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Psalm 74:1

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74:1Why, O God, have you permanently rejected us?1

Why does your anger burn2 against the sheep of your pasture?

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Footnotes

  1. 1 The psalmist does not really believe God has permanently rejected his people or he would not pray as he does in this psalm. But this initial question reflects his emotional response to what he sees and is overstated for the sake of emphasis. The severity of divine judgment gives the appearance that God has permanently abandoned his people.
  2. 2 Heb “smoke.” The picture is that of a fire that continues to smolder.

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

O God, why do you cast us off forever?

Why does your anger smoke against the sheep of your pasture?

NIVNew International Version (2011)

O God, why have you rejected us forever?

Why does your anger smolder against the sheep of your pasture?

CSBChristian Standard Bible

Why have you rejected us forever, God?

Why does your anger burn

against the sheep of your pasture?

NLTNew Living Translation

O God, why have you rejected us so long?

Why is your anger so intense against the sheep of your own pasture?

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

Why, O God, have you rejected us forever?

Why does your anger smoke

against the sheep of your pasture?

KJV 1900King James Version

O God, why hast thou cast us off for ever?

Why doth thine anger smoke against the sheep of thy pasture?