Psalms 74:1 Cross References

Psalms 74:1

1: O God, why have you rejected us forever? Why is your anger so intense against the sheep of your own pasture?

for he is our God. We are the people he watches over, the sheep under his care. Oh, that you would listen to his voice today!

Then we your people, the sheep of your pasture, will thank you forever and ever, praising your greatness from generation to generation.

Acknowledge that the LORD is God! He made us, and we are his. We are his people, the sheep of his pasture.

The LORD will not pardon such people. His anger and jealousy will burn against them. All the curses written in this book will come down on them, and the LORD will erase their names from under heaven.

But now you have tossed us aside in dishonor. You no longer lead our armies to battle.

But you don't believe me because you are not part of my flock.
My sheep recognize my voice; I know them, and they follow me.
I give them eternal life, and they will never perish. No one will snatch them away from me,
for my Father has given them to me, and he is more powerful than anyone else. So no one can take them from me.
The Father and I are one."

I ask, then, has God rejected his people, the Jews? Of course not! Remember that I myself am a Jew, a descendant of Abraham and a member of the tribe of Benjamin.
No, God has not rejected his own people, whom he chose from the very beginning. Do you remember what the Scriptures say about this? Elijah the prophet complained to God about the people of Israel and said,

"So don't be afraid, little flock. For it gives your Father great happiness to give you the Kingdom.

You are my flock, the sheep of my pasture. You are my people, and I am your God, says the Sovereign LORD."

"I will send disaster upon the leaders of my people--the shepherds of my sheep--for they have destroyed and scattered the very ones they were expected to care for," says the LORD.

Just as the heavens cannot be measured and the foundation of the earth cannot be explored, so I will not consider casting them away forever for their sins. I, the LORD, have spoken!

"O God my rock," I cry, "Why have you forsaken me? Why must I wander in darkness, oppressed by my enemies?"

You have rejected us, O God, and broken our defenses. You have been angry with us; now restore us to your favor.

Smoke poured from his nostrils; fierce flames leaped from his mouth; glowing coals flamed forth from him.

Why am I discouraged? Why so sad? I will put my hope in God! I will praise him again--my Savior and my God!

As surely as I live, says the Sovereign LORD, you abandoned my flock and left them to be attacked by every wild animal. Though you were my shepherds, you didn't search for my sheep when they were lost. You took care of yourselves and left the sheep to starve.

O LORD, how long will you be angry with us? Forever? How long will your jealousy burn like fire?

"Have you heard what people are saying?--`The LORD chose Judah and Israel and then abandoned them!' They are sneering and saying that Israel is not worthy to be counted as a nation.
But this is the LORD's reply: I would no more reject my people than I would change my laws of night and day, of earth and sky.
I will never abandon the descendants of Jacob or David, my servant, or change the plan that David's descendants will rule the descendants of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. Instead, I will restore them to their land and have mercy on them."

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