Thematic Bible
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Afflictions » Life tested by the lord » Sometimes prolonged
For the choir director. A Davidic psalm.Lord, how long will You forget me?
Forever?
How long will You hide Your face from me?
Verse Concepts
Forever?
How long will You hide Your face from me?
Rescue my life from their ravages,
my only one from the young lions.
Will Your jealousy keep burning like fire?
how long will You be angry
with Your people’s prayers?
Will Your anger keep burning like fire?
Turn and have compassion on Your servants.
and You do not listen
or cry out to You about violence
and You do not save?
Then the Angel of the Lord responded, “How long, Lord of Hosts, will You withhold mercy from Jerusalem and the cities of Judah that You have been angry with these 70 years?”
Verse Concepts
Anger of God » Removal of, should be prayed for
Will Your jealousy keep burning like fire?
how long will You be angry
with Your people’s prayers?
I fade away because of the force of Your hand.
Lord, I stand in awe of Your deeds.
Revive Your work in these years;
make it known in these years.
In Your wrath remember mercy!
Lord, in keeping with all Your righteous acts, may Your anger and wrath turn away from Your city Jerusalem, Your holy mountain; for because of our sins and the iniquities of our fathers, Jerusalem and Your people have become an object of ridicule to all those around us.
Verse Concepts
Jews, the » Denunciations against those who » Slaughtered
God, the nations have invaded Your inheritance, desecrated Your holy temple, and turned Jerusalem into ruins. They gave the corpses of Your servants to the birds of the sky for food, the flesh of Your godly ones to the beasts of the earth. They poured out their blood like water all around Jerusalem, and there was no one to bury [them]. read more.
We have become an object of reproach to our neighbors, a source of mockery and ridicule to those around us. How long, Lord? Will You be angry forever? Will Your jealousy keep burning like fire? Pour out Your wrath on the nations that don't acknowledge You, on the kingdoms that don't call on Your name, for they have devoured Jacob and devastated his homeland.
We have become an object of reproach to our neighbors, a source of mockery and ridicule to those around us. How long, Lord? Will You be angry forever? Will Your jealousy keep burning like fire? Pour out Your wrath on the nations that don't acknowledge You, on the kingdoms that don't call on Your name, for they have devoured Jacob and devastated his homeland.
"Because you maintained an ancient hatred and handed over the Israelites to the power of the sword in the time of their disaster, the time of final punishment, therefore, as I live"-[this is] the declaration of the Lord God -"I will destine you for bloodshed, and it will pursue you. Since you did not hate bloodshed, it will pursue you.
Trials » Sometimes prolonged
For the choir director. A Davidic psalm.Lord, how long will You forget me?
Forever?
How long will You hide Your face from me?
Verse Concepts
Forever?
How long will You hide Your face from me?
Rescue my life from their ravages,
my only one from the young lions.
Will Your jealousy keep burning like fire?
how long will You be angry
with Your people’s prayers?
Will Your anger keep burning like fire?
Turn and have compassion on Your servants.
and You do not listen
or cry out to You about violence
and You do not save?
Then the Angel of the Lord responded, “How long, Lord of Hosts, will You withhold mercy from Jerusalem and the cities of Judah that You have been angry with these 70 years?”
Verse Concepts