All this has come upon us, though we have not forgotten You or betrayed Your covenant.
Parallel translations
- WEB All this has come on us, yet have we not forgotten you, Neither have we been false to your covenant.
- KJV All this is come upon us; yet have we not forgotten thee, neither have we dealt falsely in thy covenant.
- NKJV All this has come upon us; But we have not forgotten You, Nor have we dealt falsely with Your covenant.
- NASB ¶All this has come upon us, but we have not forgotten You, And we have not dealt falsely with Your covenant.
- NLT All this has happened though we have not forgotten you. We have not violated your covenant.
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Quick answer
Despite all this suffering, the people insist they have not forgotten God or broken His covenant. It matters because it raises the mystery of righteous suffering.
Overview
Here the psalm takes an unusual turn: the people protest their faithfulness even amid calamity. Unlike many laments that confess sin, this one maintains covenant loyalty, making the suffering deeply perplexing. It foreshadows the reality of innocent suffering, fully embodied in the sinless Christ who suffered though He kept perfect covenant faithfulness.
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Cross-references · 12
- Dan 9:13Just as it is written in the Law of Moses, all this disaster has come upon us, yet we have not sought the favor of the LORD our God by turning from our iniquities and giving attention to Your truth.
- Deut 6:12be careful not to forget the LORD who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery.
- Deut 8:14then your heart will become proud, and you will forget the LORD your God who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery.
- Jer 31:32It will not be like the covenant I made with their fathers when I took them by the hand to lead them out of the land of Egypt—a covenant they broke, though I was a husband to them,” declares the LORD.
- Ps 78:7that they should put their confidence in God, not forgetting His works, but keeping His commandments.
- Isa 17:10For you have forgotten the God of your salvation and failed to remember the Rock of your refuge. Therefore, though you cultivate delightful plots and set out cuttings from exotic vines—
- Jer 2:32Does a maiden forget her jewelry or a bride her wedding sash? Yet My people have forgotten Me for days without number.
- Ps 44:20If we had forgotten the name of our God or spread out our hands to a foreign god,
- Ps 9:17The wicked will return to Sheol—all the nations who forget God.
- Ezek 16:59For this is what the Lord GOD says: I will deal with you according to your deeds, since you have despised the oath by breaking the covenant.
- Ezek 20:37I will make you pass under the rod and will bring you into the bond of the covenant.
- Ps 78:57They turned back and were faithless like their fathers, twisted like a faulty bow.
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