For the LORD will not cast off his people, neither will he forsake his inheritance.
Parallel translations
- WEB For Yahweh won’t reject his people, neither will he forsake his inheritance.
- BSB For the LORD will not forsake His people; He will never abandon His heritage.
- NKJV For the Lord will not cast off His people, Nor will He forsake His inheritance.
- NASB For the Lord will not abandon His people, Nor will He abandon His inheritance.
- NLT The Lord will not reject his people; he will not abandon his special possession.
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Quick answer
The LORD will not reject His people or forsake His inheritance. God's covenant commitment to His own is unbreakable.
Overview
This assurance is the heart of the psalmist's confidence amid oppression: God will never abandon those He has claimed. His faithfulness to His inheritance guarantees that present suffering is not the final word. Paul applies this same promise to God's enduring faithfulness to His people (Romans 11:1-2; 1 Samuel 12:22).
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 14
- 1 Sam 12:22For the LORD will not forsake his people for his great name’s sake: because it hath pleased the LORD to make you his people.
- Ps 37:28For the LORD loveth judgment, and forsaketh not his saints; they are preserved for ever: but the seed of the wicked shall be cut off.
- Rom 11:1–2I say then, Hath God cast away his people? God forbid. For I also am an Israelite, of the seed of Abraham, of the tribe of Benjamin.
- Rom 8:30Moreover whom he did predestinate, them he also called: and whom he called, them he also justified: and whom he justified, them he also glorified.
- Deut 32:9For the LORD’s portion is his people; Jacob is the lot of his inheritance.
- John 10:27–31My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me:
- Eph 1:18The eyes of your understanding being enlightened; that ye may know what is the hope of his calling, and what the riches of the glory of his inheritance in the saints,
- Heb 13:5Let your conversation be without covetousness; and be content with such things as ye have: for he hath said, I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee.
- Isa 49:14–15But Zion said, The LORD hath forsaken me, and my Lord hath forgotten me.
- Rom 8:38–39For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come,
- Jer 32:39–40And I will give them one heart, and one way, that they may fear me for ever, for the good of them, and of their children after them:
- Ps 34:12What man is he that desireth life, and loveth many days, that he may see good?
- Jer 10:16The portion of Jacob is not like them: for he is the former of all things; and Israel is the rod of his inheritance: The LORD of hosts is his name.
- Ps 94:5They break in pieces thy people, O LORD, and afflict thine heritage.
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