...remembrance my song in the night : I commune with mine own heart, and my spirit made diligent search. 7 Will the Lord cast off for ever ? and will he be favourable no more ? 8 Is his mercy clean gone for ever ? doth his promise fail for evermore ? 9 Hath God forgotten to...

...his impatience not a word. In the 77th Psalm, what sad expostulations are these the Psalmist uses ! " Will he be favourable no more ? Is his mercy clean...gracious ? Hath he in anger shut up his tender mercies?" But see how he corrects them, ver. 10 : Then I said, this is my infirmity, but I will remember the...

...guilt. During the gloomy period in which God seemed to suspend Divine mercy, he would feelingly inquire, Will the Lord cast off for ever, and will he be favourable...fail for evermore ? Hath God forgotten to be gracious ? On the answer to these strong interrogatories, all his hopes rested. The eternal God pitied his distress,...

...regard to the fornier, does it not equally put to us the affecting questions, " Will he be favorable no more ? Is his mercy clean gone for ever ? Doth his promise fail for evermore ?" No : it is impossible. Who2 D ever shall attempt to persuade me that there can come a period when...

...good cause for this change of his proceeding ? Shall we suspect that his nature is entirely altered ? Hath God forgotten to be gracious ? Hath he in anger shut up his tender mercies ? No ; let us say with the Psalmist, This is my injirmity ; but I will remember the 'works of the Lord....

...present ease, of good men, that he attends. When under the impatience of sorrow we exclaim, Hath he forgotten to be gracious ? hath he in anger shut up his tender mercies ? we recollect not in whose hands we are. His compassion is not diminished, when its operations are...

...overwhelmed. Thou holdest mine eyes waking : I am so troubled that I cannot speak. Will the Lord cast me off for ever? and will he be favourable no more? Is his promise clean gone for ever? Doth his promise fail for evermore ? Hath God forgotten to be gracious?...

...remembrance my song in the night: I commune with mine own heart, and my spirit made diligent search. Will the Lord cast off for ever ? and will he be favourable...gracious ? hath he in anger shut up his tender mercies ? Selah.- O Lord, open thou my lips ; and my mouth shall shew forth thy praise. Make me to hear joy...

...Job 35: 15, 'he hath not visited in his anger', or from the incredulous questions of the psalmist, 'Hath God forgotten to be gracious? Hath he in anger shut up his tender mercies?' (Ps. 77: 9). A beautiful reminder that God's nature is merciful rather than wrathful comes from Micah:...

...perplexed by their troubles. The Psalmist asks, "Will the Lord cast off for ever? and will he be favorable no more? Is his mercy clean gone for ever? doth his promise fail for evermore?" (vv. 7-8). Then he says, "This is my infirmity" (v. 10). To say that the Lord has given us up is our...