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Psalms 74:1

Psalms 74:1

The Pulpit Commentary · Joseph S. Exell and contributors · Public Domain

O God, why hast thou cast us off forever? It could only have been in the extremity of distress that a devout Israelite believed, even for a time, that Israel was "cast off forever" (comp. , which must have been written nearly at the same period as this).

Why doth thine anger smoke against the sheep of thy pasture? God's anger "smokes" when it is hot and furious (see ; ; ). It is now smoking "against the sheep of his pasture"—his own flock (), his peculiar people (comp.

; , ; and ).

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