Psalms 74
74
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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Tehillim (Psa) 74
74
1A maskil of Asaf:
Why have you rejected us forever, God,
with your anger smoking against the sheep you once pastured?
2Remember your community, which you acquired long ago,
the tribe you redeemed to be your very own.
Remember Mount Tziyon, where you came to live.
3Hurry your steps to these endless ruins,
to the sanctuary devastated by the enemy.
4The roar of your foes filled your meeting-place;
they raised their own banners as a sign of their conquest.
5The place seemed like a thicket of trees
when lumbermen hack away with their axes.
6With hatchet and hammer they banged away,
smashing all the carved woodwork.
7They set your sanctuary on fire,
tore down and profaned the abode of your name.
8They said to themselves, “We will oppress them completely.”
They have burned down all God’s meeting-places in the land.
9We see no signs, there is no prophet any more;
none of us knows how long it will last.
10How much longer, God, will the foe jeer at us?
Will the enemy insult your name forever?
11Why do you hold back your hand?
Draw your right hand from your coat, and finish them off!
12God has been my king from earliest times,
acting to save throughout all the earth.
13By your strength you split the sea in two,
in the water you smashed sea monsters’ heads,
14you crushed the heads of Livyatan
and gave it as food to the creatures of the desert.
15You cut channels for springs and streams,
you dried up rivers that had never failed.
16The day is yours, and the night is yours;
it was you who established light and sun.
17It was you who fixed all the limits of the earth,
you made summer and winter.
18Remember how the enemy scoffs at Adonai,
how a brutish people insults your name.
19Don’t hand over the soul of your dove to wild beasts,
don’t forget forever the life of your poor.
20Look to the covenant, for the land’s dark places
are full of the haunts of violence.
21Don’t let the oppressed retreat in confusion;
let the poor and needy praise your name.
22Arise, God, and defend your cause;
remember how brutish men insult you all day.
23Don’t forget what your foes are saying,
the ever-rising uproar of your adversaries.
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