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Psalm 94:14
For the LORD won’t reject his people, neither will he forsake his inheritance.
12Blessed is the man whom you discipline, LORD, and teach out of your law,
13that you may give him rest from the days of adversity, until the pit is dug for the wicked.
14For the LORD won’t reject his people, neither will he forsake his inheritance.
15For judgment will return to righteousness. All the upright in heart shall follow it.
16Who will rise up for me against the wicked? Who will stand up for me against the evildoers?
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“His inheritance” names God’s people as those who belong to him, even while the surrounding verses speak of adversity and help still needed.
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Psalm 37:25I have been young, and now am old, yet I have not seen the righteous forsaken, nor his children begging for bread.Both passages speak of people not being forsaken, with Psalm 37 offering an aged speaker’s testimony about the righteous.
1 Samuel 12:22For the LORD will not forsake his people for his great name’s sake, because it has pleased the LORD to make you a people for himself.Both declare that the LORD will not forsake his people; Samuel connects that promise to God’s name and choice.
Lamentations 3:31For the Lord will not cast off forever.Both speak against final abandonment by God, with Lamentations declaring that the Lord will not cast off forever.
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 deny that God rejects his people; Paul names his own identity as an Israelite in answering that question.
Psalm 37:28For the LORD loves justice, and doesn’t forsake his saints. They are preserved forever, but the children of the wicked shall be cut off.Both affirm that the LORD does not forsake those who belong to him; Psalm 37 also names his love of justice.
Isaiah 41:9you whom I have taken hold of from the ends of the earth, and called from its corners, and said to you, ‘You are my servant. I have chosen you and have not …Both connect belonging to God with freedom from rejection; Isaiah speaks of the servant God has chosen.
Romans 11:2God didn’t reject his people, whom he foreknew. Or don’t you know what the Scripture says about Elijah? How he pleads with God against Israel:Both state that God has not rejected his people, whom Paul describes as those God foreknew.
Job 8:20“Behold, God will not cast away a blameless man, neither will he uphold the evildoers.Both use the language of God refusing to cast someone away, though Job records Bildad’s claim about a blameless man.
Exodus 34:9He said, “If now I have found favor in your sight, Lord, please let the Lord go among us, even though this is a stiff-necked people; pardon our iniquity and …Both describe a people as God’s inheritance; Exodus contains a plea to be taken as his inheritance.
Deuteronomy 32:9For the LORD’s portion is his people. Jacob is the lot of his inheritance.Both call God’s people his inheritance, with Deuteronomy naming Jacob as the people who are the LORD’s portion.
John 10:27–31My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me.Both describe people who belong to the Lord; John’s supplied words focus on Jesus knowing his sheep and their following him.
Isaiah 42:16I will bring the blind by a way that they don’t know. I will lead them in paths that they don’t know. I will make darkness light before them, and crooked …Both promise that God will not forsake his people; Isaiah describes his guidance along paths they do not know.
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Feeling distant from God. injustice and anger. waiting.
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Encouragement
The cry for someone to stand against evildoers comes after this promise. Unanswered cries still have a place here: YHWH will not forsake the people who belong to him.
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