【Psalms】Psalm 74 << Last Chapter Next Chapter >>

74:1 A maskil of Asaph. I Why, God, have you cast us off forever? Why does youranger burn against the sheep of your pasture?

74:2 Remember your flock that you gathered of old, the tribe you redeemed as yourvery own. Remember Mount Zion where you dwell.

74:3 Turn your steps toward the utter ruins, toward the sanctuary devastated bythe enemy.

74:4 Your foes roared triumphantly in your shrine; they set up their own tokens ofvictory.

74:5 They hacked away like foresters gathering boughs, swinging their axes in athicket of trees.

74:6 They smashed all your engraved work, pounded it with hammer and pick.

74:7 They set your sanctuary on fire; the abode of your name they razed andprofaned.

74:8 They said in their hearts, "Destroy them all! Burn all the shrines of God inthe land!"

74:9 Now we see no signs, we have no prophets, no one who knows how long.

74:10 How long, O God, shall the enemy jeer? Shall the foe revile your nameforever?

74:11 Why draw back your right hand, why keep it idle beneath your cloak?II

74:12 Yet you, God, are my king from of old, winning victories throughout theearth.

74:13 You stirred up the sea in your might; you smashed the heads of the dragonson the waters.

74:14 You crushed the heads of Leviathan, tossed him for food to the sharks.

74:15 You opened up springs and torrents, brought dry land out of the primevalwaters.

74:16 Yours the day and yours the night; you set the moon and sun in place.

74:17 You fixed all the limits of the earth; summer and winter you made.

74:18 Remember how the enemy has jeered, O LORD, how a foolish people has reviledyour name.

74:19 Do not surrender to beasts those who praise you; do not forget forever thelife of your afflicted.

74:20 Look to your covenant, for the land is filled with gloom; the pastures, withviolence.

74:21 Let not the oppressed turn back in shame; may the poor and needy praise yourname.

74:22 Arise, God, defend your cause; remember the constant jeers of the fools.

74:23 Do not ignore the clamor of your foes, the unceasing uproar of your enemies.

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