Psalms:74

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* A contemplation by Asaph . God , why have you rejected us forever ? Why does your anger smolder against the sheep of your pasture ? * Remember your congregation , which you purchased of old , which you have redeemed to be the tribe of your inheritance ; Mount Zion , in which you have lived . * Lift up your feet to the perpetual ruins , all the evil that the enemy has done in the sanctuary . * Your adversaries have roared in the midst of your assembly . They have set up their standards as signs . * They behaved like men wielding axes , cutting through a thicket of trees . * Now they break all its carved work down with hatchet and hammers . * They have burned your sanctuary to the ground . They have profaned the dwelling place of your Name . * They said in their heart , "We will crush them completely ." They have burned up all the places in the land where God was worshiped . * We see no miraculous signs . There is no longer any prophet , neither is there among us anyone who knows how long . * How long , God , shall the adversary reproach ? Shall the enemy blaspheme your name forever ? * Why do you draw back your hand , even your right hand ? Take it out of your pocket and consume them ! * Yet God is my King of old , working salvation in the midst of the earth . * You divided the sea by your strength . You broke the heads of the sea monsters in the waters . * You broke the heads of Leviathan in pieces . You gave him as food to people and desert creatures . * You opened up spring and stream . You dried up mighty rivers . * The day is yours , the night is also yours . You have prepared the light and the sun . * You have set all the boundaries of the earth . You have made summer and winter . * Remember this , that the enemy has mocked you , Yahweh . Foolish people have blasphemed your name . * Don 't deliver the soul of your dove to wild beasts . Don 't forget the life of your poor forever . * Honor your covenant , for haunts of violence fill the dark places of the earth . * Don 't let the oppressed return ashamed . Let the poor and needy praise your name . * Arise , God ! Plead your own cause . Remember how the foolish man mocks you all day . * Don 't forget the voice of your adversaries . The tumult of those who rise up against you ascends continually .

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