The LORD has rejected the two families He had chosen’? So they despise My people and no longer regard them as a nation.
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