Psalm 77:8 - Easy To Read Version Is God’s love gone forever?\par Will he ever speak to us again?\par Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Is his mercy clean gone for ever? Doth his promise fail for evermore? Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Have His mercy and loving-kindness ceased forever? Have His promises ended for all time? American Standard Version (1901) Is his lovingkindness clean gone for ever? Doth his promise fail for evermore? Common English Bible Has his faithful love come to a complete end? Is his promise over for future generations? Catholic Public Domain Version May they not become like their fathers, a perverse and exasperating generation: a generation that does not straighten their heart and whose spirit is not trustworthy with God. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version That they may not become like their fathers, a perverse end exasperating generation. A generation that set not their heart aright: and whose spirit was not faithful to God. |
We will all die some day. We will be like water that is spilled on the ground. No person can gather this water back from the ground. You know God forgives people. God made plans for people who are forced to run away for safety—God doesn’t force them to run away from him!
How long must I wonder if you have forgotten me?\par How long must I feel this sadness\par in my heart?\par How long will my enemy win against me?\par
God, did you leave us forever?\par Are you still angry at your people?\par
The vines will become dry. And the branches will break off. Women will use those branches for firewood.
I don’t understand why I still hurt.\par I don’t understand why my wound\par is not cured and cannot be healed.\par Lord, I think you have changed.\par You are like a spring of water\par that became dry.\par You are like a spring\par whose water has stopped flowing.\par
For 40 years you will suffer for your sins. (That is one year for each of the 40 days that the men explored the land.) You will know that it is a terrible thing for me to be against you.
God is not a man; he will not lie. God is not a human being; his decisions will not change. If the Lord says he will do something, then he will do it. If the Lord makes a promise, then he will do the thing he promised.
\{Yes, I feel sorry for the Jewish people.\} I don’t mean that God failed to keep his promise to them. But only some of the people of Israel (the Jews) are truly God’s people. {\cf2\super [77]}
The Lord is not being slow in doing what he promised—the way some people understand slowness. But God is being patient with you. God doesn’t want any person to be lost. God wants every person to change his heart and stop sinning.