Psalms:74

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* O God , why have You cast us off forever ? Why does Your anger smoke against the sheep of Your pasture ? * Remember Your congregation , which You have purchased of old , The tribe of Your inheritance , which You have redeemed -- This Mount Zion where You have dwelt . * Lift up Your feet to the perpetual desolations . The enemy has damaged everything in the sanctuary . * Your enemies roar in the midst of Your meeting place ; They set up their banners for signs . * They seem like men who lift up Axes among the thick trees . * And now they break down its carved work , all at once , With axes and hammers . * They have set fire to Your sanctuary ; They have defiled the dwelling place of Your name to the ground . * They said in their hearts , "Let us destroy them altogether ." They have burned up all the meeting places of God in the land . * We do not see our signs ; There is no longer any prophet ; Nor is there any among us who knows how long . * O God , how long will the adversary reproach ? Will the enemy blaspheme Your name forever ? * Why do You withdraw Your hand , even Your right hand ? Take it out of Your bosom and destroy them . * For God is my King from of old , Working salvation in the midst of the earth . * You divided the sea by Your strength ; You broke the heads of the sea serpents in the waters . * You broke the heads of Leviathan in pieces , And gave him as food to the people inhabiting the wilderness . * You broke open the fountain and the flood ; You dried up mighty rivers . * The day is Yours , the night also is Yours ; You have prepared the light and the sun . * You have set all the borders of the earth ; You have made summer and winter . * Remember this , that the enemy has reproached , O LORD , And that a foolish people has blasphemed Your name . * Oh , do not deliver the life of Your turtledove to the wild beast ! Do not forget the life of Your poor forever . * Have respect to the covenant ; For the dark places of the earth are full of the haunts of cruelty . * Oh , do not let the oppressed return ashamed ! Let the poor and needy praise Your name . * Arise , O God , plead Your own cause ; Remember how the foolish man reproaches You daily . * Do not forget the voice of Your enemies ; The tumult of those who rise up against You increases continually .

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