Psalms 74 : 1 (WEB)
A contemplation by Asaph. God, why have you rejected us forever? Why does your anger smolder against the sheep of your pasture?
Psalms 74 : 2 (WEB)
Remember your congregation, which you purchased of old, Which you have redeemed to be the tribe of your inheritance; Mount Zion, in which you have lived.
Psalms 74 : 3 (WEB)
Lift up your feet to the perpetual ruins, All the evil that the enemy has done in the sanctuary.
Psalms 74 : 4 (WEB)
Your adversaries have roared in the midst of your assembly. They have set up their standards as signs.
Psalms 74 : 5 (WEB)
They behaved like men wielding axes, Cutting through a thicket of trees.
Psalms 74 : 6 (WEB)
Now all its carved work They break down with hatchet and hammers.
Psalms 74 : 7 (WEB)
They have burned your sanctuary to the ground. They have profaned the dwelling-place of your Name.
Psalms 74 : 8 (WEB)
They said in their heart, "We will crush them completely." They have burned up all the places in the land where God was worshiped.
Psalms 74 : 9 (WEB)
We see no miraculous signs. There is no longer any prophet, Neither is there among us anyone who knows how long.
Psalms 74 : 10 (WEB)
How long, God, shall the adversary reproach? Shall the enemy blaspheme your name forever?
Psalms 74 : 11 (WEB)
Why do you draw back your hand, even your right hand? Take it out of your pocket and consume them!
Psalms 74 : 12 (WEB)
Yet God is my King of old, Working salvation in the midst of the earth.
Psalms 74 : 13 (WEB)
You divided the sea by your strength. You broke the heads of the sea monsters in the waters.
Psalms 74 : 14 (WEB)
You broke the heads of Leviathan in pieces. You gave him as food to people and desert creatures.
Psalms 74 : 15 (WEB)
You opened up spring and stream. You dried up mighty rivers.
Psalms 74 : 16 (WEB)
The day is yours, the night is also yours. You have prepared the light and the sun.
Psalms 74 : 17 (WEB)
You have set all the boundaries of the earth. You have made summer and winter.
Psalms 74 : 18 (WEB)
Remember this, that the enemy has mocked you, Yahweh. Foolish people have blasphemed your name.
Psalms 74 : 19 (WEB)
Don't deliver the soul of your dove to wild beasts. Don't forget the life of your poor forever.
Psalms 74 : 20 (WEB)
Honor your covenant, For haunts of violence fill the dark places of the earth.
Psalms 74 : 21 (WEB)
Don't let the oppressed return ashamed. Let the poor and needy praise your name.
Psalms 74 : 22 (WEB)
Arise, God! Plead your own cause. Remember how the foolish man mocks you all day.
Psalms 74 : 23 (WEB)
Don't forget the voice of your adversaries. The tumult of those who rise up against you ascends continually.
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