Psalm 74:1

New International Reader's Version

God, why have you turned your back on us for so long? Why are you so angry with us? We are your very own sheep.

Cross References

2 Kings 21:14

I will desert those who remain among my people. I will hand them over to their enemies. All their enemies will rob them.

Psalm 10:1

Lord, why are you so far away? Why do you hide yourself in times of trouble?

Psalm 100:3

Know that the Lord is God. He made us, and we belong to him. We are his people. We are the sheep belonging to his flock.

Psalm 18:8

Smoke came out of his nose. Flames of fire came out of his mouth. Burning coals blazed out of it.

Psalm 42:11

My spirit, why are you so sad? Why are you so upset deep down inside me? Put your hope in God. Once again I will have reason to praise him. He is my Savior and my God.

Psalm 42:9

I say to God my Rock, “Why have you forgotten me? Why must I go around in sorrow? Why am I treated so badly by my enemies?”

Psalm 44:9

But now you have turned your back on us and made us humble. You don’t march out with our armies anymore.

Psalm 50:1

The Mighty One, God, the Lord, speaks. He calls out to the earth from the sunrise in the east to the sunset in the west.

Psalm 60:1

God, you have turned away from us. You have attacked us. You have been angry. Now turn back to us!

Psalm 60:10

God, isn’t it you, even though you have now turned away from us? Isn’t it you, even though you don’t lead our armies into battle anymore?

Psalm 77:7

“Will the Lord turn away from us forever? Won’t he ever show us his kindness again?

Psalm 77:8

Has his faithful love disappeared forever? Has his promise failed for all time?

Psalm 78:1

My people, listen to my teaching. Pay attention to what I say.

Psalm 79:13

We are your people, your very own sheep. We will praise you forever. For all time to come we will keep on praising you.

Psalm 79:5

Lord, how long will you be angry with us? Will it be forever? How long will your jealousy burn like fire?

Psalm 80:5

You have given us tears as our food. You have made us drink tears by the bowlful.

Psalm 85:6

Won’t you give us new life again? Then we’ll be joyful because of what you have done.

Psalm 95:7

He is our God. We are the sheep belonging to his flock. We are the people he takes good care of. If only you would listen to his voice today.

Exodus 32:11

But Moses asked the Lord his God to have mercy on the people. “Lord,” he said, “why should you destroy your people in anger? You used your great power and mighty hand to bring them out of Egypt.

Isaiah 64:8

Lord, you are our Father. We are the clay. You are the potter. Your hands made all of us.

Jeremiah 23:1

“How terrible it will be for the shepherds who lead my people astray!” announces the Lord. “They are destroying and scattering the sheep that belong to my flock.”

Jeremiah 31:37

The Lord says, “Suppose the sky above could be measured. Suppose the foundations of the earth below could be completely discovered. Only then would I turn away the people of Israel. Even though they have committed many sins, I will still accept them,” announces the Lord.

Lamentations 5:22

Or have you completely turned away from us? Are you really that angry with us?

Ezekiel 34:31

“You are my sheep. You belong to my flock. And I am your God,” announces the Lord and King.

Ezekiel 34:8

“My flock does not have a shepherd. Many of my sheep have been stolen. They have become food for all the wild animals. My shepherds did not care for my sheep. They did not even search for them. Instead, they only took care of themselves. And that is just as sure as I am alive,” announces the Lord and King.

Luke 12:32

“Little flock, do not be afraid. Your Father has been pleased to give you the kingdom.

Deuteronomy 29:20

The Lord will never be willing to forgive those people. His great anger will blaze out against them. All the curses I’ve written down in this book will fall on them. And the Lord will erase any mention of them from the earth.