Psalms 74
1 O God, why have thou cast off forever? Why does thine anger smoke against the sheep of thy pasture?
AN INSTRUCTION OF ASAPH. Why, O God, have You cast off forever? Your anger smokes against the flock of Your pasture.
2 Remember thy congregation, which thou have gotten of old, which thou have redeemed to be the tribe of thine inheritance, and mount Zion, at which thou have dwelt.
Remember Your congregation [That] You purchased of old, You redeemed the rod of Your inheritance, This Mount Zion—You dwelt in it.
3 Lift up thy feet to the perpetual ruins, all the evil that the enemy has done in the sanctuary.
Lift up Your steps to the continuous desolations, Everything the enemy did wickedly in the sanctuary.
4 Thine adversaries have roared in the midst of thine assembly. They have set up their ensigns for signs.
Your adversaries have roared, In the midst of Your meeting-places, They have set their ensigns as ensigns.
5 They seemed as men who lifted up axes upon a thicket of trees.
He is known as one bringing in on high Against a thicket of wood—axes.
6 And now they break down all the carved work of it with hatchet and hammers.
And now they break down its engravings, Together, with axe and hatchet,
7 They have set thy sanctuary on fire. They have profaned the dwelling-place of thy name to the ground.
They have sent Your sanctuary into fire, They defiled the Dwelling Place of Your Name to the earth,
8 They said in their heart, Let us make havoc of them altogether. They have burned up all the meeting-places of God in the land.
They said in their hearts, “Let us oppress them together,” They burned all the meeting-places of God in the land.
9 We do not see our signs. There is no more any prophet, nor is there among us he who knows how long.
We have not seen our ensigns, There is no longer a prophet, Nor with us is one knowing how long.
10 How long, O God, shall the adversary reproach? Shall the enemy blaspheme thy name forever?
Until when, O God, does an adversary reproach? Does an enemy despise Your Name forever?
11 Why do thou draw back thy hand, even thy right hand? Remove it from the midst of thy bosom.
Why do You turn back Your hand, Even Your right hand? Remove [it] from the midst of Your bosom.
12 Yet God is my King of old, working salvation in the midst of the earth.
And God [is] my king of old, Working salvation in the midst of the earth.
13 Thou divided the sea by thy strength. Thou break the heads of the sea-monsters in the waters.
You have divided [the] sea by Your strength, You have shattered heads of dragons by the waters,
14 Thou break the heads of leviathan in pieces. Thou gave him to be food to the people inhabiting the wilderness.
You have broken the heads of leviathan, You make him food for the people of desert-dwellers.
15 Thou split fountain and flood. Thou dried up mighty rivers.
You have cleaved a fountain and a stream, You have dried up perennial flowings.
16 The day is thine; the night is also thine. Thou have prepared the light and the sun.
The day [is] Yours, The night [is] also Yours, You have prepared a light-giver—the sun.
17 Thou have set all the borders of the earth. Thou have made summer and winter.
You have set up all the borders of earth, Summer and winter—You have formed them.
18 Remember this, that the enemy has reproached, O Jehovah, and that a foolish people has blasphemed thy name.
Remember this—an enemy reproached YHWH, And a foolish people have despised Your Name.
19 O deliver not the soul of thy turtle-dove to the wild beast. Forget not the life of thy poor forever.
Do not give up to a [wild] creature, The soul of Your turtle-dove, Do not forget the life of Your poor ones forever.
20 Have respect to the covenant, for the dark places of the earth are full of the habitations of violence.
Look attentively to the covenant, For the dark places of earth, Have been full of habitations of violence.
21 O let not he who is oppressed return ashamed. Let a poor and needy man praise thy name.
Do not let the oppressed turn back ashamed, Let the poor and needy praise Your Name,
22 Arise, O God, plead thine own cause. Remember how the foolish man reproaches thee all the day.
Arise, O God, plead Your plea, Remember Your reproach from a fool all the day.
23 Forget not the voice of thine adversaries. The tumult of those who rise up against thee ascends continually.
Do not forget the voice of Your adversaries, The noise of Your withstanders is going up continually!
