Psalm 74

A maskil[a] of Asaph.

O God, why have you rejected(A) us forever?(B)
    Why does your anger smolder against the sheep of your pasture?(C)

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  1. Psalm 74:1 Title: Probably a literary or musical term

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

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A Plea for Relief from Oppressors

A [a]Contemplation of Asaph.

74 O God, why have You cast us off forever?
Why does Your anger smoke against the sheep of Your pasture?

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  1. Psalm 74:1 Heb. Maschil

How long,(A) Lord? Will you be angry(B) forever?
    How long will your jealousy burn like fire?(C)

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How long, Lord? wilt thou be angry for ever? shall thy jealousy burn like fire?

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(A)How long, Lord?
Will You be angry forever?
Will Your (B)jealousy burn like fire?

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How long,(A) Lord God Almighty,
    will your anger smolder(B)
    against the prayers of your people?

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O Lord God of hosts, how long wilt thou be angry against the prayer of thy people?

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O Lord God of hosts,
(A)How long will You be angry
Against the prayer of Your people?

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this is what the Sovereign Lord says: In my burning(A) zeal I have spoken against the rest of the nations, and against all Edom, for with glee and with malice in their hearts they made my land their own possession so that they might plunder its pastureland.’(B)

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Therefore thus saith the Lord God; Surely in the fire of my jealousy have I spoken against the residue of the heathen, and against all Idumea, which have appointed my land into their possession with the joy of all their heart, with despiteful minds, to cast it out for a prey.

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therefore thus says the Lord God: (A)“Surely I have spoken in My burning jealousy against the rest of the nations and against all Edom, (B)who gave My land to themselves as a possession, with wholehearted joy and [a]spiteful minds, in order to plunder its open country.” ’

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  1. Ezekiel 36:5 Lit. scorning souls