Psalm 74

PSALM 74

Yet God Is My King

A ^†Maskil of Asaph.

¹Why, O God? Have You ^arejected us forever?

Why does Your anger ^bsmoke against the ^csheep of Your ¹pasture?

²Remember Your congregation, which You have ^apurchased of old,

Which You have ^bredeemed to be the ^ctribe of Your inheritance;

And this Mount ^dZion, where You have dwelt.

³Lift up Your steps toward the ^aperpetual ruins;

The enemy ^bhas damaged everything within the sanctuary.

⁴Your adversaries have ^aroared in the midst of Your meeting place;

They have set up their ^bown signs ^cfor signs.

⁵Each seems like one who lifts up

¹An ^aaxe against the undergrowth of trees.

⁶And now its ^acarved work altogether

They smash with hatchet and ¹hammers.

⁷They have ^aset Your sanctuary on fire;

By bringing it to the ground, they have ^bdefiled the dwelling place of Your name.

⁸They ^asaid in their heart, “Let us ¹completely ²subdue them.”

They have burned all the meeting places of God in the land.

⁹We do not see our ^asigns;

There is ^bno longer any prophet,

Nor is there any among us who knows ^chow long.

¹⁰How long, O God, will the adversary ^areproach?

Will the enemy ^bspurn Your name forever?

¹¹Why ^ado You turn back Your hand, even Your right hand?

From within Your bosom, ^bdestroy them!

¹²Yet God is ^amy King from of old,

Who works deeds of ¹salvation in the midst of the earth.

¹³You ^adivided the sea by Your strength;

You ^bbroke the heads of the ^csea monsters ¹in the waters.

¹⁴You crushed the heads of ^1aLeviathan;

You gave him as food for the ²creatures ^bof the desert.

¹⁵¹You ^asplit open spring and river;

²You ^bdried up ever-flowing rivers.

¹⁶Yours is the day, Yours also is the night;

¹You have ^aestablished the ²light and the sun.

¹⁷¹You have ^acaused all the boundaries of the earth to stand firm;

²You have formed ^bsummer and winter.

¹⁸Remember this, O Yahweh, that the enemy has ^areproached,

And a ^bwickedly foolish people has spurned Your name.

¹⁹Do not deliver the soul of Your ^aturtledove to the wild beast;

^bDo not forget the life of Your afflicted forever.

²⁰Look to the ^acovenant;

For the ^bdark places of the land are full of the haunts of violence.

²¹Let not the ^aoppressed return dishonored;

Let the ^bafflicted and needy praise Your name.

²²Arise, O God, and ^aplead Your own cause;

Remember ¹how the ^bwicked fool reproaches You all day long.

²³Do not forget the voice of Your ^aadversaries,

The ^brumbling of those who rise against You which ascends continually.