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Psalms 77:9
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Has God forgotten to be gracious,Or has He in anger shut up His compassion? Selah.
Has God forgotten to be gracious, Or has He in anger withdrawn His compassion? Selah.
Hath God forgotten to be gratious? and will he shut vp his louing kindnesse in displeasure? Selah.
Hath God forgotten to be gracious? or hath he in anger shut up his tender mercies? Selah.
Has God forgotten to be gracious? Has He in anger shut up His tender mercies?Selah
Has God forgotten to be gracious; has He in anger shut up His tender mercies? Selah.
Has God forgotten what mercy is? Has his compassion changed to anger?" Selah
Has God forgotten to be gracious? Has he, in anger, withheld his compassion?" Selah.
Hath God forgotten to be gracious? hath he in anger shut vp his tender mercies? Selah.
Hath God forgotten to be gracious? hath he in anger shut up his tender mercies? Selah.
Hath the LORDE forgotten to be gracious? Or, hath he shut vp his louynge kyndnesse in displeasure?
Has God forgotten to be gracious? Or has He in anger withdrawn His compassion? Selah.
Hath God forgotten to be gracious? Hath he in anger shut up his tender mercies? Selah
Has God put away the memory of his pity? are his mercies shut up by his wrath? (Selah.)
Has God forgotten to be gracious? Has he in anger shut up his tender mercies? Selah.
Hath God forgotten to be gracious? hath he in anger shut up his tender mercies? Selah.
Has God forgotten to be merciful? Has his anger stifled his compassion?"
Have you forgotten how to have pity? Do you refuse to show mercy because of your anger?"
Has his grace permanently disappeared? Is his word to all generations done away?
Hath God forgotten to be mercifull? hath he shut vp his teder mercies in displeasure? Selah.
Has God forgotten to be gracious? has he in anger shut up his tender mercies?
Has God forgotten to be gracious? Has he, in anger, withheld his compassion?" Selah.
Is His mercy clean gone for ever? Is His promise come to an end for evermore?
Has God forgotten to be loving and kind? Has He in anger taken away His loving-pity?
Will God forget to pity? or will he shut up his compassions in his wrath? Pause.
Hath God forgotten to be gracious? hath he in anger shut up his tender mercies? Selah
Has God forgotten to be gracious? Has His anger shut off His compassion?" Selah
Has God forgotten to be gracious? Has he in anger shut up his compassion?" Selah
Hath GOD, forgotten to show favour? Or hath he shut up, in anger, his compassions? Selah.
(76-10) Or will God forget to shew mercy? or will he in his anger shut up his mercies?
Has God forgotten to have compassion? Or has he closed off his mercies in anger? Selah
Has God forgotten to be gracious? Has he in anger shut up his compassion?" Selah
Has God forgotten to be gracious, Or has He in anger withdrawn His compassion? Selah
Has God forgotten mercy? Is he too angry to pity us?" Selah
Has God forgotten to be merciful? Has anger taken the place of his compassion?"
Has God forgotten to be gracious? Has He in anger withheld His compassion?"
Ethir schal God foryete to do mercy; ethir schal he withholde his mercies in his ire?
Hath God forgotten [His] favours? Hath He shut up in anger His mercies? Selah.
Has God forgotten to be gracious? Has he in anger shut up his compassion?" [Selah]
Contextual Overview
For Jeduthun, the choir director: A psalm of Asaph.
I cry out to God; yes, I shout. Oh, that God would listen to me! 2 When I was in deep trouble, I searched for the Lord. All night long I prayed, with hands lifted toward heaven, but my soul was not comforted. 3 I think of God, and I moan, overwhelmed with longing for his help. Interlude 4 You don't let me sleep. I am too distressed even to pray! 5 I think of the good old days, long since ended, 6 when my nights were filled with joyful songs. I search my soul and ponder the difference now. 7 Has the Lord rejected me forever? Will he never again be kind to me? 8 Is his unfailing love gone forever? Have his promises permanently failed? 9 Has God forgotten to be gracious? Has he slammed the door on his compassion? Interlude 10 And I said, "This is my fate; the Most High has turned his hand against me."Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
God: Isaiah 40:27, Isaiah 49:14, Isaiah 49:15, Isaiah 63:15
shut up: Luke 13:25-28, Romans 11:32, *marg. 1 John 3:17
Reciprocal: Psalms 10:12 - forget Psalms 42:9 - Why hast Psalms 51:1 - tender Psalms 85:5 - angry Psalms 89:49 - where
Gill's Notes on the Bible
Hath God forgotten to be gracious,.... He has not, is it possible that he should? as the Targum; it is not; he cannot forget the purposes of his grace and mercy, nor the covenant and promises of it, nor people the objects of it; and much less can he for his grace and mercy itself, so agreeable to his nature, what he delights in, and which he has proclaimed in Christ:
hath he in anger shut up his tender mercies?; as an avaricious man shuts up his hand, and will not communicate liberally; or as the sea is shut up with doors, that its waters may not overflow; no, the mercies of God are not restrained, though unbelief says they are, at least queries if they are not, Isaiah 63:15, but Faith says they flow freely through Christ, and the people of God are crowned with lovingkindness and tender mercies; God gives liberally, and upbraideth not; and though he may hide his face in a little seeming wrath for a moment, yet with great mercies will he gather, and with everlasting kindness will he have mercy.
Selah. Isaiah 63:15- :.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
Hath God forgotten to be gracious? - Has he passed over mercy in administering his government? Has he ceased to remember that man needs mercy? Has he forgotten that this is an attribute of his own nature?
Hath he in anger shut up his tender mercies? - The original word here rendered “tender mercies” refers to the “bowels,” as the seat of compassion or mercy, in accordance with a usage common in Hebrew. See Psalms 25:6, note; Isaiah 16:11, note; Isaiah 63:15, note. Compare Luke 1:78 (in Greek); Philippians 1:8; Philippians 2:1; 1 John 3:17. We speak of the “heart” as the seat of affection and kindness. The Hebrews included the heart, but they used a more general word. The word rendered “shut up” means “closed;” and the question is whether his mercy was closed, or had ceased forever. The psalmist concludes that if this were done, it must be as the result of anger - anger in view of the sins of people.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Psalms 77:9. Hath God - in anger shut up his tender mercies? — The tender mercies of God are the source whence all his kindness to the children of men flows. The metaphor here is taken from a spring, the mouth of which is closed, so that its waters can no longer run in the same channel; but, being confined, break out, and take some other course. Wilt thou take thy mercy from the Israelites, and give it to some other people? This he most certainly did. He took it from the Jews, and gave it to the Gentiles.
