Psalms:74

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* A Lesson , of Asaph . O God , have You cast us off forever ; will Your anger smoke against the sheep of Your pasture ? * Remember Your congregation ; You purchased them in days before ; You redeemed us as the rod of Your inheritance , this Mount Zion in which You have dwelt . * Lift up Your steps to the perpetual desolations , the enemy who has done all evil in the sanctuary . * Your vexers have roared in the middle of Your congregation ; they set up their own signs for signs . * He is known as one bringing axes in on high , against the thick trees . * And now together they break down its carved work with the axe and hammers . * They have cast fire in Your sanctuary ; they have polluted the place where Your name dwells on the earth . * They said in their hearts , Let us rage against them together ; they have burned up all the meeting-places of God in the land . * We did not see our signs ; there is no longer a prophet ; nor any among us who knows until when . * O God , until when shall the enemy defame You ? Shall the enemy scorn Your name forever ? * Why do You withdraw Your hand , even Your right hand ? From out of Your bosom , consume them . * For God is my King of old , who works salvation in the midst of the land . * You broke the sea by Your strength ; You burst the heads of sea-monsters in the waters . * You cracked open the heads of leviathan ; You gave him to be food for the people of the wilderness . * You divided the fountain and the torrent ; You dried up mighty rivers . * The day is Yours , the night is also Yours . You have established the light and the sun . * You have fixed the boundaries of the earth ; You have formed the summer and winter . * Remember this : the enemy has defamed , O Jehovah ; and a foolish people have scorned Your name . * Do not give the soul of Your turtledove to the wild beasts ; You will not forever forget the life of Your afflicted ones . * Look to Your covenant ; for the dark places of the earth are full , the abodes of violence . * O let not the ill-treated ones turn back ashamed ; let the poor and needy praise Your name . * Arise , O God , contend for Your cause ; remember Your reproach from the fool all the day . * Do not forget the voice of Your enemies ; the noise of those rising up against You is going up continually .

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