A contemplative song of Asaph. Why have You cast us off forever, O God? Why does Your anger smolder against the flock of Your pasture?
Judges 21:3 - Tree of Life Version They said, “Adonai God of Israel, why has this happened in Israel, that one tribe should be missing in Israel?” Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 and said, O LORD God of Israel, why is this come to pass in Israel, that there should be to day one tribe lacking in Israel? Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And they said, O Lord, the God of Israel, why has this come to pass in Israel, that there should be today one tribe lacking in Israel? American Standard Version (1901) And they said, O Jehovah, the God of Israel, why is this come to pass in Israel, that there should be to-day one tribe lacking in Israel? Common English Bible “LORD, God of Israel,” they said, “why has this happened among us that as of today one tribe will be missing from Israel?” Catholic Public Domain Version "Why, O Lord, God of Israel, has this evil happened among your people, so that this day one tribe would be taken away from us?" Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version O Lord God of Israel, why is so great an evil come to pass in thy people, that this day one tribe should be taken away from among us? |
A contemplative song of Asaph. Why have You cast us off forever, O God? Why does Your anger smolder against the flock of Your pasture?
A man’s folly undermines his way, and his heart rages against Adonai.
Adonai, why do You cause us to stray from Your ways, and harden our heart from fearing You? Return for Your servants’ sake, the tribes of Your heritage.
Righteous are You, Adonai, when I plead my case with You. Yet I speak with You about justice. Why does the way of the wicked prosper? Why do all the treacherous thrive?
“Then they will say, ‘Because they abandoned the covenant of Adonai, the God of their fathers, which He cut with them when He brought them out from the land of Egypt.
So the people came to Bethel and sat there till evening before God, and lifted up their voices and wept bitterly.
Then it was on the next day that the people rose up early and built an altar there, and offered burnt offerings and fellowship offerings.