All this is come upon us; yet have we not forgotten thee, neither have we dealt falsely in thy covenant.
Parallel translations
- WEB All this has come on us, yet have we not forgotten you, Neither have we been false to your covenant.
- BSB All this has come upon us, though we have not forgotten You or betrayed Your 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.
Cross-references & the web
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- Dan 9:13As it is written in the law of Moses, all this evil is come upon us: yet made we not our prayer before the LORD our God, that we might turn from our iniquities, and understand thy truth.
- Deut 6:12Then beware lest thou forget the LORD, which brought thee forth out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage.
- Deut 8:14Then thine heart be lifted up, and thou forget the LORD thy God, which brought thee forth out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage;
- Jer 31:32Not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers in the day that I took them by the hand to bring them out of the land of Egypt; which my covenant they brake, although I was an husband unto them, saith the LORD:
- Ps 78:7That they might set their hope in God, and not forget the works of God, but keep his commandments:
- Isa 17:10Because thou hast forgotten the God of thy salvation, and hast not been mindful of the rock of thy strength, therefore shalt thou plant pleasant plants, and shalt set it with strange slips:
- Jer 2:32Can a maid forget her ornaments, or a bride her attire? yet my people have forgotten me days without number.
- Ps 44:20If we have forgotten the name of our God, or stretched out our hands to a strange god;
- Ps 9:17The wicked shall be turned into hell, and all the nations that forget God.
- Ezek 16:59For thus saith the Lord GOD; I will even deal with thee as thou hast done, which hast despised the oath in breaking the covenant.
- Ezek 20:37And I will cause you to pass under the rod, and I will bring you into the bond of the covenant:
- Ps 78:57But turned back, and dealt unfaithfully like their fathers: they were turned aside like a deceitful bow.
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