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O God, why have you rejected us forever? Why does your anger smolder against the sheep of your pasture?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/psalms/74.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />O God, why have you rejected us so long? Why is your anger so intense against the sheep of your own pasture?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/psalms/74.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />O God, why do you cast us off forever? Why does your anger smoke against the sheep of your pasture?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/psalms/74.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />A Maskil of Asaph. Why have You rejected us forever, O God? Why does Your anger smolder against the sheep of Your pasture?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/psalms/74.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />Maschil of Asaph. O God, why hast thou cast <i>us</i> off for ever? <i>why</i> doth thine anger smoke against the sheep of thy pasture?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/psalms/74.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />A Contemplation of Asaph. O God, why have You cast <i>us</i> off forever? <i>Why</i> does Your anger smoke against the sheep of Your pasture?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/psalms/74.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />A Maskil of Asaph. God, why have You rejected <i>us</i> forever? <i>Why</i> does Your anger smoke against the sheep of Your pasture?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/psalms/74.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />A Maskil of Asaph. O God, why have You rejected us forever? Why does Your anger smoke against the sheep of Your pasture?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/psalms/74.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />O God, why hast Thou rejected <i>us</i> forever? Why does Thine anger smoke against the sheep of Thy pasture?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/psalms/74.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />A Maskil of Asaph. Why, O God? Have You rejected <i>us</i> forever? Why does Your anger smoke against the sheep of Your pasture?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/psalms/74.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />A skillful song, <i>or</i> a didactic <i>or</i> reflective poem, of Asaph. O God, why have You rejected us forever? Why does Your anger smoke against the sheep of Your pasture?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/psalms/74.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />A Maskil of Asaph. † Why have you rejected us forever, God? Why does your anger burn against the sheep of your pasture?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/psalms/74.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />A Maskil of Asaph. Why have You rejected us forever, God? Why does Your anger burn against the sheep of Your pasture? <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/psalms/74.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />Maschil of Asaph. O God, why hast thou cast us off for ever? Why doth thine anger smoke against the sheep of thy pasture?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/psalms/74.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />Our God, why have you completely rejected us? Why are you so angry with the ones you care for? <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/psalms/74.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />Maschil of Asaph. O God, why hast thou cast us off for ever? why doth thine anger smoke against the sheep of thy pasture?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/psalms/74.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />[A [maskil] by Asaph.] Why, O God, have you rejected us forever? Why does your anger smolder against the sheep in your care? <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/psalms/74.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />Why have you abandoned us like this, O God? Will you be angry with your own people forever? <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/psalms/74.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />Why, God? Have you rejected us forever? Your anger is burning against the sheep of your pasture.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/psalms/74.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />A Maskil of Asaph. Why have You rejected us forever, O God? Why does Your anger smolder against the sheep of Your pasture?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/psalms/74.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />A well-written song by Asaph. Why, O God, have you permanently rejected us? Why does your anger burn against the sheep of your pasture? <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/psalms/74.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />[A contemplation by Asaph.] God, why have you rejected us forever? Why does your anger smolder against the sheep of your pasture?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/psalms/74.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />Maschil of Asaph. O God, why hast thou cast us off for ever? why doth thy anger smoke against the sheep of thy pasture?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/psalms/74.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />A contemplation by Asaph. God, why have you rejected us forever? Why does your anger smolder against the sheep of your pasture? <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/psalms/74.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />AN INSTRUCTION OF ASAPH. Why, O God, have You cast off forever? Your anger smokes against the flock of Your pasture.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/psalms/74.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> An Instruction of Asaph. Why, O God, hast Thou cast off for ever? Thine anger smoketh against the flock of Thy pasture.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/psalms/74.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />Understanding to Asaph. Wherefore, O God, didst thou reject forever? will thine anger smoke against the sheep of thy feeding?<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/psalms/74.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />Understanding for Asaph. O God, why hast thou cast us off unto the end: why is thy wrath enkindled against the sheep of thy pasture? <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/psalms/74.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br /><V 73:1>The understanding of Asaph. O God, why have you rejected us to the end. Why has your fury become enraged over the sheep of your pasture?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/psalms/74.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />A <i>maskil</i> of Asaph. Why, God, have you cast us off forever? Why does your anger burn against the sheep of your pasture? <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/psalms/74.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />O God, why do you cast us off forever? Why does your anger smoke against the sheep of your pasture?<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/psalms/74.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />O GOD, why hast thou cast us off for ever? Why hath thine anger become inflamed against the sheep of thy flock?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/psalms/74.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />God, why have you forgotten me forever and have hardened your wrath against the sheep of your pasture?<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/psalms/74.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />Maschil of Asaph. Why, O God, hast Thou cast us off for ever? Why doth Thine anger smoke against the flock of Thy pasture?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/psalms/74.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br /><i>A Psalm</i> of instruction for Asaph. Wherefore hast thou rejected <i>us</i>, O God, for ever? <i>wherefore</i> is thy wrath kindled against the sheep of thy pasture?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/psalms/74-1.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/nFaD2oDhKPc?start=8981" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/psalms/74.htm">Why Have You Rejected Us Forever?</a></span><br> <span class="reftext">1</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/4905.htm" title="4905: maś·kîl (N-ms) -- Instructive, a didactic poem. From sakal; instructive, i.e. A didactic poem.">A Maskil</a> <a href="/hebrew/623.htm" title="623: lə·’ā·sāp̄ (Prep-l:: N-proper-ms) -- Gatherer, the name of several Isr. From 'acaph; collector; Asaph, the name of three Israelites, and of the family of the first.">of Asaph.</a> <a href="/hebrew/4100.htm" title="4100: lā·māh (Interrog) -- What? how? anything. "> Why</a> <a href="/hebrew/2186.htm" title="2186: zā·naḥ·tā (V-Qal-Perf-2ms) -- Reject, forsake, fail. A primitive root meaning to push aside, i.e. Reject, forsake, fail.">have You rejected us forever,</a> <a href="/hebrew/5331.htm" title="5331: lā·ne·ṣaḥ (Prep-l:: N-ms) -- Eminence, enduring, everlastingness, perpetuity. "></a> <a href="/hebrew/430.htm" title="430: ’ĕ·lō·hîm (N-mp) -- Plural of 'elowahh; gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used of the supreme God">O God?</a> <a href="/hebrew/639.htm" title="639: ’ap·pə·ḵā (N-msc:: 2ms) -- A nostril, nose, face, anger. From 'anaph; properly, the nose or nostril; hence, the face, and occasionally a person; also ire.">Why does Your anger</a> <a href="/hebrew/6225.htm" title="6225: ye‘·šan (V-Qal-Imperf-3ms) -- To smoke, be angry. A primitive root; to smoke, whether literal or figurative.">smolder</a> <a href="/hebrew/6629.htm" title="6629: bə·ṣōn (Prep-b:: N-csc) -- Small cattle, sheep and goats, flock. Or tsaown; from an unused root meaning to migrate; a collective name for a flock; also figuratively.">against the sheep</a> <a href="/hebrew/4830.htm" title="4830: mar·‘î·ṯe·ḵā (N-fsc:: 2ms) -- A pasturing, shepherding, pasturage. From ra'ah in the sense of feeding; pasturage; concretely, a flock.">of Your pasture?</a> </span><span class="reftext">2</span>Remember Your congregation, which You purchased long ago and redeemed as the tribe of Your inheritance—Mount Zion where You dwell.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/lamentations/5-20.htm">Lamentations 5:20-22</a></span><br />Why have You forgotten us forever? Why have You forsaken us for so long? / Restore us to Yourself, O LORD, so we may return; renew our days as of old, / unless You have utterly rejected us and remain angry with us beyond measure.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/63-15.htm">Isaiah 63:15-19</a></span><br />Look down from heaven and see, from Your holy and glorious habitation. Where are Your zeal and might? Your yearning and compassion for me are restrained. / Yet You are our Father, though Abraham does not know us and Israel does not acknowledge us. You, O LORD, are our Father; our Redeemer from Everlasting is Your name. / Why, O LORD, do You make us stray from Your ways and harden our hearts from fearing You? Return, for the sake of Your servants, the tribes of Your heritage. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/12-7.htm">Jeremiah 12:7</a></span><br />I have forsaken My house; I have abandoned My inheritance. I have given the beloved of My soul into the hands of her enemies.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/14-19.htm">Jeremiah 14:19</a></span><br />Have You rejected Judah completely? Do You despise Zion? Why have You stricken us so that we are beyond healing? We hoped for peace, but no good has come, and for the time of healing, but there was only terror.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/64-9.htm">Isaiah 64:9</a></span><br />Do not be angry, O LORD, beyond measure; do not remember our iniquity forever. Oh, look upon us, we pray; we are all Your people!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hosea/9-12.htm">Hosea 9:12</a></span><br />Even if they raise their children, I will bereave them of each one. Yes, woe be to them when I turn away from them!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_kings/17-20.htm">2 Kings 17:20</a></span><br />So the LORD rejected all the descendants of Israel. He afflicted them and delivered them into the hands of plunderers, until He had banished them from His presence.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/deuteronomy/29-24.htm">Deuteronomy 29:24-28</a></span><br />So all the nations will ask, ‘Why has the LORD done such a thing to this land? Why this great outburst of anger?’ / And the people will answer, ‘It is because they abandoned the covenant of the LORD, the God of their fathers, which He made with them when He brought them out of the land of Egypt. / They went and served other gods, and they worshiped gods they had not known—gods that the LORD had not given to them. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_chronicles/36-15.htm">2 Chronicles 36:15-17</a></span><br />Again and again the LORD, the God of their fathers, sent word to His people through His messengers because He had compassion on them and on His dwelling place. / But they mocked the messengers of God, despising His words and scoffing at His prophets, until the wrath of the LORD against His people was stirred up beyond remedy. / So He brought up against them the king of the Chaldeans, who put their young men to the sword in the sanctuary, sparing neither young men nor young women, neither elderly nor infirm. God gave them all into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/39-23.htm">Ezekiel 39:23-24</a></span><br />And the nations will know that the house of Israel went into exile for their iniquity, because they were unfaithful to Me. So I hid My face from them and delivered them into the hands of their enemies, so that they all fell by the sword. / I dealt with them according to their uncleanness and transgressions, and I hid My face from them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/romans/11-1.htm">Romans 11:1-2</a></span><br />I ask then, did God reject His people? Certainly not! I am an Israelite myself, a descendant of Abraham, from the tribe of Benjamin. / God did not reject His people, whom He foreknew. Do you not know what the Scripture says about Elijah, how he appealed to God against Israel:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/27-46.htm">Matthew 27:46</a></span><br />About the ninth hour Jesus cried out in a loud voice, “Eli, Eli, lema sabachthani?” which means, “My God, My God, why have You forsaken Me?”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hebrews/13-5.htm">Hebrews 13:5</a></span><br />Keep your lives free from the love of money and be content with what you have, for God has said: “Never will I leave you, never will I forsake you.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/romans/11-11.htm">Romans 11:11</a></span><br />I ask then, did they stumble so as to fall beyond recovery? Certainly not! However, because of their trespass, salvation has come to the Gentiles to make Israel jealous.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/luke/19-41.htm">Luke 19:41-44</a></span><br />As Jesus approached Jerusalem and saw the city, He wept over it / and said, “If only you had known on this day what would bring you peace! But now it is hidden from your eyes. / For the days will come upon you when your enemies will barricade you and surround you and hem you in on every side. ...</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">O God, why have you cast us off for ever? why does your anger smoke against the sheep of your pasture?</p><p class="hdg">A.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/78-1.htm">Psalm 78:1</a></b></br> Maschil of Asaph. Give ear, O my people, <i>to</i> my law: incline your ears to the words of my mouth.</p><p class="hdg">O God</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/10-1.htm">Psalm 10:1</a></b></br> Why standest thou afar off, O LORD? <i>why</i> hidest thou <i>thyself</i> in times of trouble?</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/42-9.htm">Psalm 42:9</a></b></br> I will say unto God my rock, Why hast thou forgotten me? why go I mourning because of the oppression of the enemy?</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/44-9.htm">Psalm 44:9</a></b></br> But thou hast cast off, and put us to shame; and goest not forth with our armies.</p><p class="hdg">smoke</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/79-5.htm">Psalm 79:5</a></b></br> How long, LORD? wilt thou be angry for ever? shall thy jealousy burn like fire?</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/deuteronomy/29-20.htm">Deuteronomy 29:20</a></b></br> The LORD will not spare him, but then the anger of the LORD and his jealousy shall smoke against that man, and all the curses that are written in this book shall lie upon him, and the LORD shall blot out his name from under heaven.</p><p class="hdg">the sheep</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/79-13.htm">Psalm 79:13</a></b></br> So we thy people and sheep of thy pasture will give thee thanks for ever: we will shew forth thy praise to all generations.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/95-7.htm">Psalm 95:7</a></b></br> For he <i>is</i> our God; and we <i>are</i> the people of his pasture, and the sheep of his hand. To day if ye will hear his voice,</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/100-3.htm">Psalm 100:3</a></b></br> Know ye that the LORD he <i>is</i> God: <i>it is</i> he <i>that</i> hath made us, and not we ourselves; <i>we are</i> his people, and the sheep of his pasture.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/2_kings/20-12.htm">An</a> <a href="/psalms/69-24.htm">Anger</a> <a href="/psalms/73-1.htm">Asaph</a> <a href="/psalms/50-1.htm">Asaph&Gt</a> <a href="/psalms/65-9.htm">Care</a> <a href="/psalms/73-18.htm">Cast</a> <a href="/psalms/55-1.htm">Contemplation</a> <a href="/psalms/69-9.htm">Fire</a> <a href="/psalms/68-10.htm">Flock</a> <a href="/psalms/73-26.htm">Forever</a> <a href="/psalms/60-1.htm">Instruction</a> <a href="/psalms/73-28.htm">Maschil</a> <a href="/psalms/55-1.htm">Maskil</a> <a href="/psalms/37-3.htm">Pasture</a> <a href="/psalms/66-20.htm">Rejected</a> <a href="/psalms/66-15.htm">Sheep</a> <a href="/psalms/68-2.htm">Smoke</a> <a href="/exodus/20-18.htm">Smoking</a> <a href="/psalms/80-4.htm">Smolder</a> <a href="/psalms/69-24.htm">Wrath</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/psalms/78-1.htm">An</a> <a href="/psalms/76-7.htm">Anger</a> <a href="/psalms/74-23.htm">Asaph</a> <a href="/psalms/78-1.htm">Asaph&Gt</a> <a href="/psalms/77-6.htm">Care</a> <a href="/psalms/74-7.htm">Cast</a> <a href="/psalms/78-1.htm">Contemplation</a> <a href="/psalms/74-7.htm">Fire</a> <a href="/psalms/77-20.htm">Flock</a> <a href="/psalms/74-10.htm">Forever</a> <a href="/psalms/78-1.htm">Instruction</a> <a href="/psalms/77-20.htm">Maschil</a> <a href="/psalms/78-1.htm">Maskil</a> <a href="/psalms/79-13.htm">Pasture</a> <a href="/psalms/78-59.htm">Rejected</a> <a href="/psalms/78-52.htm">Sheep</a> <a href="/psalms/80-4.htm">Smoke</a> <a href="/isaiah/7-4.htm">Smoking</a> <a href="/psalms/80-4.htm">Smolder</a> <a href="/psalms/76-6.htm">Wrath</a><div class="vheading2">Psalm 74</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/psalms/74-1.htm">The prophet complains of the desolation of the sanctuary</a></span><br><span class="reftext">10. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/psalms/74-10.htm">He moves God to help in consideration of his power</a></span><br><span class="reftext">18. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/psalms/74-18.htm">Of his reproachful enemies, or his children and of his covenant.</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> <br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/psalms/74.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/psalms/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/psalms/74.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div><b>A Maskil of Asaph.</b><br>The term "Maskil" refers to a type of psalm that is meant for instruction or contemplation. Asaph was a prominent Levite musician appointed by King David, and several psalms are attributed to him or his descendants. This indicates the psalm's purpose as a teaching tool, possibly reflecting on Israel's history and God's dealings with His people.<p><b>Why have You rejected us forever, O God?</b><br>This phrase reflects a deep sense of abandonment and distress. Historically, this could be linked to events such as the Babylonian exile, where the Israelites felt forsaken due to the destruction of Jerusalem and the temple. Theologically, it expresses the feeling of divine rejection, a theme also seen in Lamentations. It raises questions about God's covenant promises, echoing the cries of other biblical figures who felt abandoned, such as Job.<p><b>Why does Your anger smolder against the sheep of Your pasture?</b><br>The imagery of "sheep" and "pasture" is pastoral, reflecting the relationship between God and His people as a shepherd to his flock, a common biblical metaphor. This phrase suggests a prolonged period of divine displeasure, possibly due to Israel's sin and idolatry. It connects to passages like <a href="/ezekiel/34.htm">Ezekiel 34</a>, where God promises to be the true shepherd of Israel. The smoldering anger implies ongoing judgment, yet the shepherd imagery also hints at hope for restoration and care, ultimately fulfilled in Jesus Christ, the Good Shepherd (<a href="/john/10-11.htm">John 10:11</a>).<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/g/god.htm">God</a></b><br>The central figure in this verse, God is addressed directly by the psalmist, expressing a deep sense of abandonment and seeking understanding of His anger.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_psalmist.htm">The Psalmist</a></b><br>Likely Asaph or a descendant of Asaph, who is expressing a communal lament on behalf of Israel, feeling rejected by God.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_sheep_of_your_pasture.htm">The Sheep of Your Pasture</a></b><br>This metaphor refers to the people of Israel, God's chosen people, who are seen as His flock under His care.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/i/israel.htm">Israel</a></b><br>The nation experiencing distress and feeling the weight of God's anger, possibly during a time of national crisis or exile.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/r/rejection_and_anger.htm">Rejection and Anger</a></b><br>The emotional and spiritual state of the relationship between God and Israel, characterized by feelings of divine rejection and anger.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/u/understanding_divine_discipline.htm">Understanding Divine Discipline</a></b><br>God's anger and rejection are often responses to sin and disobedience. Reflect on personal and communal areas where repentance is needed.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_role_of_lament_in_faith.htm">The Role of Lament in Faith</a></b><br>Lament is a valid and important expression of faith. It allows believers to bring their deepest concerns and questions before God honestly.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_faithfulness_despite_perceived_absence.htm">God's Faithfulness Despite Perceived Absence</a></b><br>Even when God seems distant, His covenant promises remain. Trust in His ultimate plan and faithfulness.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_shepherd's_care.htm">The Shepherd's Care</a></b><br>Remember that God is the Good Shepherd who cares for His flock. Seek His guidance and comfort in times of distress.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/c/community_in_crisis.htm">Community in Crisis</a></b><br>When feeling rejected or abandoned, turn to the community of faith for support, prayer, and encouragement.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_psalm_74.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Psalm 74</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_does_psalm_74_3_fit_with_586_bce.htm">In Psalm 74:3, how do we reconcile the psalm’s reference to the destruction of the sanctuary with uncertain dating that some scholars place centuries later than the temple’s fall in 586 BCE? </a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_can_psalm_74_9_and_other_texts_align.htm">In Psalm 74:9, the claim of having no prophet conflicts with other biblical texts that record active prophets around that era—how can both accounts be true? </a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_can_a_loving_god_express_anger.htm">Psalm 6:1 - How can a God of perfect love express anger or rebuke His faithful servant?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_does_psalm_60_1_fit_god's_mercy.htm">Since Psalm 60:1 portrays God as angry and distant, how does this align with the Bible's broader portrayal of His mercy and love?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/psalms/74.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(1) <span class= "bld">Why hast . . .</span>--Better, <span class= "ital">why hast thou never ceased abandoning us?</span><p><span class= "bld">Anger.</span>--Literally, <span class= "ital">nostril, </span>as in <a href="/psalms/18-8.htm" title="There went up a smoke out of his nostrils, and fire out of his mouth devoured: coals were kindled by it.">Psalm 18:8</a>, "there went a smoke from his nostril."<p><span class= "bld">The sheep of thy pasture.</span>--An expression peculiar to the Asaphic psalms and <a href="/jeremiah/23-1.htm" title="Woe be to the pastors that destroy and scatter the sheep of my pasture! said the LORD.">Jeremiah 23:1</a>.<p>THE misery of the Jews is here at its deepest (Four Friends, p. 291). The psalmist describes Jerusalem as fallen into "perpetual ruins" (ver. 3). The temple is violated (ver. 3); its carved work is ruthlessly cut down (ver. 6); the aid of fire has been called in to destroy it, and its walls are cast down to the ground (ver. 7). Nor has Jerusalem alone suffered. The object has been to "make havoc" of Israel "altogether;" and the enemy have spread themselves, and "burnt up all the houses of God in the land" (ver. 8). The prophets have succumbed; their voices are heard no more (ver. 9). A blasphemous enemy lords it over the entire country (vers. 10, 23), and sets up its banners as signs of its dominion (ver. 4). Three periods have been assigned for the composition of the psalm: <p><span class="note_emph">(1)</span> the time of the invasion of Shishak; <p><span class="note_emph">(2)</span> that of the Babylonian conquest; and <p><span class="note_emph">(3)</span> the early Maceabean period, or the reign of Judas Maccabaens. . . . <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/psalms/74-1.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">A Maskil</span><br /><span class="heb">מַשְׂכִּ֗יל</span> <span class="translit">(maś·kîl)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4905.htm">Strong's 4905: </a> </span><span class="str2">Instructive, a didactic poem</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of Asaph.</span><br /><span class="heb">לְאָ֫סָ֥ף</span> <span class="translit">(lə·’ā·sāp̄)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-l | Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_623.htm">Strong's 623: </a> </span><span class="str2">Asaph -- 'gatherer', the name of several Israelites</span><br /><br /><span class="word">Why</span><br /><span class="heb">לָמָ֣ה</span> <span class="translit">(lā·māh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Interrogative<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4100.htm">Strong's 4100: </a> </span><span class="str2">What?, what!, indefinitely what</span><br /><br /><span class="word">have You rejected us forever,</span><br /><span class="heb">זָנַ֣חְתָּ</span> <span class="translit">(zā·naḥ·tā)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Perfect - second person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2186.htm">Strong's 2186: </a> </span><span class="str2">Reject, forsake, fail</span><br /><br /><span class="word">O God?</span><br /><span class="heb">אֱ֭לֹהִים</span> <span class="translit">(’ĕ·lō·hîm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_430.htm">Strong's 430: </a> </span><span class="str2">gods -- the supreme God, magistrates, a superlative</span><br /><br /><span class="word">Why does Your anger</span><br /><span class="heb">אַ֝פְּךָ֗</span> <span class="translit">(’ap·pə·ḵā)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_639.htm">Strong's 639: </a> </span><span class="str2">The nose, nostril, the face, a person, ire</span><br /><br /><span class="word">burn</span><br /><span class="heb">יֶעְשַׁ֥ן</span> <span class="translit">(ye‘·šan)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6225.htm">Strong's 6225: </a> </span><span class="str2">To smoke, be angry</span><br /><br /><span class="word">against the sheep</span><br /><span class="heb">בְּצֹ֣אן</span> <span class="translit">(bə·ṣōn)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-b | Noun - common singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6629.htm">Strong's 6629: </a> </span><span class="str2">Small cattle, sheep and goats, flock</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of Your pasture?</span><br /><span class="heb">מַרְעִיתֶֽךָ׃</span> <span class="translit">(mar·‘î·ṯe·ḵā)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine singular construct | second person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4830.htm">Strong's 4830: </a> </span><span class="str2">A pasturing, shepherding, pasturage</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/psalms/74-1.htm">Psalm 74:1 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/psalms/74-1.htm">Psalm 74:1 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/psalms/74-1.htm">Psalm 74:1 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/psalms/74-1.htm">Psalm 74:1 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/psalms/74-1.htm">Psalm 74:1 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/psalms/74-1.htm">Psalm 74:1 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/psalms/74-1.htm">Psalm 74:1 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/psalms/74-1.htm">Psalm 74:1 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/psalms/74-1.htm">Psalm 74:1 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/psalms/74-1.htm">Psalm 74:1 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/psalms/74-1.htm">OT Poetry: Psalm 74:1 A contemplation by Asaph (Psalm Ps Psa.) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/psalms/73-28.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Psalm 73:28"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Psalm 73:28" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/psalms/74-2.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Psalm 74:2"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Psalm 74:2" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>