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Psalm 79:13

So we, your people and sheep of your pasture, will give you thanks forever. We will praise you forever, to all generations.

11Let the sighing of the prisoner come before you. According to the greatness of your power, preserve those who are sentenced to death.
12Pay back to our neighbors seven times into their bosom their reproach with which they have reproached you, Lord.
13So we, your people and sheep of your pasture, will give you thanks forever. We will praise you forever, to all generations.
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The promise of praise “to all generations” comes from people still pleading for rescue, whose claim to belong to God survives their distress.

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Where else Scripture says this

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

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Psalm 100:3Know that the LORD, he is God. It is he who has made us, and we are his. We are his people, and the sheep of his pasture.Both psalms name God's people as the sheep of his pasture, expressing their shared identity through belonging to him.
John 10:7Jesus therefore said to them again, “Most certainly, I tell you, I am the sheep’s door.Both use sheep imagery: the psalm names God's people as his flock, while Jesus describes himself as the sheep’s door.
Psalm 74:1A contemplation by Asaph. God, why have you rejected us forever? Why does your anger smolder against the sheep of your pasture?Both address God about the sheep of his pasture, though Psalm 74 questions rejection and Psalm 79 pledges praise.
Psalm 95:7for he is our God. We are the people of his pasture, and the sheep in his care. Today, oh that you would hear his voice!Both describe people belonging to God through the paired images of sheep and pasture.
Isaiah 43:21the people which I formed for myself, that they might declare my praise.Both connect belonging to God as his people with declaring his praise.
Psalm 145:4One generation will commend your works to another, and will declare your mighty acts.Both look beyond one generation, describing praise of God that reaches those who come after.
Matthew 25:33He will set the sheep on his right hand, but the goats on the left.Sheep imagery is the limited link: the psalm speaks of God's pasture, while Matthew describes sheep being placed on the right.
Isaiah 64:9Don’t be furious, LORD. Don’t remember iniquity forever. Look and see, we beg you, we are all your people.Both address God by naming the speakers as his people, making that belonging part of their prayer.
Colossians 1:12giving thanks to the Father, who made us fit to be partakers of the inheritance of the saints in light,Both speak of giving thanks to God in connection with a shared place among his people.
Where this verse fits

Praise and worship. gratitude. waiting.

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Encouragement

You do not have to hide distress to speak of belonging to God. These people ask for rescue and still name themselves as the sheep of his pasture.

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