Psalms Chapter 74 verse 1 Holy Bible
O God, why hast thou cast `us' off for ever? Why doth thine anger smoke against the sheep of thy pasture?
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<Maschil. Of Asaph.> Of God, why have you put us away from you for ever? why is the fire of your wrath smoking against the sheep who are your care?
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{An instruction: of Asaph.} Why, O God, hast thou cast off for ever? [why] doth thine anger smoke against the sheep of thy pasture?
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O God, why hast thou cast us off for ever? why doth thine anger smoke against the sheep of thy pasture?
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Maschil of Asaph. O God, why hast thou cast us off for ever? why doth thy anger smoke against the sheep of thy pasture?
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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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An Instruction of Asaph. Why, O God, hast Thou cast off for ever? Thine anger smoketh against the flock of Thy pasture.
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Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(1) Why hast . . .--Better, why hast thou never ceased abandoning us?Anger.--Literally, nostril, as in Psalm 18:8, "there went a smoke from his nostril."The sheep of thy pasture.--An expression peculiar to the Asaphic psalms and Jeremiah 23:1.THE misery of the Jews is here at its deepest (Four Friends, p. 291). The psalmist describes Jerusalem as fallen into "perpetual ruins" (ver. 3). The temple is violated (ver. 3); its carved work is ruthlessly cut down (ver. 6); the aid of fire has been called in to destroy it, and its walls are cast down to the ground (ver. 7). Nor has Jerusalem alone suffered. The object has been to "make havoc" of Israel "altogether;" and the enemy have spread themselves, and "burnt up all the houses of God in the land" (ver. 8). The prophets have succumbed; their voices are heard no more (ver. 9). A blasphemous enemy lords it over the entire country (vers. 10, 23), and sets up its banners as signs of its dominion (ver. 4). Three periods have been assigned for the composition of the psalm: (1) the time of the invasion of Shishak; (2) that of the Babylonian conquest; and (3) the early Maceabean period, or the reign of Judas Maccabaens. . . . Parallel Commentaries ...HebrewA Maskilמַשְׂכִּ֗יל (maś·kîl)Noun - masculine singularStrong's 4905: Instructive, a didactic poemof Asaph.לְאָ֫סָ֥ף (lə·’ā·sāp̄)Preposition-l | Noun - proper - masculine singularStrong's 623: Asaph -- 'gatherer', the name of several IsraelitesWhyלָמָ֣ה (lā·māh)InterrogativeStrong's 4100: What?, what!, indefinitely whathave You rejected us forever,זָנַ֣חְתָּ (zā·naḥ·tā)Verb - Qal - Perfect - second person masculine singularStrong's 2186: Reject, forsake, failO God?אֱ֭לֹהִים (’ĕ·lō·hîm)Noun - masculine pluralStrong's 430: gods -- the supreme God, magistrates, a superlativeWhy does Your angerאַ֝פְּךָ֗ (’ap·pə·ḵā)Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine singularStrong's 639: The nose, nostril, the face, a person, ireburnיֶעְשַׁ֥ן (ye‘·šan)Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singularStrong's 6225: To smoke, be angryagainst the sheepבְּצֹ֣אן (bə·ṣōn)Preposition-b | Noun - common singular constructStrong's 6629: Small cattle, sheep and goats, flockof Your pasture?מַרְעִיתֶֽךָ׃ (mar·‘î·ṯe·ḵā)Noun - feminine singular construct | second person masculine singularStrong's 4830: A pasturing, shepherding, pasturageJump to PreviousAn Anger Asaph Asaph&Gt Care Cast Contemplation Fire Flock Forever Instruction Maschil Maskil Pasture Rejected Sheep Smoke Smoking Smolder Wrath
