Psalm 90:13-14 Part 1 of 2

O LORD, come back to us!

    How long will you delay?

    Take pity on your servants!

Satisfy us each morning with your unfailing love,

    so we may sing for joy to the end of our lives.

 

O LORD, come back to us! How long will you delay?

Palm 6:3

I am sick at heart. 

    How long, O LORD until you restore me?  (see all Psalm 6)

Psalm 38:8  

I am exhausted and completely crushed.

    My groans come from an anguished heart.  (see all Psalm 38)

John 12:27-28  "Now my soul is deeply troubled. Should I pray, 'Father, save me from this hour?' But this is the very reason I came! Father, bring glory to your name."  (see verses 20-36)

Take pity on your servants! 

Leviticus 26:44  "But despite all this, I will not utterly reject or despise them while they are in exile in the land of their enemies. I will not cancel my covenant with them by wiping them out, for I am the LORD their God."  

(see all chapter 26)

Deuteronomy 30:2-3  "If at that time you and your children return to the LORD your God, and if you obey with all your heart and all your soul all the commands I have given you today, then the LORD your God will restore your fortunes. He will have mercy on you and gather you back from all the nations where he has scattered you."  (see all chapter 30)

Deuteronomy 32:36  

"Indeed, the LORD will give justice to his people,

    and he will change his mind about his servants,

when he sees their strength is gone

    and no one is left, slave or free."  (see all chapter 32)

Judges 2:18  Whenever the LORD raised up a judge over Israel, he was with that judge and rescued the people from their enemies throughout the judge's lifetime. For the LORD took pity on his people, who were burdened by oppression and suffering.  (see all chapter 2)

Psalm 103:13  

The LORD is like a father to his children,

    tender and compassionate to those who fear him.  (see all Psalm 103)

Psalm 106:45  

He remembered his covenant with them

    and relented because of his unfailing love.  (see all Psalm 106)

Psalm 135:14  

For the LORD will give justice to his people

    and have compassion on his servants.  (see all Psalm 135)

Joel 2:13  

"Don't tear your clothing in your grief,

    but tear your hearts instead."

Return to the LORD your God,

    for he is merciful and compassionate,

slow to get angry and filled with unfailing love. 

    He is eager to relent and not punish.  (see all chapter 2)

 

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Psalm 90:10-12 Part 2 of 2

 

Seventy years are given to us!

    Some even live to eighty.

But even the best years are filled with pain and trouble;

    soon they disappear, and we fly away.

Who can comprehend the power of your anger?

    Your wrath is as awesome as the fear you deserve.

Teach us to realize the brevity of life,

    so that we may grow in wisdom.

 

Who can comprehend the power of your anger? Your wrath is as awesome as the fear you deserve.

Psalm 76:7 

No wonder you are so greatly feared!

    Who can stand before you when your anger explodes?  (see all Psalm 76)

Psalm 89:7  

The highest angelic powers stand in awe of God.

    He is far more awesome than all who surround his throne.  (see verses 6-11)

Joel 2:11  

The LORD is at the head of the column.

    He leads them with a shout.

This is his mighty army,

    and they follow his orders.

The day of the LORD is an awesome, terrible thing.

    Who can possibly survive?  (see verses 11-14)

Nahum 1:6  

Who can stand before his fierce anger?

    Who can survive his burning fury?

His rage blazes forth like fire,

    and the mountains crumble to dust in his presence.  (see all chapter 1)

Malachi 3:2  "But who will be able to endure it when he comes? Who will be able to stand and face him when he appears? For he will be like a blazing fire that refines metal, or like a strong soap that bleaches clothes."  

(see all chapter 3)

Revelation 6:17  "For the great day of their wrath has come, and who is able to survive?"  (see verses 12-17)

Teach us to realize the brevity of life, so that we may grow in wisdom. 

Psalm 39:4  

"LORD, remind me how brief my time on earth will be.

    Remind me that my days are numbered--

    how fleeting my life is."  (see all Psalm 39)

Psalm 139:16  

You saw me before I was born.

    Every day of my life was recorded in your book.

Every moment was laid out

    before a single day had passed.  (see all Psalm 139)

Proverbs 20:24  

The LORD directs our steps,

    so why try to understand everything along the way?

Deuteronomy 32:29  

"Oh, that they were wise and could understand this!

    Oh, that they might know their fate!"  (see all chapter 32)

 

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Psalm 90:10-12 Part 1 of 2

Seventy years are given to us!

    Some even live to eighty.

But even the best years are filled with pain and trouble;

    soon they disappear, and we fly away.

Who can comprehend the power of your anger?

    Your wrath is as awesome as the fear you deserve.

Teach us to realize the brevity of life,

    so that we may grow in wisdom.

 

Seventy years are given to us! Some even live to eighty.

2 Samuel 19:34-35  "No," he (Barzillai) replied. "I am far too old to go with the king to Jerusalem. I am eighty years old today, and I can no longer enjoy anything. Food and wine are no longer tasty, and I cannot hear the singers as they sing. I would only be a burden to my lord the king."  (see verses 31-39)

But even the best years are filled with pain and trouble; soon they disappear, and we fly away. 

Job 5:7  

"People are born for trouble

    as readily as sparks fly up from a fire."  (see verses 1-7)

Job 20:8  

"They will fade like a dream and not be found.

    They will vanish like a vision of the night."  (see all chapter 20)

Psalm 78:39  

For he remembered that they were merely mortal,

    gone like a breath of wind that never returns.  (see verses 35-39)

Psalm 90:5  

You sweep people away like dreams that disappear.

    They are like grass that springs up in the morning.  (see verses 3-6)

Ecclesiastes 12:1-2  Don't let the excitement of youth cause you to forget your Creator. Honor him in your youth before you grow old and say, "Life is not pleasant anymore." Remember him before the light of the sun, moon, and stars is dim to your old eyes, and rain clouds continually darken your skies.

Ecclesiastes 12:6-7  Yes, remember your Creator now while you are young, before the silver cord of life snaps and the golden bowl is broken. Don't wait until the water jar is smashed at the spring and the pulley is broken at the well. For then the dust will return to the earth, and the spirit will return to God who gave it.  (see verses 1-8)

 

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Psalm 90:7-9 Part 2 of 2

We wither beneath your anger;

    we are overwhelmed by your fury.

You spread out our sins before you--

    our secret sins--and you see them all.

We live our lives beneath your wrath,

    ending our years with a groan.

 

We live our lives beneath your wrath, ending our years with a groan.

Numbers 14:34-35  " 'Because your men explored the land for forty days, you must wander in the wilderness for forty years--a year for each day, suffering the consequences of your sins. Then you will discover what it is like to have me for an enemy.' I, the LORD, have spoken! I will certainly do these things to every member of the community who has conspired against me. They will be destroyed here in this wilderness, and here they will die!"  

(see all chapter 14)

Psalm 78:32-33  

But in spite of this, the people kept sinning.

    Despite his wonders, they refused to trust him.

So he ended their lives in failure,

    their years in terror.  (see all Psalm 78)

Isaiah 13:13  

"For I will shake the heavens.

    The earth will move from its place

when the LORD of Heaven's Armies displays his wrath

    in the day of his fierce anger."  (see all chapter 13)

Nahum 1:2  

The LORD is a jealous God,

    filled with vengeance and rage.

He takes revenge on all who oppose him

    and continues to rage against his enemies!  (see verses 2-6)

John 3:36  "And anyone who believes in God's Son has eternal life. Anyone who doesn't obey the Son will never experience eternal life but remains under God's angry judgment."  (see all chapter 3)

Romans 2:5  But because you are stubborn and refuse to turn from your sin, you are storing up terrible punishment for yourself. For a day of anger is coming, when God's righteous judgment will be revealed.  (see all chapter 2)

Revelation 6:16-17  And they cried to the mountains and the rocks, "Fall on us and hide us from the face of the one who sits on the throne and from the wrath of the Lamb. For the great day of their wrath has come and who is able to survive?"  (see verses 12-17)

Revelation 16:19  The great city of Babylon split into three sections, and the cities of many nations fell into heaps of rubble. So God remembered all of Babylon's sins, and he made her drink the cup that was filled with the wine of his fierce wrath.  (see verses 17-21)

 

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Psalm 90:7-9 Part 1 of 2

We wither beneath your anger;

    we are overwhelmed by your fury.

You spread out our sins before you--

    our secret sins--and you see them all.

We live our lives beneath your wrath,

    ending our years with a groan.

 

We wither beneath your anger;

Psalm 51:2-3 

Wash me clean from my guilt.

    Purify me from my sin.

For I recognize my rebellion;

    it haunts me day and night.  (see all Psalm 51)

Psalm 51:17  

Wake up, wake up, O Jerusalem!

    You have drunk the cup of the LORD's fury.

You have drunk the cup of terror,

    tipping out its last drops.  (see verses 17-23)

Jeremiah 23:20  

"The anger of the LORD will not diminish

    until it has finished all he has planned.

In the days to come

    you will understand all this very clearly."

Jeremiah 23:24  

"Can anyone hide from me in a secret place?

    Am I not everywhere in all the heavens and earth?"

    says the LORD.  (see verses 16-32)

Ezekiel 5:13  "Then at last my anger will be spent, and I will be satisfied. And when my fury against them has subsided, all Israel will know that I, the LORD, have spoken to them in my jealous anger."  (see all chapter 5)

Ezekiel 20:8  "But they rebelled against me and would not listen. They did not get rid of the vile images they were obsessed with, or forsake the idols of Egypt. Then I threatened to  pour out my fury on them to satisfy my anger while they were still in Egypt."  (see all chapter 20)

You spread out our sins before you--our secret sins--and you see them all. 

Psalm 19:12  

How can I know all the sins lurking in my heart?

    Cleanse me from these hidden faults.  (see all Psalm 19)

Proverbs 5:21  

For the LORD sees clearly what a man does,

    examining every path he takes.  (see verses 21-23)

Ecclesiastes 12:14  God will judge us for everything we do, including every secret thing, whether good or bad.  (see all chapter 12)

Jeremiah 16:17  "I am watching them closely, and I see every sin. They cannot hope to hide from me."  (see verses 5-21)

Hebrews 4:13  Nothing in all creation is hidden from God. Everything is naked and exposed before his eyes, and he is the one to whom we are accountable.  (see all chapter 4)

 

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Psalm 90:3-6 Part 2 of 2

You turn people back to dust, saying,

    "Return to dust, you mortals!"

For you, a thousand years are as a passing day,

    as brief as a few night hours.

You sweep people away like dreams that disappear.

    They are like grass that springs up in the morning.

In the morning it blooms and flourishes,

    but by evening it is dried and withered.

 

You sweep people away like dreams that disappear. They are like grass that springs up in the morning.

Genesis 19:15  At dawn the next morning the angels became insistent. "Hurry," they said to Lot. "Take your wife and your two daughters who are here. Get out right now, or you will be swept away in the destruction of the city!"  

(see verses 1-29) 

Numbers 16:25-26  So Moses got up and rushed over to the tents of Dathan and Abiram, followed by the elders of Israel. "Quick!" he told the people. "Get away from the tents of these wicked men, and don't touch anything that belongs to them. If you do, you will be destroyed for their sins."  

(see all chapter 16)

Psalm 58:9  

God will sweep them away, both young and old,

    faster than a pot heats over burning thorns.  (see all Psalm 58)

 

In the morning it blooms and flourishes, but by evening it is dried and withered.  

Psalm 92:7  

Though the wicked sprout like weeds

    and evildoers flourish,

    they will be destroyed forever.  (see all Psalm 92)

Isaiah 40:6-8  

A voice said "Shout!"

    I asked, "What should I shout?"

"Shout that the people are like grass.

    Their beauty fades as quickly 

    as the flowers in a field.

The grass withers and the flowers fade

    beneath the breath of the LORD.

    And so it is with people.

The grass withers and the flowers fade,

    but the word of our God stands forever."  (see all chapter 40)

Matthew 6:30  "And if God cares so wonderfully for wildflowers that are here today and thrown into the fire tomorrow, he will certainly care for you. Why do you have so little faith?"  (see verses 25-34)

James 1:10-11  And those who are rich should boast that God has humbled them. They will fade away like a little flower in the field. The hot sun rises and the grass withers; the little flower droops and falls, and its beauty fades away. In the same way, the rich will fade away with all their achievements.  

(see verses 2-18)

 

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Psalm 90:3-6 Part 1 of 2

You turn people back to dust, saying,

    "Return to dust, you mortals!"

For you, a thousand years are as a passing day,

    as brief as a few night hours.

You sweep people away like dreams that disappear.

    They are like grass that springs up in the morning.

In the morning it blooms and flourishes,

    but by evening it is dried and withered.

 

You turn people back to dust, saying, "Return to dust, you mortals!" 

Genesis 2:7  Then the LORD God formed the man from the dust of the ground. He breathed the breath of life into the man's nostrils, and the man became a living person.  (see verses 4-17)

Genesis 3:19  

"By the sweat of your brow

    you will have food to eat

until you return to the ground

    from which you were made.

For you were made from dust,

    and to dust you will return."  (see all chapter 3)

Job 10:9  

" 'Remember that you made me from dust--

    will you turn me back to dust so soon?' "  (see all chapter 10)

Job 34:14-15  

"If God were to take back his spirit

    and withdraw his breath,

all life would cease,

    and humanity would turn again to dust."  (see all chapter 34)

Ecclesiastes 3:19-20  For people and animals share the same fate--both breathe and both must die. So people have no real advantage over animals. How meaningless! Both go the same place--they came from dust and they return to dust.  (see all chapter 3)

1 Corinthians 15:47  Adam, the first man, was made from the dust of the earth, while Christ, the second man, came from heaven.  (see verses 35-58)

For you, a thousand years are as a passing day, as brief as a few night hours. 

Psalm 39:5  

You have made my life no longer than the width of my hand.

    My entire lifetime is just a moment to you;

    at best, each of us is but a breath."  (see all Psalm 39)

2 Peter 3:8  But you must not forget this one thing, dear friends: A day is like a thousand years to the Lord, and a thousand years is like a day.  

(see verses 1-13)

 

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Psalm 90:1-2

A Prayer of Moses, the man of God.

 

Lord, through all the generations

    you have been our home!

Before the mountains were born,

    before you gave birth to the earth and the world,

    from beginning to end, you are God.

 

Lord, through all the generations you have been our home!

Deuteronomy 33:27a  

The eternal God is your refuge,

    and his everlasting arms are under you. (see verses 26-29)

Psalm 9:9  

The LORD is a shelter for the oppressed,

    a refuge in times of trouble.  (see verses 7-10)

Ephesians 2:22  Through him (Jesus Christ) you Gentiles are also being made part of this dwelling where God lives by his Spirit.  (see all chapter 2)

Revelation 21:3  I heard a loud shout from the throne, saying, "Look, God's home is now among his people! He will live with them, and they will be his people. God himself will be with them."  (see verses 1-8)

 

Before the mountains were born, before you gave birth to the earth and the world, from beginning to end, you are God. 

Genesis 1:1-2  In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. The earth was formless and empty, and darkness covered the deep waters. And the Spirit of God was hovering over the surface of the waters.  

(see all chapter 1)

Job 36:26  

"Look, God is greater than we can understand.

    His years cannot be counted."  (see verses 22-33)

Psalm 10:16  

The LORD is king forever and ever!

    The godless nations will vanish from the land.  (see all Psalm 10)

Psalm 93:2  

Your throne, O LORD, has stood from time immemorial.

    You, yourself are from the everlasting past.  (see all Psalm 93)

Psalm 102:25  

"Long ago you laid the foundation of the earth

    and made the heavens with your hands."  (see verses 25-28)

Isaiah 40:28  

Have you never heard?

    Have you never understood?

The LORD is the everlasting God,

    the Creator of all the earth.

He never grows weak or weary.

    No one can measure the depths of his understanding.  (see verses 12-31)

Jeremiah 10:10  

But the LORD is the only true God.

    He is the living God and the everlasting King!

The whole earth trembles at his anger.

    The nations cannot stand up to his wrath.  (see verses 1-16)

Habakkuk 3:6  

When he stops, the earth shakes.

    when he looks, the nations tremble.

He shatters the everlasting mountains

    and levels the eternal hills.

    He is the Eternal One!  (see all chapter 3)

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Psalm 89:49-52

LORD, where is your unfailing love?

    You promised it to David with a faithful pledge.

Consider, Lord, how your servants are disgraced!

    I carry in my heart the insults of so many people.

Your enemies have mocked me, O LORD;

    they mock your anointed king wherever he goes.

 

(Doxology for Psalms Book Three, Psalms 73-89)

Praise the LORD forever!

    Amen and amen! 

 

LORD, where is your unfailing love? You promised it to David with a faithful pledge.

2 Samuel 7:15-16  " 'But my favor will not be taken from him as I took it from Saul, whom I removed from your sight. Your house and your kingdom will continue before me for all time, and your throne will be secure forever.' " 

(see verses 4-17)

 

Consider, Lord, how your servants are disgraced! I carry in my heart the insults of so many people. 

Psalm 69:19  

You know of my shame, scorn, and disgrace.

    You see all that my enemies are doing.  (see all Psalm 69)

Psalm 22:6-7  

But I am a worm and not a man.

    I am scorned and despised by all!

Everyone who sees me mocks me.

    They sneer and shake their heads, saying, ... (see all Psalm 22)

 

Your enemies have mocked me, O LORD; they mock your anointed king wherever he goes. 

Psalm 74:18  

See how these enemies insult you, LORD.

    A foolish nation has dishonored your name.

Psalm 74:22  

Arise, O God, and defend your cause.

    Remember how these fools insult you all day long.  (see all Psalm 74)

 

(The doxology closing Book Three - Psalms 73-89)

Praise the LORD forever! Amen and amen!  

Psalm 41:13  (Doxology closing Book One - Psalms 1-41)

Praise the LORD, the God of Israel,

    who lives from everlasting to everlasting.

Amen and amen!

Psalm 72:19  (Doxology closing Book Two - Psalms 42-72)

Praise his glorious name forever!

    Let the whole earth be filled with his glory.

Amen and amen!  (see verses 18-20)

Psalm 106:48  (Doxology closing Book Four - Psalms 90-106)

Praise the LORD, the God of Israel,

    who lives from everlasting to everlasting!

Let all the people say, "Amen!"

Praise the LORD!

Psalm 150:6  (Doxology closing the entire book of Psalms)

Let everything that breathes sing praises to the LORD!

Praise the LORD!  (see all Psalm 150) 

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Psalm 89: 46-48 Part 2 of 2

O LORD, how long will this go on?

    Will you hide yourself forever?

    How long will your anger burn like fire?

Remember how short my life is,

    how empty and futile this human existence!

No one can live forever; all will die.

    No one can escape the power of the grave.

 

No one can live forever; all will die. No one can escape the power of the grave.

Genesis 5:23-24  Enoch lived 365 years, walking in close fellowship with God. Then one day he disappeared, because God took him.  (see verses 21-24)

Hebrews 11:5  It was by faith that Enoch was taken up to heaven without dying--"He disappeared, because God took him." For before he was taken up, he was known as a person who pleased God.  (see all chapter 11)

2 Kings 2:11-12  As they were walking along and talking, suddenly a chariot of fire appeared, drawn by horses of fire. It drove between the two men separating them, and Elijah was carried away by a whirlwind into heaven. Elisha saw it and cried out, "My father! My father! I see the chariots and the charioteers of Israel!" And as they disappeared from sight, Elisha tore his clothes in distress. (see all chapter 2)

Psalm 49:15  

But as for me, God will redeem my life.

    He will snatch me from the power of the grave.  (see all Psalm 49)

Psalm 116:3-6  

Death wrapped its ropes around me;

    the terrors of the grave overtook me.

    I saw only trouble and sorrow.

Then I called on the name of the the LORD:

    "Please, LORD, save me!"

How kind the LORD is! How good he is!

    So merciful, this God of ours!

The LORD protects those of childlike faith;

    I was facing death and he saved me.  (see all Psalm 116)

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Psalm 89:46-48 Part 1 of 2

O LORD, how long will this go on?

    Will you hide yourself forever?

    How long will your anger burn like fire?

Remember how short my life is,

    how empty and futile this human existence!

No one can live forever; all will die.

    No one can escape the power of the grave.

 

O LORD, how long will this go on? Will you hide yourself forever? How long will your anger burn like fire? 

Psalm 13:1  

O LORD, how long will you forget me?

    Forever?

How long will you look the other way?  (see all Psalm 13)

Psalm 79:5  

O LORD, how long will you be angry with us? Forever?

    How long will your jealousy burn like fire?  (see all Psalm 79)

 

Remember how short my life is, how empty and futile this human existence!

Job 7:7  

"O God, remember that my life is but a breath,

    and I will never again feel happiness."  (see all chapter 7)

Psalm 62:9  

Common people are as worthless as a puff of wind,

    and the powerful are not what they appear to be.

If you weigh them on the scales,

    together they are lighter than a breath of air.  (see all Psalm 62)

Psalm 78:39  

For he remembered that they were merely mortal,

    gone like a breath of wind that never returns.  (see all Psalm 78)

Psalm 144:2-3  

O LORD, what are human beings that you should notice them,

    mere mortals that you should think about them?

For their days are like a passing shadow.  (see all Psalm 144)

James 4:14  How do you know what your life will be like tomorrow? Your life is like a morning fog--it's here a little while, then its gone.  (see verses 13-17)

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Psalm 89:41-45 Part 2 of 2

Everyone who comes along has robbed him,

    and he has become a joke to his neighbors.

You have strengthened his enemies

    and made them all rejoice.

You have made his sword useless

    and refused to help him in battle.

You have ended his splendor

    and overturned his throne.

You have made him old before his time

    and publicly disgraced him.

 

You have strengthened his enemies and made them all rejoice. You have made his sword useless and refused to help him in battle.

Psalm 13:2  

How long must I struggle with anguish in my soul,

    with sorrow in my heart every day?

    How long will my enemy have the upper hand?  (see all Psalm 13)

Jeremiah 25:9  "I will gather together all the armies of the north under King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon, whom I have appointed as my deputy. I will bring them all against this land and its people and against the surrounding nations. I will completely destroy you and make you an object of horror and contempt and a ruin forever."  (see verses 1-14)

Jeremiah 42:18  "This is what the LORD of Heaven's Armies, the God of Israel, says: 'Just as my anger and fury have been poured out on the people of Jerusalem, so they will be poured out on you when you enter Egypt. You will be an object of damnation, horror, cursing, and mockery. And you will never see your homeland again.' " (see all chapter 42)

 

You have ended his splendor and overturned his throne. 

Ezekiel 28:7  

"I will now bring against you a foreign army,

    the terror of the nations.

They will draw their swords against your marvelous wisdom

    and defile your splendor!"  (see verses 1-19)

 

You have made him old before his time and publicly disgraced him. 

Psalm 39:5  

"You have made my life no longer than the width of my hand.

    My entire life time is just a moment to you;

    at best, each of us is but a breath."  (see all Psalm 39)

Psalm 102:23-24  

He broke my strength in midlife,

    cutting short my days.

But I cried to him, "O my God, who lives forever,

    don't take my life while I am so young!"  (see all Psalm 102)

Psalm 44:14-16  

You have made us the butt of their jokes;

    they shake their heads at us in scorn.

We can't escape the constant humiliation;

    shame is written across our faces.

All we hear are the taunts of our mockers.

    All we see are vengeful enemies.  (see all Psalm 44)

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Psalm 89:41-45 Part 1 of 2

Everyone who comes along has robbed him,

    and he has become a joke to his neighbors.

You have strengthened his enemies

    and made them all rejoice.

You have made his sword useless

    and refused to help him in battle.

You have ended his splendor

    and overturned his throne.

You have made him old before his time

    and publicly disgraced him.

 

Everyone who comes along has robbed him,

Judges 2:14  This made the LORD burn with anger against Israel, so he handed them over to raiders who stole their possessions. He turned them over to their enemies all around, and they were no longer able to resist them. (see verses 10-15)

Psalm 44:10  

You make us retreat from our enemies

    and allow those who hate us to plunder our land.  (see verses 9-16)

Ezekiel 34:8  "As surely as I live, says the Sovereign LORD, you abandoned my flock and left them to be attacked by every wild animal. And though you were my shepherds, you didn't search for my sheep when they were lost. You took care of yourselves and left the sheep to starve."  (see all chapter 34)

 

and he has become a joke to his neighbors. 

Psalm 79:4  

We are mocked by our neighbors, 

    an object of scorn and derision to those around us.  (see all Psalm 79)

Psalm 80:6  

You have made us the scorn of neighboring nations.

    Our enemies treat us as a joke.  (see all Psalm 80)

Deuteronomy 38:27  "You will become an object of horror, ridicule and mockery among all the nations to which the LORD sends you."  (see verses 15-68)

2 Chronicles 29:8  "That is why the LORD's anger has fallen on Judah and Jerusalem. He has made them an object of dread, horror, and ridicule, as you can see with your own eyes."  (see verses 3-17)

Isaiah 30:3  

"But by trusting Pharaoh, you will be humiliated,

    and by depending on him, you will be disgraced."  (see verses 1-7)

Jeremiah 44:8  "Why provoke my anger by burning incense to the idols you have made here in Egypt? You will only destroy yourselves and make yourselves an object of cursing and mockery for all the nations of the earth."  (see all chapter 44)

Ezekiel 23:32  "Yes, this is what the Sovereign LORD says:

You will drink from your sister's cup of terror,

    a cup that is large and deep.

It is filled to the brim

    with scorn and derision."  (see verses 22-35)

(parentheses are mine)

Scripture quotations are taken from the Holy Bible, New Living Translation, copyright ©1996, 2004, 2015 by Tyndale House Foundation. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers, Carol Stream, Illinois 60188. All rights reserved. Limited to 15 verses per post.