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Psalms 74

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1 (73-1) <Understanding for Asaph.> O God, why hast thou cast us off unto the end: why is thy wrath enkindled against the sheep of thy pasture?
1 O God, why have you rejected us forever? Why does your anger smolder against the sheep of your pasture?
2 (73-2) Remember thy congregation, which thou hast possessed from the beginning. The sceptre of thy inheritance which thou hast redeemed: mount Sion in which thou hast dwelt.
2 Remember the nation you purchased long ago, the people of your inheritance, whom you redeemed— Mount Zion, where you dwelt.
3 (73-3) Lift up thy hands against their pride unto the end; see what things the enemy hath done wickedly in the sanctuary.
3 Turn your steps toward these everlasting ruins, all this destruction the enemy has brought on the sanctuary.
4 (73-4) And they that hate thee have made their boasts, in the midst of thy solemnity. They have set up their ensigns for signs,
4 Your foes roared in the place where you met with us; they set up their standards as signs.
5 (73-5) And they knew not both in the going out and on the highest top. As with axes in a wood of trees,
5 They behaved like men wielding axes to cut through a thicket of trees.
6 (73-6) They have cut down at once the gates thereof, with axe and hatchet they have brought it down.
6 They smashed all the carved paneling with their axes and hatchets.
7 (73-7) They have set fire to thy sanctuary: they have defiled the dwelling place of thy name on the earth.
7 They burned your sanctuary to the ground; they defiled the dwelling place of your Name.
8 (73-8) They said in their heart, the whole kindred of them together: Let us abolish all the festival days of God from the land.
8 They said in their hearts, “We will crush them completely!” They burned every place where God was worshiped in the land.
9 (73-9) Our signs we have not seen, there is now no prophet: and he will know us no more.
9 We are given no signs from God; no prophets are left, and none of us knows how long this will be.
10 (73-10) How long, O God, shall the enemy reproach: is the adversary to provoke thy name for ever?
10 How long will the enemy mock you, God? Will the foe revile your name forever?
11 (73-11) Why dost thou turn away thy hand: and thy right hand out of the midst of thy bosom for ever?
11 Why do you hold back your hand, your right hand? Take it from the folds of your garment and destroy them!
12 (73-12) But God is our king before ages: he hath wrought salvation in the midst of the earth.
12 But God is my King from long ago; he brings salvation on the earth.
13 (73-13) Thou by thy strength didst make the sea firm: thou didst crush the heads of the dragons in the waters.
13 It was you who split open the sea by your power; you broke the heads of the monster in the waters.
14 (73-14) Thou hast broken the heads of the dragon: thou hast given him to be meat for the people of the Ethiopians.
14 It was you who crushed the heads of Leviathan and gave it as food to the creatures of the desert.
15 (73-15) Thou hast broken up the fountains and the torrents: thou hast dried up the Ethan rivers.
15 It was you who opened up springs and streams; you dried up the ever-flowing rivers.
16 (73-16) Thine is the day, and thine is the night: thou hast made the morning light and the sun.
16 The day is yours, and yours also the night; you established the sun and moon.
17 (73-17) Thou hast made all the borders of the earth: the summer and the spring were formed by thee.
17 It was you who set all the boundaries of the earth; you made both summer and winter.
18 (73-18) Remember this, the enemy hath reproached the Lord: and a foolish people hath provoked thy name.
18 Remember how the enemy has mocked you, LORD, how foolish people have reviled your name.
19 (73-19) Deliver not up to beasts the souls that confess to thee: and forget not to the end the souls of thy poor.
19 Do not hand over the life of your dove to wild beasts; do not forget the lives of your afflicted people forever.
20 (73-20) Have regard to thy covenant: for they that are the obscure of the earth have been filled with dwellings of iniquity.
20 Have regard for your covenant, because haunts of violence fill the dark places of the land.
21 (73-21) Let not the humble be turned away with confusion: the poor and needy shall praise thy name.
21 Do not let the oppressed retreat in disgrace; may the poor and needy praise your name.
22 (73-22) Arise, O God, judge thy own cause: remember thy reproaches with which the foolish man hath reproached thee all the day.
22 Rise up, O God, and defend your cause; remember how fools mock you all day long.
23 (73-23) Forget not the voices of thy enemies: the pride of them that hate thee ascendeth continually.
23 Do not ignore the clamor of your adversaries, the uproar of your enemies, which rises continually.
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