Psalm 74
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1A Maskil of Asaph. Why have You rejected us forever, God? Why does Your anger burn against the sheep of Your pasture? 1O God, why do you cast us off forever? Why does your anger smoke against the sheep of your pasture?
2Remember Your congregation, which You purchased long ago and redeemed as the tribe for Your own possession. Remember Mount Zion where You dwell. 2Remember your congregation, which you have purchased of old, which you have redeemed to be the tribe of your heritage! Remember Mount Zion, where you have dwelt.
3Make Your way to the everlasting ruins, to all that the enemy has destroyed in the sanctuary. 3Direct your steps to the perpetual ruins; the enemy has destroyed everything in the sanctuary!
4Your adversaries roared in the meeting place where You met with us. They set up their emblems as signs. 4Your foes have roared in the midst of your meeting place; they set up their own signs for signs.
5It was like men in a thicket of trees, wielding axes, 5They were like those who swing axes in a forest of trees.
6then smashing all the carvings with hatchets and picks. 6And all its carved wood they broke down with hatchets and hammers.
7They set Your sanctuary on fire; they utterly desecrated the dwelling place of Your name. 7They set your sanctuary on fire; they profaned the dwelling place of your name, bringing it down to the ground.
8They said in their hearts," Let us oppress them relentlessly." They burned down every place throughout the land where God met with us. 8They said to themselves, “We will utterly subdue them”; they burned all the meeting places of God in the land.
9There are no signs for us to see. There is no longer a prophet. And none of us knows how long this will last. 9We do not see our signs; there is no longer any prophet, and there is none among us who knows how long.
10God, how long will the enemy mock? Will the foe insult Your name forever? 10How long, O God, is the foe to scoff? Is the enemy to revile your name forever?
11Why do You hold back Your hand? Stretch out Your right hand and destroy them! 11Why do you hold back your hand, your right hand? Take it from the fold of your garment and destroy them!
12God my King is from ancient times, performing saving acts on the earth. 12Yet God my King is from of old, working salvation in the midst of the earth.
13You divided the sea with Your strength; You smashed the heads of the sea monsters in the waters; 13You divided the sea by your might; you broke the heads of the sea monsters on the waters.
14You crushed the heads of Leviathan; You fed him to the creatures of the desert. 14You crushed the heads of Leviathan; you gave him as food for the creatures of the wilderness.
15You opened up springs and streams; You dried up ever-flowing rivers. 15You split open springs and brooks; you dried up ever-flowing streams.
16The day is Yours, also the night; You established the moon and the sun. 16Yours is the day, yours also the night; you have established the heavenly lights and the sun.
17You set all the boundaries of the earth; You made summer and winter. 17You have fixed all the boundaries of the earth; you have made summer and winter.
18Remember this: the enemy has mocked Yahweh, and a foolish people has insulted Your name. 18Remember this, O LORD, how the enemy scoffs, and a foolish people reviles your name.
19Do not give the life of Your dove to beasts; do not forget the lives of Your poor people forever. 19Do not deliver the soul of your dove to the wild beasts; do not forget the life of your poor forever.
20Consider the covenant, for the dark places of the land are full of violence. 20Have regard for the covenant, for the dark places of the land are full of the habitations of violence.
21Do not let the oppressed turn away in shame; let the poor and needy praise Your name. 21Let not the downtrodden turn back in shame; let the poor and needy praise your name.
22Rise up, God, defend Your cause! Remember the insults that fools bring against You all day long. 22Arise, O God, defend your cause; remember how the foolish scoff at you all the day!
23Do not forget the clamor of Your adversaries, the tumult of Your opponents that goes up constantly. 23Do not forget the clamor of your foes, the uproar of those who rise against you, which goes up continually!
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Psalm 73
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