Psalm 78:1
Give ear, O my people, to my instruction; listen to the words of my mouth.

O God

Psalm 10:1
Why, O LORD, do You stand far off? Why do You hide in times of trouble?

Psalm 42:9
I will say to God, my rock, "Why have You forgotten me? Why must I walk in sorrow because of the enemy's oppression?"

Psalm 44:9
But You have rejected and humbled us; You no longer go forth with our armies.

Psalm 60:1, 10
You have rejected us, O God; You have broken us; You have been angry; restore us! . . .

Psalm 77:7
"Will the Lord spurn us forever and never show His favor again?

Jeremiah 31:37
This is what the LORD says: "Only if the heavens above could be measured and the foundations of the earth below searched out, would I reject all of Israel's descendants because of all they have done, " declares the LORD.

Jeremiah 33:24-26
"Have you not noticed what these people are saying: 'The LORD has rejected the two families He had chosen'? So they despise My people and no longer regard them as a nation. . . .

Romans 11:1, 2
I ask then, did God reject His people? Certainly not! I am an Israelite myself, a descendant of Abraham, from the tribe of Benjamin. . . .

smoke

Psalm 79:5
How long, O LORD? Will You be angry forever? Will Your jealousy burn like fire?

Deuteronomy 29:20
The LORD will never be willing to forgive him. Instead, His anger and jealousy will burn against that man, and every curse written in this book will fall upon him. The LORD will blot out his name from under heaven

the sheep

Psalm 79:13
Then we Your people, the sheep of Your pasture, will thank You forever; from generation to generation, we will declare Your praise.

Psalm 95:7
For He is our God, and we are the people of His pasture, the sheep under His care. Today, if you hear His voice,

Psalm 100:3
Know that the LORD is God. It is He who made us, and we are His; we are His people, and the sheep of His pasture.

Jeremiah 23:1
"Woe to the shepherds who destroy and scatter the sheep of My pasture!" declares the LORD.

Ezekiel 34:8, 31
As surely as I live, declares the Lord GOD, because My flock lacks a shepherd and has become prey and food for every wild beast, and because My shepherds did not search for My flock but fed themselves instead, . . .

Luke 12:32
Do not be afraid, little flock, for your Father is pleased to give you the kingdom.

John 10:26-30
But because you are not My sheep, you refuse to believe. . . .