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Nevertheless He Regarded Their Affliction
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His "Nevertheless" is older than your worst chapter.
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They angered Him also at the waters of strife, So that it went ill with Moses for their sakes, Because they provoked his spirit, So that he spoke rashly with his lips. They did not destroy the peoples, Concerning whom the Lord commanded them, But were mingled among the nations And learned their works. They served their idols, Which became a snare to them. They even sacrificed their sons And their daughters to demons, And shed innocent blood— The blood of their sons and daughters, Whom they sacrificed to the idols of Canaan; And the land was polluted with blood. Thus they were defiled by their own works, And played the harlot by their own inventions. Therefore the wrath of the Lord was kindled against His people, So that He abhorred His own inheritance. And He gave them into the hand of the nations, And those who hated them ruled over them. Their enemies also oppressed them, And they were brought into subjection under their hand. Many times He delivered them, But they rebelled in their counsel And were brought low for their iniquity. Nevertheless He regarded their affliction When He heard their cry; And He remembered His covenant for them And relented according to the multitude of His mercies. He also made them to be pitied By all those who carried them away captive. Save us, O Lord our God, And gather us from among the nations, To give thanks to Your holy name, To triumph in Your praise. Blessed be the Lord God of Israel From everlasting to everlasting. And let all the people say, “Amen!” Praise the Lord.
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Psalm 106C: Nevertheless He Regarded Their Affliction
When you need to remember — that You're still my Shepherd.
What's Going On…
You can carry guilt about specific things you have done — actions or compromises you cannot put back, choices that hurt people you love — and quietly assume they have moved you outside the reach of mercy. Not because anyone said it. Because you cannot imagine a God whose patience holds for that.
You do not need a sermon about grace. You need the truth that the same God who watched Israel sacrifice its own children to idols still heard their cry when they finally turned and called.
What It Means
This passage is brutal about how far they went. "They were defiled by their own works, and played the harlot by their own inventions. Therefore the wrath of the Lord was kindled against His people, so that He abhorred His own inheritance." That is the word "abhorred" used about His own people. The text does not soften it. Then comes the cycle: He gave them into the hand of the nations, enemies oppressed them, "many times He delivered them, but they rebelled in their counsel and were brought low for their iniquity." The rebellion was a pattern.
And then the line that should change how you understand mercy: "Nevertheless He regarded their affliction when He heard their cry; and He remembered His covenant for them and relented according to the multitude of His mercies." Nevertheless. After all of it. He regarded. He remembered. He relented.
The close is testimony of His character even in their captivity: "He also made them to be pitied by all those who carried them away captive." Even when they were under judgment, He was still working tenderness toward them. Then the cry: "Save us, O Lord our God, and gather us from among the nations, to give thanks to Your holy name." And the doxology: "Blessed be the Lord God of Israel from everlasting to everlasting. And let all the people say, 'Amen!' Praise the Lord."
Right Here, Right Now
• Right now, name out loud one specific thing you have been carrying like it puts you outside His mercy — and follow it with: "Nevertheless He regards my affliction when I cry."
• Write this down: "Where have I been treating my failure as bigger than His covenant?"
• Repeat this line when shame circles back: "He remembered His covenant... and relented according to the multitude of His mercies."
Selah
Stop. Breathe. Let "Nevertheless" weigh more than whatever you have been hiding from Him. Then tell Him exactly where you need His mercy to outrun your failure — out loud if you can.
Prayer
God, I have been carrying things I assumed put me outside Your reach.
You have watched worse than mine and still regarded the cry of those You loved.
Forgive me where I have rebelled in my own counsel and been brought low for my iniquity.
Remember Your covenant for me and relent according to the multitude of Your mercies.
Save me, gather me, and let all of me say "Amen" to who You are.
You're still my Shepherd.
Stay Strong
His "Nevertheless" is older than your worst chapter.
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