Psalms:74:1-23
rsv@Psalms:74:1 @ A Maskil of Asaph.
rsv@Psalms:74:2 @ O God, why dost thou cast us off for ever? Why does thy anger smoke against the sheep of thy pasture?
rsv@Psalms:74:3 @ Remember thy congregation, which thou hast gotten of old, which thou hast redeemed to be the tribe of thy heritage! Remember Mount Zion, where thou hast dwelt.
rsv@Psalms:74:4 @ Direct thy steps to the perpetual ruins; the enemy has destroyed everything in the sanctuary!
rsv@Psalms:74:5 @ Thy foes have roared in the midst of thy holy place; they set up their own signs for signs.
rsv@Psalms:74:6 @ At the upper entrance they hacked the wooden trellis with axes.
rsv@Psalms:74:7 @ And then all its carved wood they broke down with hatchets and hammers.
rsv@Psalms:74:8 @ They set thy sanctuary on fire; to the ground they desecrated the dwelling place of thy name.
rsv@Psalms:74:9 @ They said to themselves, "We will utterly subdue them"; they burned all the meeting places of God in the land.
rsv@Psalms:74:10 @ We do not see our signs; there is no longer any prophet, and there is none among us who knows how long.
rsv@Psalms:74:11 @ How long, O God, is the foe to scoff? Is the enemy to revile thy name for ever?
rsv@Psalms:74:12 @ Why dost thou hold back thy hand, why dost thou keep thy right hand in thy bosom?
rsv@Psalms:74:13 @ Yet God my King is from of old, working salvation in the midst of the earth.
rsv@Psalms:74:14 @ Thou didst divide the sea by thy might; thou didst break the heads of the dragons on the waters.
rsv@Psalms:74:15 @ Thou didst crush the heads of Leviathan, thou didst give him as food for the creatures of the wilderness.
rsv@Psalms:74:16 @ Thou didst cleave open springs and brooks; thou didst dry up ever-flowing streams.
rsv@Psalms:74:17 @ Thine is the day, thine also the night; thou hast established the luminaries and the sun.
rsv@Psalms:74:18 @ Thou hast fixed all the bounds of the earth; thou hast made summer and winter.
rsv@Psalms:74:19 @ Remember this, O LORD, how the enemy scoffs, and an impious people reviles thy name.
rsv@Psalms:74:20 @ Do not deliver the soul of thy dove to the wild beasts; do not forget the life of thy poor for ever.
rsv@Psalms:74:21 @ Have regard for thy covenant; for the dark places of the land are full of the habitations of violence.
rsv@Psalms:74:22 @ Let not the downtrodden be put to shame; let the poor and needy praise thy name.
rsv@Psalms:74:23 @ Arise, O God, plead thy cause; remember how the impious scoff at thee all the day! [ (Psalms strkjv@74:24) Do not forget the clamor of thy foes, the uproar of thy adversaries which goes up continually! ]
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