Psalm 74
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1Why, God? Have you rejected us forever? Your anger is burning against the sheep of your pasture.1A maskil of Asaph. O God, why have you rejected us forever? Why does your anger smolder against the sheep of your pasture?
2Remember your community, whom you purchased long ago, the tribe whom you redeemed for your possession. Remember Mount Zion, where you live.2Remember the nation you purchased long ago, the people of your inheritance, whom you redeemed-- Mount Zion, where you dwelt.
3Hurry! Look at the permanent ruins— every calamity the enemy brought upon the Holy Place.3Turn your steps toward these everlasting ruins, all this destruction the enemy has brought on the sanctuary.
4Those who are opposing you roar where we were meeting with you; they unfurl their war banners as signs.4Your foes roared in the place where you met with us; they set up their standards as signs.
5As one blazes a trail through a forest with an ax,5They behaved like men wielding axes to cut through a thicket of trees.
6now they're tearing down all its carved work with hatchets and hammers.6They smashed all the carved paneling with their axes and hatchets.
7They burned your sanctuary to the ground, desecrating your dwelling place.7They burned your sanctuary to the ground; they defiled the dwelling place of your Name.
8They say to themselves, "We'll crush them completely;" They burned down all the meeting places of God in the land.8They said in their hearts, "We will crush them completely!" They burned every place where God was worshiped in the land.
9We see no signs for us; there is no longer a prophet, and no one among us knows the future. 9We are given no signs from God; no prophets are left, and none of us knows how long this will be.
10God, how long will the adversary scorn while the enemy despises your name endlessly?10How long will the enemy mock you, God? Will the foe revile your name forever?
11Why do you not withdraw your hand— your right hand—from your bosom and destroy them? 11Why do you hold back your hand, your right hand? Take it from the folds of your garment and destroy them!
12But God is my king from ancient times, who brings acts of deliverance throughout the earth.12But God is my King from long ago; he brings salvation on the earth.
13You split the sea by your own power. You shattered the heads of sea monsters in the water.13It was you who split open the sea by your power; you broke the heads of the monster in the waters.
14You crushed the heads of Leviathan. You set it as food for desert creatures. 14It was you who crushed the heads of Leviathan and gave it as food to the creatures of the desert.
15You opened both the spring and the river; you dried up flowing rivers.15It was you who opened up springs and streams; you dried up the ever-flowing rivers.
16Yours is the day, and yours is the night; you established the moon and the sun.16The day is yours, and yours also the night; you established the sun and moon.
17You set all the boundaries of the earth; you made summer and winter.17It was you who set all the boundaries of the earth; you made both summer and winter.
18Remember this: The enemy scorns the LORD and a foolish people despises your name.18Remember how the enemy has mocked you, LORD, how foolish people have reviled your name.
19Don't hand over the life of your dove to beasts; do not continuously forget your afflicted ones.19Do not hand over the life of your dove to wild beasts; do not forget the lives of your afflicted people forever.
20Pay attention to your covenant, for the dark regions of the earth are full of violence.20Have regard for your covenant, because haunts of violence fill the dark places of the land.
21Don't let the oppressed return in humiliation. The poor and needy will praise your name.21Do not let the oppressed retreat in disgrace; may the poor and needy praise your name.
22Get up, God, and prosecute your case— remember that you're being scorned by fools all day long.22Rise up, O God, and defend your cause; remember how fools mock you all day long.
23Don't ignore the shout of those opposing you, The uproar of those who rebel against you continuously.23Do not ignore the clamor of your adversaries, the uproar of your enemies, which rises continually.
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