Psalm 74:1 {73:1}
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Understanding for Asaph. O God, why hast thou cast us off unto the end: why is thy wrath enkindled against the sheep of thy pasture?

A.

3416. B.C.

588 Maschil of Asaph. or, A Psalm for Asaph to give instruction.

Psalm 78:1 Understanding for Asaph. Attend, O my people, to my law: incline your ears to the words of my mouth.

O God

Psalm 10:1 Why, O Lord, hast thou retired afar off? why dost thou slight us in our wants, in the time of trouble?

Psalm 42:9 I will say to God: Thou art my support. Why hast thou forgotten me? and why go I mourning, whilst my enemy afflicteth me?

Psalm 44:9 In God shall we glory all the day long: and in thy name we will give praise for ever.

Psalm 60:1,10 Unto the end, for them that shall be changed, for the inscription of a title, to David himself, for doctrine, [2] When he set fire to Mesopotamia of Syria and Sobal: and Joab returned and slew of Edom, in the vale of the saltpits, twelve thousand men. [3] O God, thou hast cast us off, and hast destroyed us; thou hast been angry, and hast had mercy on us. . . .

Psalm 77:7 Will God then cast off for ever? or will he never be more favourable again?

Jeremiah 31:37 Thus saith the Lord: If the heavens above can be measured, and the foundations of the earth searched out beneath, I also will cast away all the seed of Israel, for all that they have done, saith the Lord.

Jeremiah 33:24-26 Hast thou not seen what this people hath spoken, saying: The two families which the Lord had chosen, are cast off: and they have despised my people, so that it is no more a nation before them? . . .

Romans 11:1,2 I say then: Hath God cast away his people? God forbid! For I also am an Israelite of the seed of Abraham, of the tribe of Benjamin. . . .

smoke

Psalm 79:5 How long, O Lord, wilt thou be angry for ever: shall thy zeal be kindled like a fire?

Deuteronomy 29:20 And the Lord should not forgive him: but his wrath and jealousy against that man should be exceedingly enkindled at that time, and all the curses that are written in this volume should light upon him: and the Lord should blot out his name from under heaven,

the sheep

Psalm 79:13 But we thy people, and the sheep of thy pasture, will give thanks to thee for ever. We will shew forth thy praise, unto generation and generation.

Psalm 95:7 For he is the Lord our God: and we are the people of his pasture and the sheep of his hand.

Psalm 100:3 Know ye that the Lord he is God: he made us, and not we ourselves. We are his people and the sheep of his pasture.

Jeremiah 23:1 Woe to the pastors, that destroy and tear the sheep of my pasture, saith the Lord.

Ezekiel 34:8,31 As I live, saith the Lord God, forasmuch as my flocks have been made a spoil, and my sheep are become a prey to all the beasts of the field, because there was no shepherd: for my shepherds did not seek after my flock, but the shepherds fed themselves, and fed not my flocks: . . .

Luke 12:32 Fear not, little flock, for it hath pleased your Father to give you a kingdom.

John 10:26-30 But you do not believe, because you are not of my sheep. . . .

Context
Why Have You Rejected Us Forever?
1Understanding for Asaph. O God, why hast thou cast us off unto the end: why is thy wrath enkindled against the sheep of thy pasture?2Remember thy congregation, which thou hast possessed from the beginning. The sceptre of thy inheritance which thou hast redeemed: mount Sion in which thou hast dwelt.…
Cross References
Deuteronomy 29:20
And the Lord should not forgive him: but his wrath and jealousy against that man should be exceedingly enkindled at that time, and all the curses that are written in this volume should light upon him: and the Lord should blot out his name from under heaven,

2 Samuel 24:17
And David said to the Lord, when he saw the angel striking the people: It is I; I am he that have sinned, I have done wickedly: these that are the sheep, what have they done? let thy hand, I beseech thee, be turned against me, and against my father's house.

1 Chronicles 21:17
And David said to God: Am not I he that commanded the people to be numbered? It is I that have sinned: it is I that have done the evil: but as for this flock, what hath it deserved? O Lord my God, let thy hand be turned, I beseech thee, upon me, and upon my father's house: and let not thy people be destroyed.

Psalm 18:8
There went up a smoke in his wrath: and a fire flamed from his face: coals were kindled by it.

Psalm 44:9
In God shall we glory all the day long: and in thy name we will give praise for ever.

Psalm 77:7
Will God then cast off for ever? or will he never be more favourable again?

Psalm 79:5
How long, O Lord, wilt thou be angry for ever: shall thy zeal be kindled like a fire?

Psalm 79:13
But we thy people, and the sheep of thy pasture, will give thanks to thee for ever. We will shew forth thy praise, unto generation and generation.

Psalm 85:5
Wilt thou be angry with us for ever: or wilt thou extend thy wrath from generation to generation?

Psalm 89:46
How long, O Lord, turnest thou away unto the end? shall thy anger burn like fire?

Psalm 95:7
For he is the Lord our God: and we are the people of his pasture and the sheep of his hand.

Psalm 100:3
Know ye that the Lord he is God: he made us, and not we ourselves. We are his people and the sheep of his pasture.

Ezekiel 36:38
As a holy flock, as the flock of Jerusalem in her solemn feasts: so shall the waste cities be full of flocks of men: and they shall know that I am the Lord.

Lexicon
A Maskil
מַשְׂכִּ֗יל (maś·kîl)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 4905: Instructive, a didactic poem

of Asaph.
לְאָ֫סָ֥ף (lə·’ā·sāp̄)
Preposition-l | Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 623: Asaph -- 'gatherer', the name of several Israelites

Why
לָמָ֣ה (lā·māh)
Interrogative
Strong's Hebrew 4100: What?, what!, indefinitely what

have You rejected us forever,
זָנַ֣חְתָּ (zā·naḥ·tā)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - second person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 2186: Reject, forsake, fail

O God?
אֱ֭לֹהִים (’ĕ·lō·hîm)
Noun - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 430: gods -- the supreme God, magistrates, a superlative

Why does Your anger
אַ֝פְּךָ֗ (’ap·pə·ḵā)
Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 639: The nose, nostril, the face, a person, ire

burn
יֶעְשַׁ֥ן (ye‘·šan)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 6225: To smoke, be angry

against the sheep
בְּצֹ֣אן (bə·ṣōn)
Preposition-b | Noun - common singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 6629: Small cattle, sheep and goats, flock

of Your pasture?
מַרְעִיתֶֽךָ׃ (mar·‘î·ṯe·ḵā)
Noun - feminine singular construct | second person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 4830: A pasturing, shepherding, pasturage


Additional Translations
A Maskil of Asaph. Why have You rejected us forever, O God? Why does Your anger burn against the sheep of Your pasture?O God, why have you cast us off for ever? why does your anger smoke against the sheep of your pasture?

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

A Psalm of instruction for Asaph. Wherefore hast thou rejected us, O God, for ever? wherefore is thy wrath kindled against the sheep of thy pasture?

{An instruction: of Asaph.} Why, O God, hast thou cast off for ever? [why] doth thine anger smoke against the sheep of thy pasture?

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

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

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

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