Psalms 74 Parallel Bible Translations

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1 Understanding to Asaph. Wherefore, O God, didst thou reject forever? will thine anger smoke against the sheep of thy feeding? O God, why do you cast us off forever? Why does your anger smoke against the sheep of your pasture? A maskil of Asaph. O God, why have you rejected us forever? Why does your anger smolder against the sheep of your pasture?
2 Remember thine assembly thou didst purchase of old; thou didst redeem the rod of thine inheritance; this mount Zion thou didst dwell in it. Remember 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. Remember the nation you purchased long ago, the people of your inheritance, whom you redeemed— Mount Zion, where you dwelt.
3 Lift up thy steps to desolations forever; all the evil of the enemy in the holy place. Direct your steps to the perpetual ruins; the enemy has destroyed everything in the sanctuary! Turn your steps toward these everlasting ruins, all this destruction the enemy has brought on the sanctuary.
4 Thine enemies roared in the midst of thine appointment; they set their signs, signs. Your foes have roared in the midst of your meeting place; they set up their own signs for signs. Your foes roared in the place where you met with us; they set up their standards as signs.
5 It will be known according to bringing the axes upwards upon the thicket of wood. They were like those who swing axes in a forest of trees. They behaved like men wielding axes to cut through a thicket of trees.
6 And now with axes and hammers they will beat her engravings. And all its carved wood they broke down with hatchets and hammers. They smashed all the carved paneling with their axes and hatchets.
7 They cast thy holy place into fire, to the earth they defiled the tent of thy name. They set your sanctuary on fire; they profaned the dwelling place of your name, bringing it down to the ground. They burned your sanctuary to the ground; they defiled the dwelling place of your Name.
8 They said in their heart, We will rage against them together: they burnt up all the appointments of God in the earth. They said to themselves, “We will utterly subdue them”; they burned all the meeting places of God in the land. They said in their hearts, “We will crush them completely!” They burned every place where God was worshiped in the land.
9 We saw not our signs, no more a prophet: and not with us will it be known how long. We do not see our signs; there is no longer any prophet, and there is none among us who knows how long. We are given no signs from God; no prophets are left, and none of us knows how long this will be.
10 How long, O God, shall the enemy reproach? Shall the enemy despise thy name forever? How long, O God, is the foe to scoff? Is the enemy to revile your name forever? How long will the enemy mock you, God? Will the foe revile your name forever?
11 Wherefore wilt thou turn back thy hand, and thy right hand? from the midst of thy bosom completely. Why do you hold back your hand, your right hand? Take it from the fold of your garment and destroy them! Why do you hold back your hand, your right hand? Take it from the folds of your garment and destroy them!
12 And God my king of old working salvations in the midst of the earth. Yet God my King is from of old, working salvation in the midst of the earth. But God is my King from long ago; he brings salvation on the earth.
13 Thou didst cleave the sea in thy strength: thou didst break the heads of the dragons upon the waters. You divided the sea by your might; you broke the heads of the sea monsters on the waters. It was you who split open the sea by your power; you broke the heads of the monster in the waters.
14 Thou didst break the heads of the sea monster, thou wilt give him for food to the people, to the inhabitants of the desert. You crushed the heads of Leviathan; you gave him as food for the creatures of the wilderness. It was you who crushed the heads of Leviathan and gave it as food to the creatures of the desert.
15 Thou didst cleave asunder the fountain and the torrent: thou driedst up the rivers of strength. You split open springs and brooks; you dried up ever-flowing streams. It was you who opened up springs and streams; you dried up the ever-flowing rivers.
16 To thee the day, also to thee the night: thou didst prepare the light and the sun. Yours is the day, yours also the night; you have established the heavenly lights and the sun. The day is yours, and yours also the night; you established the sun and moon.
17 Thou didst set all the bounds of the earth: summer and autumn thou didst form them. You have fixed all the boundaries of the earth; you have made summer and winter. It was you who set all the boundaries of the earth; you made both summer and winter.
18 Remember this, the enemy reproached Jehovah, and the foolish people despised thy name. Remember this, O LORD, how the enemy scoffs, and a foolish people reviles your name. Remember how the enemy has mocked you, LORD, how foolish people have reviled your name.
19 Thou wilt not give the soul of thy turtle-dove to the beast: the life of thy poor thou wilt not forget forever. Do not deliver the soul of your dove to the wild beasts; do not forget the life of your poor forever. Do not hand over the life of your dove to wild beasts; do not forget the lives of your afflicted people forever.
20 Look to thy covenant: for the dark places of the earth were filled with habitations of violence. Have regard for the covenant, for the dark places of the land are full of the habitations of violence. Have regard for your covenant, because haunts of violence fill the dark places of the land.
21 The poor one shall not turn back ashamed: the humble and the needy shall praise thy name. Let not the downtrodden turn back in shame; let the poor and needy praise your name. Do not let the oppressed retreat in disgrace; may the poor and needy praise your name.
22 Arise, O God, contend thy contention: remember thy reproach from the foolish all the day. Arise, O God, defend your cause; remember how the foolish scoff at you all the day! Rise up, O God, and defend your cause; remember how fools mock you all day long.
23 Thou wilt not forget the voice of thine adversaries: the pride of them rising up against thee going up always. Do not forget the clamor of your foes, the uproar of those who rise against you, which goes up continually! Do not ignore the clamor of your adversaries, the uproar of your enemies, which rises continually.
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