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Psalm 77

Psa. 77:7 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Will the Lord
'Adonay (Hebrew #136)
the Lord (used as a proper name of God only)
KJV usage: (my) Lord.
Pronounce: ad-o-noy'
Origin: am emphatic form of 113
cast off
zanach (Hebrew #2186)
a primitive root meaning to push aside, i.e. reject, forsake, fail
KJV usage: cast away (off), remove far away (off).
Pronounce: zaw-nakh'
fory ever
`owlam (Hebrew #5769)
from 5956; properly, concealed, i.e. the vanishing point; generally, time out of mind (past or future), i.e. (practically) eternity; frequentatively, adverbial (especially with prepositional prefix) always
KJV usage: alway(-s), ancient (time), any more, continuance, eternal, (for, (n-))ever(-lasting, -more, of old), lasting, long (time), (of) old (time), perpetual, at any time, (beginning of the) world (+ without end). Compare 5331, 5703.
Pronounce: o-lawm'
Origin: or lolam {o-lawm'}
? and will
yacaph (Hebrew #3254)
to add or augment (often adverbial, to continue to do a thing)
KJV usage: add, X again, X any more, X cease, X come more, + conceive again, continue, exceed, X further, X gather together, get more, give more-over, X henceforth, increase (more and more), join, X longer (bring, do, make, much, put), X (the, much, yet) more (and more), proceed (further), prolong, put, be (strong-) er, X yet, yield.
Pronounce: yaw-saf'
Origin: a primitive root
he be favorable
ratsah (Hebrew #7521)
to be pleased with; specifically, to satisfy a debt
KJV usage: (be) accept(-able), accomplish, set affection, approve, consent with, delight (self), enjoy, (be, have a) favour(-able), like, observe, pardon, (be, have, take) please(-ure), reconcile self.
Pronounce: raw-tsaw'
Origin: a primitive root
no more?
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Psa. 74:1• 1An instruction: of Asaph. Why, O God, hast thou cast off for ever? why doth thine anger smoke against the sheep of thy pasture? (Psa. 74:1)
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Lam. 3:31‑32• 31For the Lord will not cast off for ever;
 32but if he have caused grief, he will have compassion according to the multitude of his loving-kindnesses: (Lam. 3:31‑32)

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the Lord.
Psa. 13:1‑2• 1To the chief Musician. A Psalm of David. How long, Jehovah, wilt thou forget me for ever? how long wilt thou hide thy face from me?
 2How long shall I take counsel in my soul, with sorrow in my heart daily? how long shall mine enemy be exalted over me? (Psa. 13:1‑2)
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Psa. 37:24• 24though he fall, he shall not be utterly cast down, for Jehovah upholdeth his hand. (Psa. 37:24)
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Psa. 74:1• 1An instruction: of Asaph. Why, O God, hast thou cast off for ever? why doth thine anger smoke against the sheep of thy pasture? (Psa. 74:1)
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Psa. 89:38,46• 38But thou hast rejected and cast off; thou hast been very wroth with thine anointed:
 46How long, Jehovah, wilt thou hide thyself for ever? shall thy fury burn like fire? (Psa. 89:38,46)
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Jer. 23:24‑26• 24Can any hide himself in secret places, that I shall not see him? saith Jehovah. Do not I fill the heavens and the earth? saith Jehovah.
 25I have heard what the prophets say, who prophesy falsehood in my name, saying, I have dreamed, I have dreamed.
 26How long shall this be in the heart of the prophets who prophesy falsehood, and who are prophets of the deceit of their own heart? (Jer. 23:24‑26)
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Lam. 3:31‑32• 31For the Lord will not cast off for ever;
 32but if he have caused grief, he will have compassion according to the multitude of his loving-kindnesses: (Lam. 3:31‑32)
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Rom. 11:1‑2• 1I say then, Has God cast away his people? Far be the thought. For *I* also am an Israelite, of the seed of Abraham, of the tribe of Benjamin.
 2God has not cast away his people whom he foreknew. Know ye not what the scripture says in the history of Elias, how he pleads with God against Israel? (Rom. 11:1‑2)
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Psa. 79:5• 5How long, O Jehovah? wilt thou be angry for ever? Shall thy jealousy burn like fire? (Psa. 79:5)
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Psa. 85:1,5• 1To the chief Musician. Of the sons of Korah. A Psalm. Thou hast been favourable, Jehovah, unto thy land; thou hast turned the captivity of Jacob:
 5Wilt thou be angry with us for ever? wilt thou draw out thine anger from generation to generation? (Psa. 85:1,5)
• The seventh verse for us would be simple unbelief; whereas for the Jew, whose people are cast off as regards all their privileges, the question justly arises, as in Rom. 11, “I say then hath God cast away His people?” (“Practical Reflections on the Psalms: Psalms 64-77” by J.N. Darby)
• At length the psalmist recognized that the low condition of God’s people was the result of their own failure. He saw that they were undergoing the chastening of the Lord. But, he asks, will the Lord because of their failure, cast them off forever? Can it be possible that God will be favorable no more? (“Psalms 77” by H. Smith)

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Will the Lord cast off for ever? and will he be favourable no more?