| 74 | Psalms | Reference | |
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| [A Maskil of Asaph.] | |||
| O God, why dost thou cast us off for ever? Why does thy anger smoke against the sheep of thy pasture? | National Lament over a Devastated Land. Psalm 74(v73) | ||
| Remember thy congregation, which thou hast gotten of old, which thou hast redeemed to be the tribe of thy heritage! Remember Mount Zion, where thou hast dwelt. | |||
| Direct thy steps to the perpetual ruins; the enemy has destroyed everything in the sanctuary! | |||
| Thy foes have roared in the midst of thy holy place; they set up their own signs for signs. | |||
| At the upper entrance they hacked the wooden trellis with axes. | |||
| And then all its carved wood they broke down with hatchets and hammers. | |||
| They set thy sanctuary on fire; to the ground they desecrated the dwelling place of thy name. | |||
| They said to themselves, "We will utterly subdue them"; they burned all the meeting places of God in the land. | |||
| We do not see our signs; there is no longer any prophet, and there is none among us who knows how long. | |||
| How long, O God, is the foe to scoff? Is the enemy to revile thy name for ever? | |||
| Why dost thou hold back thy hand, why dost thou keep thy right hand in thy bosom? | |||
| Yet God my King is from of old, working salvation in the midst of the earth. | |||
| Thou didst divide the sea by thy might; thou didst break the heads of the dragons on the waters. | |||
| Thou didst crush the heads of Leviathan, thou didst give him as food for the creatures of the wilderness. | |||
| Thou didst cleave open springs and brooks; thou didst dry up ever-flowing streams. | |||
| Thine is the day, thine also the night; thou hast established the luminaries and the sun. | |||
| Thou hast fixed all the bounds of the earth; thou hast made summer and winter. | |||
| Remember this, O LORD, how the enemy scoffs, and an impious people reviles thy name. | |||
| Do not deliver the soul of thy dove to the wild beasts; do not forget the life of thy poor for ever. | |||
| Have regard for thy covenant; for the dark places of the land are full of the habitations of violence. | |||
| Let not the downtrodden be put to shame; let the poor and needy praise thy name. | |||
| Arise, O God, plead thy cause; remember how the impious scoff at thee all the day! | |||
| Do not forget the clamour of thy foes, the uproar of thy adversaries which goes up continually! | |||
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