Psalms - Chapter 74 | New International Version

  • 1. {A maskil of Asaph.} Why have you rejected us forever, O God? Why does your anger smolder against the sheep of your pasture?
  • 2. Remember the people you purchased of old, the tribe of your inheritance, whom you redeemed-- Mount Zion, where you dwelt.
  • 3. Turn your steps toward these everlasting ruins, all this destruction the enemy has brought on the sanctuary.
  • 4. Your foes roared in the place where you met with us; they set up their standards as signs.
  • 5. They behaved like men wielding axes to cut through a thicket of trees.
  • 6. They smashed all the carved paneling with their axes and hatchets.
  • 7. They burned your sanctuary to the ground; they defiled the dwelling place of your Name.
  • 8. They said in their hearts, "We will crush them completely!" They burned every place where God was worshiped in the land.
  • 9. We are given no miraculous signs; no prophets are left, and none of us knows how long this will be.
  • 10. How long will the enemy mock you, O God? Will the foe revile your name forever?
  • 11. Why do you hold back your hand, your right hand? Take it from the folds of your garment and destroy them!
  • 12. But you, O God, are my king from of old; you bring salvation upon the earth.
  • 13. It was you who split open the sea by your power; you broke the heads of the monster in the waters.
  • 14. It was you who crushed the heads of Leviathan and gave him as food to the creatures of the desert.
  • 15. It was you who opened up springs and streams; you dried up the ever flowing rivers.
  • 16. The day is yours, and yours also the night; you established the sun and moon.
  • 17. It was you who set all the boundaries of the earth; you made both summer and winter.
  • 18. Remember how the enemy has mocked you, O LORD, how foolish people have reviled your name.
  • 19. Do not hand over the life of your dove to wild beasts; do not forget the lives of your afflicted people forever.
  • 20. Have regard for your covenant, because haunts of violence fill the dark places of the land.
  • 21. Do not let the oppressed retreat in disgrace; may the poor and needy praise your name.
  • 22. Rise up, O God, and defend your cause; remember how fools mock you all day long.
  • 23. Do not ignore the clamor of your adversaries, the uproar of your enemies, which rises continually.
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