For we will all surely die and be like water spilt on the ground that cannot be gathered up again. Yet God does not take away life but rather, He devises plans so that a banished person may not remain an outcast from Him.
Psalm 77:8 - Tree of Life Version “Will the Lord reject forever and never again show favor? 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. |
For we will all surely die and be like water spilt on the ground that cannot be gathered up again. Yet God does not take away life but rather, He devises plans so that a banished person may not remain an outcast from Him.
How long, Adonai? Will You forget me forever? How long will You hide Your face from me?
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?
Will You be angry with us forever? Will You prolong Your anger from generation to generation?
When the boughs are withered, they will be broken off. Women come and set them on fire, for it is a people of no understanding. Therefore their Maker will show them no mercy—He who formed them will give them no grace.
Why is my pain unending and my wound incurable, refusing to be healed? Will You be to me like a mirage of water that is undependable?
For 40 years, corresponding to the number of the 40 days you explored the land—one year for each day—you will suffer for your iniquities and know My hostility.
God is not a man who lies, or a son of man who changes his mind! Does He speak and then not do it, or promise and not fulfill it?
But it is not as though the word of God has failed. For not all those who are descended from Israel are Israel,
The Lord is not slow in keeping His promise, as some consider slowness. Rather, He is being patient toward you—not wanting anyone to perish, but for all to come to repentance.