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Psalm 74
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Psalm 74 . 1
1 A Maskil of Asaph. Why have You rejected us forever, O God? Why does Your anger smolder against the sheep of Your pasture?IPPsalms 74:1-2TOSKPsalm 74:1
Psalm 74 . 2
2 Remember Your congregation, which You purchased long ago and redeemed as the tribe of Your inheritance—Mount Zion where You dwell.IPPsalms 74:1-2TOSKPsalm 74:2
Psalm 74 . 3
3 Turn Your steps to the everlasting ruins, to everything in the sanctuary the enemy has destroyed.TOSKPsalm 74:3
Psalm 74 . 4
4 Your foes have roared within Your meeting place; they have unfurled their banners as signs,CPsalm 74:4-11TOSKPsalm 74:4
Psalm 74 . 5
5 like men wielding axes in a thicket of treesCPsalm 74:4-11TOSKPsalm 74:5
Psalm 74 . 6
6 and smashing all the carvings with hatchets and picks.CPsalm 74:4-11TOSKPsalm 74:6
Psalm 74 . 7
7 They have burned Your sanctuary to the ground; they have defiled the dwelling place of Your Name.CPsalm 74:4-11TOSKPsalm 74:7
Psalm 74 . 8
8 They said in their hearts, “We will crush them completely.” They burned down every place where God met us in the land.CPsalm 74:4-11TOSKPsalm 74:8
Psalm 74 . 9
9 There are no signs for us to see. There is no longer any prophet. And none of us knows how long this will last.CPsalm 74:4-11TOSKPsalm 74:9
Psalm 74 . 10
10 How long, O God, will the enemy taunt You? Will the foe revile Your name forever?CPsalm 74:4-11TOSKPsalm 74:10
Psalm 74 . 11
11 Why do You withdraw Your strong right hand? Stretch it out to destroy them!CPsalm 74:4-11TOSKPsalm 74:11
Psalm 74 . 12
12 Yet God is my King from ancient times, working salvation on the earth.TOSKPsalm 74:12
Psalm 74 . 13
13 You divided the sea by Your strength; You smashed the heads of the dragons of the sea;TOSKPsalm 74:13
Psalm 74 . 14
14 You crushed the heads of Leviathan; You fed him to the creatures of the desert.TOSKPsalm 74:14
Psalm 74 . 15
15 You broke open the fountain and the flood; You dried up the ever-flowing rivers.TOSKPsalm 74:15
Psalm 74 . 16
16 The day is Yours, and also the night; You established the moon and the sun.TOSKPsalm 74:16
Psalm 74 . 17
17 You set all the boundaries of the earth; You made the summer and winter.TOSKPsalm 74:17
Psalm 74 . 18
18 Remember how the enemy has mocked You, O LORD, how a foolish people has spurned Your name.CPsalm 74:18-22TOSKPsalm 74:18
Psalm 74 . 19
19 Do not deliver the soul of Your dove to beasts; do not forget the lives of Your afflicted forever.CPsalm 74:18-22TOSKPsalm 74:19
Psalm 74 . 20
20 Consider Your covenant, for haunts of violence fill the dark places of the land.CPsalm 74:18-22TOSKPsalm 74:20
Psalm 74 . 21
21 Do not let the oppressed retreat in shame; may the poor and needy praise Your name.CPsalm 74:18-22TOSKPsalm 74:21
Psalm 74 . 22
22 Rise up, O God; defend Your cause! Remember how the fool mocks You all day long.CPsalm 74:18-22TOSKPsalm 74:22
Psalm 74 . 23
23 Do not disregard the clamor of Your adversaries, the uproar of Your enemies that ascends continually.TOSKPsalm 74:23