Psalms 77:7
“Will the Lord spurn us forever and never show His favor again?
BSB
ASV
Will the Lord cast off for ever? And will he be favorable no more?
KJV
Will the Lord cast off for ever? and will he be favourable no more?
Will the Lord cast off for ever?.... The Syriac version of this, and the two following verses, is not by way of interrogation, but affirmation: "the Lord hath forgotten me for ever, nor will he", &c. and so expresses the language of unbelief; but the Arabic version, in connection with the last words, with which it begins this verse, is, "and I weighed in my spirit whether the Lord", &c. and so makes it a subject of inquiry, and at most of questioning or doubting.
Is his mercy clean gone for ever? No; his mercy endures for ever; as it is from everlasting, it is to everlasting, Ps. ciii. Doth his promise fail for evermore?
Wilt the Lord cast off forever? This was one of the matters he enquired into. He painfully knew that the Lord might leave his people for a season, but his fear was that the time might be prolonged and have no close; eagerly, therefore, he asked, will the Lord utterly and finally reject those who are his own, and suffer them to be the objects of his contemptuous reprobation, his everlasting cast offs? This he was persuaded could not be. No instance in the years of ancient times led him to fear that such could be the case.
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The walk8
Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.
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Psalms 89:46How long, O LORD? Will You hide Yourself forever? Will Your wrath keep burning like fire?
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How long, O LORD? Will You be angry forever? Will Your jealousy burn like fire?
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Fire consumed His young men, and their maidens were left without wedding songs.
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Psalms 85:1You showed favor to Your land, O LORD; You restored Jacob from captivity.
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This is what the LORD says: “I will restore the fortunes of Jacob’s tents and have compassion on his dwellings. And the city will be rebuilt on her own ruins, and the palace will…
Oh, that the salvation of Israel would come from Zion! When the LORD restores His captive people, let Jacob rejoice, let Israel be glad!
Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: Now I will restore Jacob from captivity and will have compassion on the whole house of Israel, and I will be jealous for My holy name.
Then the LORD became jealous for His land, and He spared His people.
“Yes, in those days and at that time, when I restore Judah and Jerusalem from captivity,
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Psalms 85:5Will You be angry with us forever? Will You draw out Your anger to all generations?
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O LORD God of Hosts, how long will Your anger smolder against the prayers of Your people?