psalter - Psalms:74

psalter@Psalms:74:1 @ O God, why have You cast us off forever? Why does Your anger smoke against the sheep of Your pasture?

psalter@Psalms:74:2 @ 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.

psalter@Psalms:74:3 @ Lift up Your feet to the perpetual desolations. The enemy has damaged everything in the sanctuary.

psalter@Psalms:74:4 @ Your enemies roar in the midst of Your meeting place; They set up their banners for signs.

psalter@Psalms:74:5 @ They seem like men who lift up Axes among the thick trees.

psalter@Psalms:74:6 @ And now they break down its carved work, all at once, With axes and hammers.

psalter@Psalms:74:7 @ They have set fire to Your sanctuary; They have defiled the dwelling place of Your name to the ground.

psalter@Psalms:74:8 @ They said in their hearts, "Let us destroy them altogether". They have burned up all the meeting places of God in the land.

psalter@Psalms:74:9 @ We do not see our signs; There is no longer any prophet; Nor is there any among us who knows how long.

psalter@Psalms:74:10 @ O God, how long will the adversary reproach? Will the enemy blaspheme Your name forever?

psalter@Psalms:74:11 @ Why do You withdraw Your hand, even Your right hand? Take it out of Your bosom and destroy them.

psalter@Psalms:74:12 @ For God is my King from of old, Working salvation in the midst of the earth.

psalter@Psalms:74:13 @ You divided the sea by Your strength; You broke the heads of the sea serpents in the waters.

psalter@Psalms:74:14 @ You broke the heads of Leviathan in pieces, And gave him as food to the people inhabiting the wilderness.

psalter@Psalms:74:15 @ You broke open the fountain and the flood; You dried up mighty rivers.

psalter@Psalms:74:16 @ The day is Yours, the night also is Yours; You have prepared the light and the sun.

psalter@Psalms:74:17 @ You have set all the borders of the earth; You have made summer and winter.

psalter@Psalms:74:18 @ Remember this, that the enemy has reproached, O LORD, And that a foolish people has blasphemed Your name.

psalter@Psalms:74:19 @ Oh, do not deliver the life of Your turtledove to the wild beast! Do not forget the life of Your poor forever.

psalter@Psalms:74:20 @ Have respect to the covenant; For the dark places of the earth are full of the haunts of cruelty.

psalter@Psalms:74:21 @ Oh, do not let the oppressed return ashamed! Let the poor and needy praise Your name.

psalter@Psalms:74:22 @ Arise, O God, plead Your own cause; Remember how the foolish man reproaches You daily.

psalter@Psalms:74:23 @ Do not forget the voice of Your enemies; The tumult of those who rise up against You increases continually.