Why Have You Rejected Us Forever?
(Psalms 79:1–13; Jeremiah 52:1–11)
A Maskil 1of Asaph.
Why have You rejected us forever, O God? Deu 29:20Psa 100:3Psa 79:13Jhn 10:26-30Ezk 34:31Psa 44:9Jer 23:1Jer 31:37
Why does Your anger smolder
against the sheep of Your pasture?
Remember Your congregation, Jer 10:16Deu 32:9Exo 15:13Exo 15:16Deu 4:20Psa 135:4Psa 78:68-69Act 20:28
which You purchased long ago
and redeemed as the tribe of Your inheritance—
Mount Zion where You dwell.
Turn Your steps to the everlasting ruins, Lam 1:10Dan 9:17Psa 79:1Isa 64:10-11Luk 21:24Mrk 11:172Sa 22:39-43Dan 11:31
to everything in the sanctuary the enemy has destroyed.
Your foes have roared within Your meeting place; Lam 2:7Mat 24:152Ch 36:17Dan 6:27Num 2:2Jer 6:1-5Luk 13:1Luk 21:20
they have unfurled their banners as signs,
like men wielding axes in a thicket of trees 1Ki 5:62Ch 2:14Jer 46:22-23
and smashing all the carvings with hatchets and picks. 1Ki 6:181Ki 6:291Ki 6:321Ki 6:35
They have burned Your sanctuary to the ground; 2Ki 25:9Deu 12:5Ezk 24:21Isa 64:11Mat 22:7Psa 89:391Ki 8:20Exo 20:24
they have defiled the dwelling place of Your Name.
They said in their hearts, Psa 83:42Ki 2:32Ki 2:52Ki 4:23Est 3:8-9Mat 4:23Psa 137:72Ch 17:9
“We will crush them completely.”
They burned down every place
where God met us in the land.
There are no signs for us to see. Amo 8:11Ezk 7:261Sa 3:1Lam 2:9Exo 12:13Exo 13:9-10Ezk 20:12Mic 3:6
There is no longer any prophet.
And none of us knows how long this will last.
How long, O God, will the enemy taunt You? Psa 89:50-51Rev 6:10Dan 12:6Psa 13:1-2Psa 44:16Psa 79:12Psa 79:4-5Psa 89:46
Will the foe revile Your name forever?
Why do You withdraw Your strong right hand? Lam 2:3Isa 64:12Psa 78:65-66Psa 44:23
Stretch it out to destroy them! 2
Yet God is my King from ancient times, Isa 33:22Psa 44:4Exo 19:5-61Sa 19:5Exo 15:2-15Hab 3:12-14Isa 63:8Jdg 4:23-24
working salvation on the earth.
You divided the sea by Your strength; Exo 14:21Psa 78:13Ezk 29:3Isa 51:9-10Ezk 32:2Exo 14:28Isa 11:15-16Neh 9:11
You smashed the heads of the dragons of the sea;
You crushed the heads of Leviathan; Isa 27:1Job 41:1-34Psa 72:9Psa 104:25-26Job 3:8Num 14:9Exo 12:35-36Exo 14:30
You fed him to the creatures of the desert.
You broke open the fountain and the flood; Num 20:11Exo 17:5-6Isa 48:21Jos 3:13-17Psa 105:41Isa 44:27Jos 2:102Ki 2:14
You dried up the ever-flowing rivers.
The day is Yours, and also the night; Gen 1:3-5Mat 5:45Psa 136:7-9Gen 1:14-18Psa 104:19Psa 19:1-6Psa 8:3
You established the moon 3and the sun.
You set all the boundaries of the earth; Deu 32:8Act 17:26Act 14:17Gen 8:22Psa 24:1-2
You made the summer and winter.
Remember how the enemy has mocked You, O LORD, Psa 39:8Deu 32:6Rev 16:19Deu 32:27Ezk 20:14Isa 37:23-24Isa 62:6-7Psa 137:7
how a foolish people has spurned Your name.
Do not deliver the soul of Your dove to beasts; Sng 2:14Jas 2:5-6Mat 10:16Psa 9:18Isa 60:8Psa 68:10Psa 68:13Psa 72:2
do not forget the lives of Your afflicted forever.
Consider Your covenant, Gen 17:7-8Psa 106:45Heb 8:10Jer 33:20-26Psa 105:8Psa 89:28Psa 89:34-36Deu 12:31
for haunts of violence fill the dark places of the land.
Do not let the oppressed retreat in shame; Psa 12:5Ezr 3:11Psa 103:6Psa 35:10Psa 9:18Isa 45:17Jer 33:11Psa 102:19-21
may the poor and needy praise Your name.
Rise up, O God; defend Your cause! Psa 74:18Isa 52:5Psa 53:1Psa 75:4-5Psa 79:9-10Psa 9:19-20Psa 89:50-51
Remember how the fool mocks You all day long.
Do not disregard the clamor of Your adversaries, Isa 37:29Psa 65:7Rev 17:14Jon 1:2Lam 2:16Psa 10:11-12Psa 13:1Psa 2:1-2
the uproar of Your enemies that ascends continually.