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Had God forgotten to be gracious? Had his anger shut off his compassion?

These are two expressions stating similar concept of God not showing compassion. (See: rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-doublet)

Had his anger shut off his compassion

Asaph speaks of anger as if it were a person shutting a door to keep another person, compassion, from coming out, Alternate translation: "Had God stopped showing us compassion because he was angry with us" (See: rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-personification and rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-rquestion)