Psalms:74:3-11
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?