Psalms 74:1-7 ▼

1 A Maskil of Asaph. Why, O God? Have You rejected us forever? Why does Your anger smoke against the sheep of Your pasture?

2 Remember Your congregation, which You have purchased of old, Which You have redeemed to be the tribe of Your inheritance; And this Mount Zion, where You have dwelt.

3 Lift up Your steps toward the perpetual ruins; The enemy has damaged everything within the sanctuary.

4 Your adversaries have roared in the midst of Your meeting place; They have set up their own signs for signs.

5 Each seems like one who lifts up An axe against the undergrowth of trees.

6 And now its carved work altogether They smash with hatchet and hammers.

7 They have set Your sanctuary on fire; By bringing it to the ground, they have defiled the dwelling place of Your name.