Psalms - Chapter 74 | American Standard Version

  • 1. Maschil of Asaph. O God, why hast thou cast {cf15i us} off for ever? Why doth thine anger smoke against the sheep of thy pasture?
  • 2. Remember thy congregation, which thou hast gotten of old, Which thou hast redeemed to be the tribe of thine inheritance; {cf15i And} mount Zion, wherein thou hast dwelt.
  • 3. Lift up thy feet unto the perpetual ruins, All the evil that the enemy hath done in the sanctuary.
  • 4. Thine adversaries have roared in the midst of thine assembly; They have set up their ensigns for signs.
  • 5. They seemed as men that lifted up Axes upon a thicket of trees.
  • 6. And now all the carved work thereof They break down with hatchet and hammers.
  • 7. They have set thy sanctuary on fire; They have profaned the dwelling-place of thy name {cf15i by casting it} to the ground.
  • 8. They said in their heart, Let us make havoc of them altogether: They have burned up all the synagogues of God in the land.
  • 9. We see not our signs: There is no more any prophet; Neither is there among us any that knoweth how long.
  • 10. How long, O God, shall the adversary reproach? Shall the enemy blaspheme thy name for ever?
  • 11. Why drawest thou back thy hand, even thy right hand? {cf15i Pluck it} out of thy bosom {cf15i and} consume {cf15i them}.
  • 12. Yet God is my King of old, Working salvation in the midst of the earth.
  • 13. Thou didst divide the sea by thy strength: Thou brakest the heads of the sea-monsters in the waters.
  • 14. Thou brakest the heads of leviathan in pieces; Thou gavest him to be food to the people inhabiting the wilderness.
  • 15. Thou didst cleave fountain and flood: Thou driedst up mighty rivers.
  • 16. The day is thine, the night also is thine: Thou hast prepared the light and the sun.
  • 17. Thou hast set all the borders of the earth: Thou hast made summer and winter.
  • 18. Remember this, that the enemy hath reproached, O Jehovah, And that a foolish people hath blasphemed thy name.
  • 19. Oh deliver not the soul of thy turtle-dove unto the wild beast: Forget not the life of thy poor for ever.
  • 20. Have respect unto the covenant; For the dark places of the earth are full of the habitations of violence.
  • 21. Oh let not the oppressed return ashamed: Let the poor and needy praise thy name.
  • 22. Arise, O God, plead thine own cause: Remember how the foolish man reproacheth thee all the day.
  • 23. Forget not the voice of thine adversaries: The tumult of those that rise up against thee ascendeth continually.
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