Psalm 74

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.