Psalms 74
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PSALM 74
Common Meter: 8,6,8,6
Maschil of Asaph.
1O God, why hast thou cast us off?
is it for evermore?
Against thy pasture-sheep why doth
thine anger smoke so sore?
2O call to thy rememberance
thy congregation,
Which thou hast purchased of old;
still think the same upon:
The rod of thine inheritance,
which thou redeemed hast,
This Sion hill, wherein thou hadst
thy dwelling in times past.
3To these long desolations
thy feet lift, do not tarry;
For all the ills thy foes have done
within thy sanctuary.
4Amidst thy congregations
thine enemies do roar:
Their ensigns they set up for signs
of triumph thee before.
5A man was famous, and was had
in estimation,
According as he lifted up
his axe thick trees upon.
6But all at once with axes now
and hammers they go to,
And down the carved work thereof
they break, and quite undo.
7They fired have thy sanctuary,
and have defil'd the same,
By casting down unto the ground
the place where dwelt thy name.
8Thus said they in their hearts, Let us
destroy them out of hand:
They burnt up all the synagogues
of God within the land.
9Our signs we do not now behold;
there is not us among
A prophet more, nor any one
that knows the time how long.
10How long, Lord, shall the enemy
thus in reproach exclaim?
And shall the adversary thus
always blaspheme thy name?
11Thy hand, ev'n thy right hand of might,
why dost thou thus draw back?
O from thy bosom pluck it out
for our deliv'rance sake.
12For certainly God is my King,
ev'n from the times of old,
Working in midst of all the earth
salvation manifold.
13The sea, by thy great pow'r, to part
asunder thou didst make;
And thou the dragons' heads, O Lord,
within the waters brake.
14The leviathan's head thou brak'st
in pieces, and didst give
Him to be meat unto the folk
in wilderness that live.
15Thou clav'st the fountain and the flood,
which did with streams abound:
Thou dry'dst the mighty waters up
unto the very ground.
16Thine only is the day, O Lord,
thine also is the night;
And thou alone prepared hast
the sun and shining light.
17By thee the borders of the earth
were settled ev'ry where:
The summer and the winter both
by thee created were.
18That th' enemy reproached hath,
O keep it in record;
And that the foolish people have
blasphem'd thy name, O Lord.
19Unto the multitude do not
thy turtle's soul deliver:
The congregation of thy poor
do not forget for ever.
20Unto thy cov'nant have respect;
for earth's dark places be
Full of the habitations
of horrid cruelty.
21O let not those that be oppress'd
return again with shame:
Let those that poor and needy are
give praise unto thy name.
22Do thou, O God, arise and plead
the cause that is thine own:
Remember how thou art reproach'd
still by the foolish one.
23Do not forget the voice of those
that are thine enemies:
Of those the tumult ever grows
that do against thee rise.
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Psalms 74
74
Prayer for Israel
A Maskil of Asaph. # 1Ch 16:5,7
1Why have You rejected us forever, God?
Why does Your anger burn
against the sheep of Your pasture? # Ex 32:11; Ps 60:1,10; 108:11
2Remember Your congregation,
which You purchased long ago
and redeemed as the tribe for Your own possession. # Is 63:17; Jr 10:16; 51:19
Remember Mount Zion where You dwell. # Is 8:18
3Make Your way # Lit Lift up Your steps to the everlasting ruins,
to all that the enemy has destroyed in the sanctuary. # Ps 79:1; Is 61:4
4Your adversaries roared in the meeting place
where You met with us. # Lit in Your meeting place
They set up their emblems as signs. # Nm 2:2; Lm 2:6-7
5It was like men in a thicket of trees,
wielding axes, # Jr 46:22
6then smashing all the carvings
with hatchets and picks. # Lm 2:2
7They set Your sanctuary on fire;
they utterly # Lit they to the ground desecrated
the dwelling place of Your name. # 2Kg 25:9; Ps 79:1
8They said in their hearts,
“Let us oppress them relentlessly.”
They burned down every place throughout the land
where God met with us. # Lit every meeting place of God in the land # Ps 83:4
9There are no signs for us to see.
There is no longer a prophet.
And none of us knows how long this will last. # 1Sm 3:1; Lm 2:9; Ezk 7:26
10God, how long will the enemy mock?
Will the foe insult Your name forever? # Ps 79:12; 89:51
11Why do You hold back Your hand?
Stretch out # Lit From Your bosom Your right hand and destroy them! # Ps 59:13; Lm 2:3
12God my King is from ancient times,
performing saving acts on the earth. # Ps 47:6-8; 95:3; Jr 10:10
13You divided the sea with Your strength;
You smashed the heads of the sea monsters in the waters; # Ex 14:21; Is 51:9; Ezk 32:2
14You crushed the heads of Leviathan;
You fed him to the creatures of the desert. # Jb 41:1; Ps 104:26; Is 27:1
15You opened up springs and streams; # Ps 104:10-11
You dried up ever-flowing rivers. # Is 42:15; 44:27
16The day is Yours, also the night;
You established the moon and the sun. # Gn 1:14-18; Ps 104:19
17You set all the boundaries of the earth;
You made summer and winter. # Gn 8:22; Jb 38:10-11; Pr 8:29; Jr 5:22
18Remember this: the enemy has mocked Yahweh,
and a foolish people has insulted Your name. # Ps 14:1; 53:1; 89:51
19Do not give the life of Your dove to beasts; # One Hb ms, LXX, Syr read Do not hand over to beasts a soul that praises You
do not forget the lives of Your poor people forever. # Ps 9:18; 68:10
20Consider the covenant, # Dt 4:31; Ps 106:45
for the dark places of the land are full of violence. # Ezk 7:23
21Do not let the oppressed turn away in shame;
let the poor and needy praise Your name. # Ps 9:9; 103:6; Is 41:7
22Rise up, God, defend Your cause! # Ps 9:19; 82:8
Remember the insults
that fools bring against You all day long. # Ps 79:12
23Do not forget the clamor of Your adversaries,
the tumult of Your opponents that goes up constantly. # Ps 65:7
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