מַרְעִית

A Maskil of Asaph. Why have You rejected us forever, O God? Why does Your anger smolder against the sheep of Your pasture?

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

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

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.

…to say to the prisoners, ‘Come out,’ and to those in darkness, ‘Show yourselves.’ They will feed along the pathways, and find pasture on every barren hill.

For the shepherds have become senseless; they do not seek the LORD. Therefore they have not prospered, and all their flock is scattered.

“Woe to the shepherds who destroy and scatter the sheep of My pasture!” declares the LORD.

Hear the cry of the shepherds, the wailing of the leaders of the flock, for the LORD is destroying their pasture.

‘You are My flock, the sheep of My pasture, My people, and I am your God,’ declares the Lord GOD.”

When they had pasture, they became satisfied; when they were satisfied, their hearts became proud, and as a result they forgot Me.