¶Will the Lord reject forever? And will He never be favorable again?
Parallel translations
- WEB “Will the Lord reject us forever? Will he be favorable no more?
- KJV Will the Lord cast off for ever? and will he be favourable no more?
- BSB “Will the Lord spurn us forever and never show His favor again?
- NKJV Will the Lord cast off forever? And will He be favorable no more?
- NLT Has the Lord rejected me forever? Will he never again be kind to me?
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Quick answer
Asaph asks whether the Lord will reject His people forever and never again show favor.
Overview
The psalmist voices the agonizing fear that God has permanently abandoned him. These raw questions express the depths of doubt that suffering can produce. Yet by addressing them to God Himself, Asaph keeps the door of faith open, and Scripture's larger witness answers that God will never finally cast off His own.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 12
- Ps 85:1For the Chief Musician. A Psalm by the sons of Korah. Yahweh, you have been favorable to your land. You have restored the fortunes of Jacob.
- Lam 3:31–32For the Lord will not cast off forever.
- Rom 11:1–2I ask then, did God reject his people? May it never be! For I also am an Israelite, a descendant of Abraham, of the tribe of Benjamin.
- Ps 89:46How long, Yahweh? Will you hide yourself forever? Will your wrath burn like fire?
- Ps 85:5Will you be angry with us forever? Will you draw out your anger to all generations?
- Ps 13:1–2For the Chief Musician. A Psalm by David. How long, Yahweh? Will you forget me forever? How long will you hide your face from me?
- Ps 37:24Though he stumble, he shall not fall, for Yahweh holds him up with his hand.
- Ps 89:38But you have rejected and spurned. You have been angry with your anointed.
- Ps 74:1A contemplation by Asaph. God, why have you rejected us forever? Why does your anger smolder against the sheep of your pasture?
- Ps 79:5How long, Yahweh? Will you be angry forever? Will your jealousy burn like fire?
- Ps 44:9But now you rejected us, and brought us to dishonor, and don’t go out with our armies.
- Jer 23:24–26Can anyone hide himself in secret places so that I can’t see him?” says Yahweh. “Don’t I fill heaven and earth?” says Yahweh.
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The Psalms are Christ's own prayer book and a gallery of his portraits — the suffering one of Psalm 22, the risen Lord of Psalm 16, the priest-king of Psalm 110, the Son to whom the nations are given.
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