Psalm 74:1

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?

O god

Smoke

Psalm 79:5

Deuteronomy 29:20

The sheep

John 10:26

General references

Psalm 44:9

Bible References

O god

Why, Jehovah, standest thou afar off? Why hidest thou thyself in times of distress?

I will say unto God my rock, Why hast thou forgotten me? why go I mourning because of the oppression of the enemy?

But thou hast cast off, and put us to confusion, and dost not go forth with our armies;

{To the chief Musician. On Shushan. Testimony. Michtam of David; to teach: when he strove with the Syrians of Mesopotamia, and the Syrians of Zobah, and Joab returned, and smote the Edomites in the valley of salt, twelve thousand.} O God, thou hast cast us off, thou hast scattered us, thou hast been displeased: restore us again.

Will the Lord cast off for ever? and will he be favourable no more?

Thus saith Jehovah: If the heavens above can be measured, and the foundations of the earth searched out beneath, I will also cast off the whole seed of Israel, for all that they have done, saith Jehovah.

Hast thou not seen what this people have spoken, saying, The two families that Jehovah had chosen, he hath even cast them off? And they despise my people, that they should be no more a nation before them.

I say then, Has God cast away his people? Far be the thought. For I also am an Israelite, of the seed of Abraham, of the tribe of Benjamin.

Smoke

How long, O Jehovah? wilt thou be angry for ever? Shall thy jealousy burn like fire?

Jehovah will not pardon him, but the anger of Jehovah and his jealousy will then smoke against that man, and all the curse shall be upon him that is written in this book; and Jehovah will blot out his name from under the heavens;

The sheep

And we, thy people and the sheep of thy pasture, will give thanks unto thee for ever; we will shew forth thy praise from generation to generation.

For he is our God; and we are the people of his pasture and the sheep of his hand. To-day if ye hear his voice,

Know that Jehovah is God: it is he that hath made us, and not we ourselves; we are his people, and the sheep of his pasture.

Woe unto the shepherds that destroy and scatter the sheep of my pasture! saith Jehovah.

As I live, saith the Lord Jehovah, verily because my sheep have been a prey, and my sheep have been meat to every beast of the field, because there was no shepherd, and my shepherds searched not for my flock, but the shepherds fed themselves, and fed not my flock,

Fear not, little flock, for it has been the good pleasure of your Father to give you the kingdom.

but ye do not believe, for ye are not of my sheep, as I told you.

General references

But thou hast cast off, and put us to confusion, and dost not go forth with our armies;