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Psalm 77:7

“Will the Lord reject us forever? Will he be favorable no more?

5I have considered the days of old, the years of ancient times.
6I remember my song in the night. I consider in my own heart; my spirit diligently inquires:
7“Will the Lord reject us forever? Will he be favorable no more?
8Has his loving kindness vanished forever? Does his promise fail for generations?
9Has God forgotten to be gracious? Has he, in anger, withheld his compassion?” Selah.
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Notice

The word “forever” carries the fear beyond present distress, toward the possibility that the Lord’s favor might never return to his people.

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Where else Scripture says this

7 passages readers most often link with this verse, and the thread each one shares with it.

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Lamentations 3:31For the Lord will not cast off forever.Psalm 77 asks whether rejection will last forever; Lamentations declares that the Lord will not cast off forever.
Psalm 85:1For the Chief Musician. A Psalm by the sons of Korah. LORD, you have been favorable to your land. You have restored the fortunes of Jacob.Both speak of the Lord’s favor toward his people, with Psalm 85 recalling favor that Psalm 77 fears will never return.
Romans 11:1–2I ask then, did God reject his people? May it never be! For I also am an Israelite, a descendant of Abraham, of the tribe of Benjamin.Both passages ask whether God has rejected his people; Romans answers with an emphatic refusal.
Psalm 89:46How long, LORD? Will you hide yourself forever? Will your wrath burn like fire?Both ask whether distress in relation to God will last forever, naming rejection in Psalm 77 and hiding in Psalm 89.
Psalm 85:5Will you be angry with us forever? Will you draw out your anger to all generations?Both ask whether God’s people face an unending loss of favor, expressed as rejection in Psalm 77 and anger in Psalm 85.
Psalm 43:2For you are the God of my strength. Why have you rejected me? Why do I go mourning because of the oppression of the enemy?Both voice the distress of rejection by God, with Psalm 43 linking that distress to mourning under an enemy’s oppression.
Jeremiah 23:24–26Can anyone hide himself in secret places so that I can’t see him?” says the LORD. “Don’t I fill heaven and earth?” says the LORD.Both use questions to speak about God, though Jeremiah concerns his all-seeing presence rather than the loss of favor.
Where this verse fits

Feeling distant from God. doubt. waiting.

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Tell God where rejection feels like a lasting threat

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Encouragement

Fear of lasting rejection has a place in this psalm. Its questions remain open here; they do not establish that the Lord has abandoned his people.

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Cross-reference data from OpenBible.info (CC BY). Scripture from the World English Bible (public domain). Arc diagram after Chris Harrison and Christoph Römhild (2007).