Adam Clarke's Bible Commentary Verse 1. O God, why hast thou cast us off for ever? ] Hast thou determined that we shall never more be thy people? Are we never to see an end to our calamities?
Matthew Henry Commentary
Verses 1-11 - This psalm appears to describe the destruction of Jerusalem and the temple by the Chaldeans. The deplorable case of the people of God, a the time, is spread before the Lord, and left with him. They plead the great things God had done for them. If the deliverance of Israel out of Egypt was encouragement to hope that he would not cast them off, muc more reason have we to believe, that God will not cast off any who Christ has redeemed with his own blood. Infidels and persecutors ma silence faithful ministers, and shut up places of worship, and say the will destroy the people of God and their religion together. For a lon time they may prosper in these attempts, and God's oppressed servant may see no prospect of deliverance; but there is a remnant of believers, the seed of a future harvest, and the despised church ha survived those who once triumphed over her. When the power of enemie is most threatening, it is comfortable to flee to the power of God be earnest prayer.
Original Hebrew משׂכיל4905 לאסף623 למה4100 אלהים430 זנחת2186 לנצח5331 יעשׁן6225 אפך639 בצאן6629 מרעיתך׃4830
