Psalm 74:1

The Passion Translation

Are you really going to leave us, God? Would you turn your back on us, rejecting your people? We are yours, your very own. Will your anger smolder against us forever?

Cross References

Psalm 10:1

Lord, why do you seem so far away when evil is near? Why have you hidden yourself when I need you the most?

Psalm 100:3

And realize what this really means— we have the privilege of worshiping Yahweh our God. For he is our Creator and we belong to him. We are the people of his pleasure.

Psalm 18:8

Fierce flames leapt from his mouth, erupting with blazing, burning coals as smoke and fire encircled him.

Psalm 42:11

So I say to my soul, “Don’t be discouraged. Don’t be disturbed. For I know my God will break through for me.” Then I’ll have plenty of reasons to praise him all over again. Yes, he is my saving grace!

Psalm 42:9

I will say to God, “You are my mountain of strength; how could you forget me? Why must I suffer this vile oppression of my enemies— these heartless tormentors who are out to kill me?”

Psalm 44:9

But you have turned your back on us; you walked off and left us! You’ve rejected us, tossing us aside in humiliating shame. You don’t go before us anymore in our battles.

Psalm 50:1

The God of gods, the mighty Lord himself, has spoken! He shouts out over all the people of the earth in every brilliant sunrise and every beautiful sunset, saying, “Listen to me!”

Psalm 60:1

God, it seems like you walked off and left us! Why have you turned against us? You have been angry with us. O Lord, we plead, come back and help us as a father.

Psalm 60:10

Have you really rejected us, refusing to fight our battles?

Psalm 77:7

Would you really walk off and leave me forever, my Lord God? Won’t you show me your kind favor, delighting in me again?

Psalm 77:8

Has your well of sweet mercy dried up? Will your promises never come true?

Psalm 78:1

Beloved ones, listen to this instruction. Open your heart to the revelation of this mystery that I share with you.

Psalm 79:13

Then we, your devoted lovers, will forever thank you, praising your name from generation to generation!

Psalm 79:5

How much longer, O  Yahweh, must we endure this? Does your anger have no end? Will your jealousy burn like a raging fire?

Psalm 80:5

You have fed us with sorrow and grief and made us drink our tears by the bowlful.

Psalm 85:6

Revive us again, O God! I know you will! Give us a fresh start! Then all your people will taste your joy and gladness.

Psalm 95:7

For we are those he cares for, and he is the God we worship. So drop everything else and listen to his voice! For this is what he’s saying: “Today, when I speak, don’t even think about turning a deaf ear to me like they did when they tested me at Meribah and Massah, the place where they argued with me, their Creator. Your ancestors challenged me over and over with their complaining, even though I had convinced them of my power and love. They still doubted my care for them.

Isaiah 64:8

Yet still, Yahweh, you are our Father. We are like clay and you are our Potter. Each one of us is the creative, artistic work of your hands.

Jeremiah 23:1

Yahweh declares, “Doomed are the shepherds who scatter the sheep of my pasture and cause them to be destroyed!

Jeremiah 31:37

It is impossible for you to measure the heavens above or to fathom the foundations of the earth below. In the same way, it is impossible for me to reject my people Israel, no matter what they have done,” declares Yahweh.

Lamentations 5:22

Have you utterly rejected us? Is there no limit to your anger?

Ezekiel 34:31

And you, my people, are my sheep, the flock of my pasture are people, and I am your God. I, Lord Yahweh, have spoken.’ ”

Ezekiel 34:8

As surely as I live, declares Lord Yahweh—my sheep have become the prey of every wild beast. Since there was no shepherd to protect my sheep, they have been devoured. My shepherds have not searched for my sheep; they have cared for themselves and not the flock.

Luke 12:32

So don’t ever be afraid, dearest friends! Your loving Father joyously gives you his kingdom with all its promises!