Psalms 71:11
saying, “God has forsaken him; pursue him and seize him, for there is no one to rescue him.”
BSB
ASV
Saying, God hath forsaken him: Pursue and take him; for there is none to deliver.
KJV
Saying, God hath forsaken him: persecute and take him; for there is none to deliver him.
Saying, God hath forsaken him,.... Good men may seem to others to be forsaken of God; and they themselves may sometimes think they are; and they may be forsaken for a small moment, when God withdraws his gracious presence, or does not afford immediate help; but never finally and totally.
Saying, God hath forsaken him. O bitter taunt! There is no worse arrow in all the quivers of hell. Our Lord felt this barbed shaft, and it is no marvel if his disciples feel the same. Were this exclamation the truth, it were indeed an ill day for us; but, glory be to God, it is a barefaced lie. Persecute and take him. Let loose the dogs of persecution upon him, seize him, worry him, for there is none to deliver him. Down with him, for he has no friends.
The walk8
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Matthew 27:46About the ninth hour Jesus cried out in a loud voice, “Eli, Eli, lema sabachthani?” which means, “My God, My God, why have You forsaken Me?”
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My God, my God, why have You forsaken me? Why are You so far from saving me, so far from my words of groaning?
During the days of Jesus’ earthly life, He offered up prayers and petitions with loud cries and tears to the One who could save Him from death, and He was heard because of His…
Yet it was the LORD’s will to crush Him and to cause Him to suffer; and when His soul is made a guilt offering, He will see His offspring, He will prolong His days,…
At the ninth hour, Jesus cried out in a loud voice, “Eloi, Eloi, lema sabachthani?” which means, “My God, My God, why have You forsaken Me?”
After this, knowing that everything had now been accomplished, and to fulfill the Scripture, Jesus said, “I am thirsty.”
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Psalms 3:2Many say of me, “God will not deliver him.” Selah
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My tears have been my food both day and night, while men ask me all day long, “Where is your God?”
Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
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Psalms 50:22Now consider this, you who forget God, lest I tear you to pieces, with no one to rescue you:
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Such is the destiny of all who forget God; so the hope of the godless will perish.
The wicked will return to Sheol— all the nations who forget God.
Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.