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
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A Maskil of Asaph.
1O God, why dost thou cast us off for ever?
Why does thy anger smoke against the sheep of thy pasture?
2Remember thy congregation, which thou hast gotten of old,
which thou hast redeemed to be the tribe of thy heritage!
Remember Mount Zion, where thou hast dwelt.
3Direct thy steps to the perpetual ruins;
the enemy has destroyed everything in the sanctuary!
4Thy foes have roared in the midst of thy holy place;
they set up their own signs for signs.
5At the upper entrance they hacked
the wooden trellis with axes.#74.5 Cn Compare Gk Syr: Heb uncertain
6And then all its carved wood
they broke down with hatchets and hammers.
7They set thy sanctuary on fire;
to the ground they desecrated the dwelling place of thy name.
8They said to themselves, “We will utterly subdue them”;
they burned all the meeting places of God in the land.
9We do not see our signs;
there is no longer any prophet,
and there is none among us who knows how long.
10How long, O God, is the foe to scoff?
Is the enemy to revile thy name for ever?
11Why dost thou hold back thy hand,
why dost thou keep thy right hand in#74.11 Cn: Heb consume thy right hand from thy bosom?
12Yet God my King is from of old,
working salvation in the midst of the earth.
13Thou didst divide the sea by thy might;
thou didst break the heads of the dragons on the waters.
14Thou didst crush the heads of Leviathan,
thou didst give him as food#74.14 Heb food for the people for the creatures of the wilderness.
15Thou didst cleave open springs and brooks;
thou didst dry up ever-flowing streams.
16Thine is the day, thine also the night;
thou hast established the luminaries and the sun.
17Thou hast fixed all the bounds of the earth;
thou hast made summer and winter.
18Remember this, O Lord, how the enemy scoffs,
and an impious people reviles thy name.
19Do not deliver the soul of thy dove to the wild beasts;
do not forget the life of thy poor for ever.
20Have regard for thy#74.20 Gk Syr: Heb the covenant;
for the dark places of the land are full of the habitations of violence.
21Let not the downtrodden be put to shame;
let the poor and needy praise thy name.
22Arise, O God, plead thy cause;
remember how the impious scoff at thee all the day!
23Do not forget the clamor of thy foes,
the uproar of thy adversaries which goes up continually!
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