Psalm 74–76

Psalm LXXIV.

Maschil of Asaph.

O God, why hast thou ^acast us off for ever?

Why doth thine anger ^bsmoke against ^cthe sheep of thy pasture?

²Remember thy congregation, which ^dthou hast purchased of old;

The ^erod of ^fthine inheritance, which ^gthou hast redeemed;

This mount Zion, wherein thou hast dwelt.

³Lift up thy feet unto the perpetual ^hdesolations;

Even ⁱall that the enemy hath done wickedly in the sanctuary.

⁴Thine enemies ⁱroar in the midst of thy ^jcongregations;

^kThey set up their ensigns for signs.

⁵A man was famous according as he had lifted up

Axes upon the thick trees.

⁶But now they break down ^lthe carved work thereof

At once with axes and hammers.

^7mThey have cast fire into thy sanctuary,

ⁿThey have defiled ^oby casting down the dwelling place of thy name to the ground.

^8pThey said in their hearts, Let us destroy them together:

They have burnt up all the ^jsynagogues of God in the land.

⁹We see not our ^ksigns:

^qThere is no more any prophet:

Neither is there among us any that knoweth ^rhow long.

¹⁰O God, ^rhow long shall the adversary ^sreproach?

Shall the enemy ^sblaspheme thy name for ever?

¹¹Why ^twithdrawest thou thy hand, even thy right hand?

Pluck it out of thy bosom.

¹²For ^uGod is my King of old,

Working salvation in the midst of the earth.

^13xThou didst divide the sea by thy strength:

^yThou brakest the heads of the dragons in the waters.

¹⁴Thou brakest the heads of ^zleviathan in pieces,

And gavest ^ahim to be meat ^bto the people inhabiting the wilderness.

^15cThou didst ^dcleave the fountain and the flood:

^eThou driedst up mighty rivers.

¹⁶The day is thine, the night also is thine:

Thou hast prepared ^fthe light and the sun.

¹⁷Thou hast ^gset all the borders of the earth:

Thou hast made ^hsummer and winter.

¹⁸ⁱRemember this, that the enemy hath ^kreproached, O Lord,

And ^lthat ^mthe foolish people have ^kblasphemed thy name.

¹⁹O deliver not the soul of ⁿthy turtledove unto the ^omultitude of the wicked:

Forget not the ^ocongregation of thy poor for ever.

²⁰Have respect unto ^pthe covenant:

For ^qthe dark places of the earth are full of ^rthe habitations of cruelty.

²¹O let not ^sthe oppressed return ashamed:

Let ^tthe poor and needy praise thy name.

²²Arise, O God, ^uplead thine own cause:

ⁱRemember how the foolish man reproacheth thee daily.

²³Forget not the voice of thine enemies:

^wThe tumult of those that rise up against thee increaseth continually.

Psalm LXXV.

To the chief Musician, Al-taschith, A Psalm or Song of Asaph.

Unto thee, O God, do we give thanks, unto thee do we give thanks:

For that thy name is ^anear thy wondrous works declare.

^2bWhen I shall receive the congregation

I will judge ^cuprightly.

^3dThe earth and all the inhabitants thereof are dissolved:

I bear up ^ethe pillars of it. Selah.

⁴I said unto the ^ffools, Deal not foolishly:

And to the wicked, ^gLift not up the horn:

⁵Lift not up your horn on high:

Speak not with a ^hstiff ⁱneck.

⁶For promotion cometh neither from the east,

Nor from the west, nor from the south.

⁷But ^kGod is the judge:

^lHe putteth down one, and setteth up another.

⁸For ^min the hand of the Lord there is ⁿa cup, and the wine is red;

It is full of ^omixture; and he poureth out of the same:

But the dregs thereof, all the wicked of the earth shall ^pwring them out, and drink them.

⁹But I will declare for ever;

I will sing praises to the God of Jacob.

¹⁰All ^qthe horns of the wicked also will I cut off;

But ^rthe horns of the righteous shall be exalted.

Psalm LXXVI.

To the chief Musician on Neginoth, A Psalm or Song of Asaph.

In ^aJudah is God known:

His name is great in Israel.

²In ^bSalem also is his ^ctabernacle,

And his dwelling place in Zion.

³There ^dbrake he the ^earrows of the bow,

The shield, and the sword, and the battle. Selah.

⁴Thou art more glorious and excellent than the mountains of ^fprey.

^5gThe stouthearted are spoiled, they have ^hslept their sleep:

And none of the men of might have found their hands.

⁶At thy rebuke, O God of Jacob,

Both ⁱthe chariot and horse ^hare cast into a dead sleep.

⁷Thou, even thou, art ^rto be feared:

And who may ^kstand in thy sight when once thou art angry?

^8lThou didst cause judgment to be heard from heaven;

The earth feared, and was still,

⁹When God arose ^lto judgment,

To save all the meek of the earth. Selah.

^10mSurely the wrath of man shall praise thee:

The remainder of wrath shalt thou ⁿrestrain.

^11oVow, and pay unto the Lord your God:

^pLet all that be round about him ^qbring presents unto him that ought to be feared.

¹²He shall cut off the spirit of princes: He is ^rterrible to the kings of the earth.