Psalm 74:1

God's Ways Vindicated

¹ A Maskil of Asaph.Why have You rejected us forever, God?
Why does Your anger burn
against the sheep of Your pasture?
² Remember Your congregation,
which You purchased long ago
and redeemed as the tribe for Your own possession.
Remember Mount Zion where You dwell.

Sheep of Your Pasture

O God

Asaph

Maschil

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,

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.

Psalm 44:9

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

Psalm 77:7

“Will the Lord reject forever
and never again show favor?

Jeremiah 23:1

“Woe to the shepherds who destroy and scatter the sheep of My pasture!” This is the Lord’s declaration.

Ezekiel 34:31

“You are My flock, the human flock of My pasture, and I am your God.” This is the declaration of the Lord God.

Psalm 10:1

Lord, why do You stand so far away?
Why do You hide in times of trouble?

Psalm 18:8

Smoke rose from His nostrils,
and consuming fire came from His mouth;
coals were set ablaze by it.

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 42:11

Why am I so depressed?
Why this turmoil within me?
Put your hope in God, for I will still praise Him,
my Savior and my God.

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 60:10

God, haven’t You rejected us?
God, You do not march out with our armies.

Psalm 78:1

A Maskil of Asaph.My people, hear my instruction;
listen to what I say.

Psalm 79:5

How long, Yahweh? Will You be angry forever?
Will Your jealousy keep burning like fire?

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 33:24-26

“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.

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 10:26-30

But you don’t believe because you are not My sheep.

Romans 11:1-2

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.