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Why Have You Rejected Us Forever?

Psalms 74:12

In 11 translations

BSB
Yet God is my King from ancient times, working salvation on the earth.
KJV
For God is my King of old, working salvation in the midst of the earth.
WEB
Yet God is my King of old, working salvation throughout the earth.
ASV
Yet God is my King of old, Working salvation in the midst of the earth.
LSV
And God [is] my king of old, || Working salvation in the midst of the earth.
YLT
And God [is] my king of old, Working salvation in the midst of the earth.
DBY
But God is my king of old, accomplishing deliverances in the midst of the earth.Elohim
DRC73:12
But God is our king before ages: he hath wrought salvation in the midst of the earth.
GNV
Euen God is my King of olde, working saluation in the middes of the earth.
JPS
Yet God is my King of old, working salvation in the midst of the earth.
LXXE73:12
But God is our King of old; he has wrought salvation in the midst of the earth.Gr. before the age.

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Original-language editions

WLC
וֵ֭אלֹהִים מַלְכִּ֣י מִקֶּ֑דֶם פֹּעֵ֥ל יְ֝שׁוּע֗וֹת בְּקֶ֣רֶב הָאָֽרֶץ׃
LXX-Br73:12
Ὁ δὲ Θεὸς βασιλεὺς ἡμῶν πρὸ αἰῶνος, εἰργάσατο σωτηρίαν ἐν μέσῳ τῆς γῆς.

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Cross-references most cited first

  • Isaiah 33:22For the LORD is our Judge, the LORD is our lawgiver, the LORD is our King. It is He who will save us.
  • Psalms 44:4You are my King, O God, who ordains victories for Jacob.
  • Exodus 19:5–6Now if you will indeed obey My voice and keep My covenant, you will be My treasured possession out of all the nations—for the whole earth is Mine. And unto Me you shall be a kingdom of priests and a holy nation.’ These…
  • Judges 4:23–24On that day God subdued Jabin king of Canaan before the Israelites. And the hand of the Israelites grew stronger and stronger against Jabin king of Canaan until they destroyed him.
  • 1 Samuel 19:5He took his life in his hands when he struck down the Philistine, and the LORD worked a great salvation for all Israel. You saw it and rejoiced, so why would you sin against innocent blood by killing David for no…
  • Habakkuk 3:12–14You marched across the earth with fury; You threshed the nations in wrath. You went forth for the salvation of Your people, to save Your anointed. You crushed the head of the house of the wicked and stripped him from…
  • Isaiah 63:8For He said, “They are surely My people, sons who will not be disloyal.” So He became their Savior.
  • Numbers 23:21–22He considers no disaster for Jacob; He sees no trouble for Israel. The LORD their God is with them, and the shout of the King is among them. God brought them out of Egypt with strength like a wild ox.
  • Exodus 15:2–15The LORD is my strength and my song, and He has become my salvation. He is my God, and I will praise Him, my father’s God, and I will exalt Him. The LORD is a warrior, the LORD is His name. Pharaoh’s chariots and army…

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