Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

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

General references

Bible References

O god

Psalm 10:1
Lord, why do You stand so far away?
Why do You hide in times of trouble?
Psalm 42:9
I will say to God, my rock,
“Why have You forgotten me?
Why must I go about in sorrow
because of the enemy’s oppression?”
Psalm 44:9
But You have rejected and humiliated us;
You do not march out with our armies.
Psalm 60:1
For the choir director: according to “The Lily of Testimony.” A Davidic Miktam for teaching. When he fought with Aram-naharaim and Aram-zobah, and Joab returned and struck Edom in the Valley of Salt, killing 12,000.God, You have rejected us;
You have broken out against us;
You have been angry. Restore us!
Psalm 77:7
“Will the Lord reject forever
and never again show favor?
Jeremiah 31:37
This is what the Lord says:

If the heavens above can be measured
and the foundations of the earth below explored,
I will reject all of Israel’s descendants
because of all they have done—
this is the Lord’s declaration.
Jeremiah 33:24
“Have you not noticed what these people have said? They say, ‘The Lord has rejected the two families He had chosen.’ My people are treated with contempt and no longer regarded as a nation among them.
Romans 11:1
I ask, then, has God rejected His people? Absolutely not! For I too am an Israelite, a descendant of Abraham, from the tribe of Benjamin.

Smoke

Psalm 79:5
How long, Yahweh? Will You be angry forever?
Will Your jealousy keep burning like fire?
Deuteronomy 29:20
The Lord will not be willing to forgive him. Instead, His anger and jealousy will burn against that person, and every curse written in this scroll will descend on him. The Lord will blot out his name under heaven,

The sheep

Psalm 79:13
Then we, Your people, the sheep of Your pasture,
will thank You forever;
we will declare Your praise
to generation after generation.
Psalm 95:7
For He is our God,
and we are the people of His pasture,
the sheep under His care.


Today, if you hear His voice:
Psalm 100:3
Acknowledge that Yahweh is God.
He made us, and we are His
His people, the sheep of His pasture.
Jeremiah 23:1
“Woe to the shepherds who destroy and scatter the sheep of My pasture!” This is the Lord’s declaration.
Ezekiel 34:8
As I live”—the declaration of the Lord God—“because My flock has become prey and food for every wild animal since they lack a shepherd, for My shepherds do not search for My flock, and because the shepherds feed themselves rather than My flock,
Luke 12:32
Don’t be afraid, little flock, because your Father delights to give you the kingdom.
John 10:26
But you don’t believe because you are not My sheep.

General references

Psalm 44:9
But You have rejected and humiliated us;
You do not march out with our armies.

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