PSALM 74

PSALM 74

Maschil of Asaph.

¹ O God, why hast thou cast us off for ever? why doth thine anger smoke against the sheep of thy pasture?  ² Remember thy congregation, which thou hast purchased of old; the rod^a of thine inheritance, which thou hast redeemed; this mount Zion, wherein thou hast dwelt.  ³ Lift up thy feet unto the perpetual desolations; even all that the enemy hath done wickedly in the sanctuary. ⁴ Thine enemies roar in the midst of thy congregations; they set up their ensigns for signs. ⁵ A man was famous according as he had lifted up axes upon the thick trees. ⁶ But now they break down the carved work thereof at once with axes and hammers. ⁷ They have cast^b fire into thy sanctuary, they have defiled by casting down the dwelling place of thy name to the ground.  ⁸ They said in their hearts, Let us destroy^c them together: they have burned up all the synagogues of God in the land.  ⁹ We see not our signs: there is no more any prophet: neither is there among us any that knoweth how long. ¹⁰ O God, how long shall the adversary reproach? shall the enemy blaspheme thy name for ever? ¹¹ Why withdrawest thou thy hand, even thy right hand? pluck it out of thy bosom.

¹²For God is my King of old, working salvation in the midst of the earth. ¹³ Thou didst divide^d the sea by thy strength: thou brakest the heads of the dragons in the waters.  ¹⁴ Thou brakest the heads of leviathan in pieces, and gavest him to be meat to the people inhabiting the wilderness. ¹⁵ Thou didst cleave the fountain and the flood: thou driedst up mighty^e rivers.  ¹⁶ The day is thine, the night also is thine: thou hast prepared the light and the sun. ¹⁷ Thou hast set all the borders of the earth: thou hast made^f summer and winter. 

¹⁸Remember this, that the enemy hath reproached, O LORD, and that the foolish people have blasphemed thy name. ¹⁹ O deliver not the soul of thy turtledove unto the multitude of the wicked: forget not the congregation of thy poor for ever. ²⁰ Have respect unto the covenant: for the dark places of the earth are full of the habitations of cruelty. ²¹ O let not the oppressed return ashamed: let the poor and needy praise thy name. ²² Arise, O God, plead thine own cause: remember how the foolish man reproacheth thee daily. ²³ Forget not the voice of thine enemies: the tumult of those that rise up against thee increaseth^g continually. 

The Holy Bible

King James Version

The Holy Bible : King James Version. 1995. Oak Harbor, WA: Logos Research Systems, Inc.

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^a rod: or, tribe

^b They have cast...: Heb. They have sent thy sanctuary unto the fire

^c destroy: Heb. break

^d divide: Heb. break

^e mighty...: Heb. rivers of strength

^f made: Heb. made them

^g increaseth: Heb. ascendeth