An Appeal against the Devastation of the Land by the Enemy.

A [a]Maskil of Asaph.

74 God, why have You (A)rejected us forever?
Why does Your anger (B)smoke against the (C)sheep of Your [b]pasture?
Remember Your congregation, which You (D)purchased of old,
Which You have (E)redeemed to be the (F)tribe of Your inheritance;
And this Mount (G)Zion, where You have dwelt.

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 74 Title Possibly, Contemplative; or Didactic; or Skillful Psalm
  2. Psalm 74:1 Or pasturing

Psalm 74

A maskil[a] of Asaph.

O God, why have you rejected(A) us forever?(B)
    Why does your anger smolder against the sheep of your pasture?(C)
Remember the nation you purchased(D) long ago,(E)
    the people of your inheritance,(F) whom you redeemed(G)
    Mount Zion,(H) where you dwelt.(I)

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  1. Psalm 74:1 Title: Probably a literary or musical term

For He is our God,
And (A)we are the people of His [a](B)pasture and the sheep of His hand.
(C)Today, [b]if you will hear His voice,

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  1. Psalm 95:7 Lit pasturing
  2. Psalm 95:7 Or O that you would obey

for he is our God
    and we are the people of his pasture,(A)
    the flock under his care.

Today, if only you would hear his voice,

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11 Like a shepherd He will (A)tend His flock,
In His arm He will gather the lambs
And carry them in the fold of His robe;
He will gently lead the nursing ewes.

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11 He tends his flock like a shepherd:(A)
    He gathers the lambs in his arms(B)
and carries them close to his heart;(C)
    he gently leads(D) those that have young.(E)

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30 Then they will know that (A)I, the Lord their God, am with them, and that they, the house of Israel, are My people,” declares the Lord God. 31 “As for you, My (B)sheep, [a]the (C)sheep of My pasture, you are mankind, and I am your God,” declares the Lord God.

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  1. Ezekiel 34:31 As in MT; LXX you are sheep of My flock, and

30 Then they will know that I, the Lord their God, am with them and that they, the Israelites, are my people, declares the Sovereign Lord.(A) 31 You are my sheep,(B) the sheep of my pasture,(C) and I am your God, declares the Sovereign Lord.’”

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