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God, why have you rejected us forever? Why does your anger smolder against the sheep of your pasture?
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A Cry of Anguish, Not Fact
The psalmist's cry, "Why have you cast us off forever?" expresses deep emotional pain, not a final theological reality. Commentators like Gill and Calvin clarify that this feeling of abandonment arises from human suffering and perspective. They affirm that God never truly casts off His covenant people, whom Christ has redeemed. The feeling is real and valid, but God's faithfulness is the ultimate truth.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
O God, why hast thou cast us off for ever? — You seem to have cast us off forever, or finally. Compare (Psalms 44:9), n…
19th Century
Anglican
Why have ... —Better, why have you never ceased abandoning us?
Anger. —Literally, nostril,
16th Century
Protestant
O God! why hast thou cast us off for ever? If this complaint was written when the people were captives in Babylon, although Jeremiah had a…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
O God, why have you cast us off for ever ? &c.]. This the church supposed because of the prevalence, oppression, and…
This psalm appears to describe the destruction of Jerusalem and the temple by the Chaldeans. The deplorable case of the people of God, at the time,…
