Have You not rejected us, O God? Will You no longer march out, O God, with our armies?
Parallel translations
- WEB Haven’t you rejected us, God? You don’t go out, God, with our armies.
- KJV Wilt not thou, O God, who hast cast us off? and wilt not thou, O God, go forth with our hosts?
- NKJV Is it not You, O God, who cast us off? And You, O God, who did not go out with our armies?
- NASB God, have You Yourself not rejected us? And will You not go forth with our armies, God?
- NLT Have you rejected us, O God? Will you no longer march with our armies?
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Quick answer
David wonders aloud whether God has rejected them, since he has not gone out with their armies.
Overview
In honest lament, David voices the painful sense that God has withdrawn his help in battle. Yet even this complaint is addressed to God, showing faith mingled with struggle. Such candid prayer in seasons of apparent abandonment encourages believers to bring their doubts to God, who in Christ never finally forsakes his own.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 9
- 2 Chr 13:12Now behold, God Himself is with us as our head, and His priests with their trumpets sound the battle call against you. O children of Israel, do not fight against the LORD, the God of your fathers, for you will not succeed.”
- Ps 44:9But You have rejected and humbled us; You no longer go forth with our armies.
- 2 Chr 20:15And he said, “Listen, all you people of Judah and Jerusalem! Listen, King Jehoshaphat! This is what the LORD says: ‘Do not be afraid or discouraged because of this vast army, for the battle does not belong to you, but to God.
- 1 Sam 29:1–11Now the Philistines brought all their forces together at Aphek, while Israel camped by the spring in Jezreel.
- 1 Sam 17:36Your servant has killed lions and bears; this uncircumcised Philistine will be like one of them, for he has defied the armies of the living God.”
- Deut 20:3–4saying to them, “Hear, O Israel, today you are going into battle with your enemies. Do not be fainthearted or afraid; do not be alarmed or terrified because of them.
- 1 Sam 17:26David asked the men who were standing with him, “What will be done for the man who kills this Philistine and removes this disgrace from Israel? Just who is this uncircumcised Philistine, that he should defy the armies of the living God?”
- Num 10:9When you enter into battle in your land against an adversary who attacks you, sound short blasts on the trumpets, and you will be remembered before the LORD your God and saved from your enemies.
- 2 Chr 14:11Then Asa cried out to the LORD his God: “O LORD, there is no one besides You to help the powerless against the mighty. Help us, O LORD our God, for we rely on You, and in Your name we have come against this multitude. O LORD, You are our God. Do not let a mere mortal prevail against You.”
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