Contradictions and Paradoxes in Psalms 77:1

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Psalms 77:1 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Psalms 77:1. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to the book of Psalms, when someone cries out to God with their voice, God listens to them. It teaches that God hears us when we call out to Him.

Psalms 77:1: [To the chief Musician, to Jeduthun, A Psalm of Asaph.] I cried unto God with my voice, [even] unto God with my voice; and he gave ear unto me. [of: or, for]

Contradiction with Job 30:20

Job cries out for help, but feels that God does not hear him, contrasting with the confidence in being heard in Psalms 77:1.

Job 30:20: I cry unto thee, and thou dost not hear me: I stand up, and thou regardest me [not].

Contradiction with Isaiah 59:2

This verse speaks about sin separating people from God so that He does not hear, which can contradict the assurance of God hearing in Psalms 77:1.

Isaiah 59:2: But your iniquities have separated between you and your God, and your sins have hid [his] face from you, that he will not hear. [have hid: or, have made him hide]

Contradiction with Lamentations 3:8

Even when crying and shouting for help, the speaker feels prayers are shut out, opposing the belief in Psalms 77:1 of being heard by God.

Lamentations 3:8: Also when I cry and shout, he shutteth out my prayer.

Contradiction with Ezekiel 8:18

God declares He will not listen to their cry, contradicting the hopeful expectation of being heard in Psalms 77:1.

Ezekiel 8:18: Therefore will I also deal in fury: mine eye shall not spare, neither will I have pity: and though they cry in mine ears with a loud voice, [yet] will I not hear them.

Contradiction with Micah 3:4

God will hide His face and not listen to them, opposing the assurance of being heard in Psalms 77:1.

Micah 3:4: Then shall they cry unto the LORD, but he will not hear them: he will even hide his face from them at that time, as they have behaved themselves ill in their doings.

Contradiction with Proverbs 1:28

They will call on God, but He will not answer, contrasting the assurance given in Psalms 77:1 of God hearing cries.

Proverbs 1:28: Then shall they call upon me, but I will not answer; they shall seek me early, but they shall not find me:
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