< Psalms 74 >
1 A Maskil of Asaph. Why have You rejected us forever, O God? Why does Your anger smolder against the sheep of Your pasture?
A poem of Asaph why? O God have you rejected [us] to perpetuity does it smoke? anger your on [the] sheep of pasture your.
2 Remember Your congregation, which You purchased long ago and redeemed as the tribe of Your inheritance— Mount Zion where You dwell.
Remember congregation your - [which] you acquired antiquity [which] you redeemed [the] tribe of inheritance your [the] mountain of Zion which - you have dwelt on it.
3 Turn Your steps to the everlasting ruins, to everything in the sanctuary the enemy has destroyed.
Lift up! footsteps your to [the] ruins of perpetuity everything he has done harm to [the] enemy in the sanctuary.
4 Your foes have roared within Your meeting place; they have unfurled their banners as signs,
They roared opposers your in [the] midst of appointed place your they set up signs their signs.
5 like men wielding axes in a thicket of trees
It was known like [one who] brings upwards in a thicket of tree[s] axes.
6 and smashing all the carvings with hatchets and picks.
(And now *Q(K)*) engravings its altogether with axe[s] and crowbars they struck!
7 They have burned Your sanctuary to the ground; they have defiled the dwelling place of Your Name.
They sent in fire sanctuary your to the ground they profaned [the] dwelling place of name your.
8 They said in their hearts, “We will crush them completely.” They burned down every place where God met us in the land.
They said in heart their let us oppress them altogether they burned all [the] appointed places of God in the land.
9 There are no signs for us to see. There is no longer any prophet. And none of us knows how long this will last.
Signs our not we have seen there not still [is] a prophet and not [is] with us [one who] knows until when?
10 How long, O God, will the enemy taunt You? Will the foe revile Your name forever?
Until when? O God will he taunt [the] opponent will he spurn? [the] enemy name your to perpetuity.
11 Why do You withdraw Your strong right hand? Stretch it out to destroy them!
Why? do you draw back hand your and right [hand] your from [the] midst of (bosom your *Q(K)*) destroy.
12 Yet God is my King from ancient times, working salvation on the earth.
And God [has been] king my from antiquity [who] does salvation in [the] midst of the earth.
13 You divided the sea by Your strength; You smashed the heads of the dragons of the sea;
You you divided by strength your [the] sea you shattered [the] heads of sea monsters on the waters.
14 You crushed the heads of Leviathan; You fed him to the creatures of the desert.
You you crushed [the] heads of Leviathan you gave it food to a people to desert-dwellers.
15 You broke open the fountain and the flood; You dried up the ever-flowing rivers.
You you broke open a spring and a torrent you you dried up rivers of ever-flowing.
16 The day is Yours, and also the night; You established the moon and the sun.
[belongs] to You day also [belongs] to you night you you prepared a luminary and [the] sun.
17 You set all the boundaries of the earth; You made the summer and winter.
You you established all [the] boundaries of [the] earth summer and winter you you formed them.
18 Remember how the enemy has mocked You, O LORD, how a foolish people has spurned Your name.
Remember this [the] enemy he taunted - O Yahweh and a people foolish they spurned name your.
19 Do not deliver the soul of Your dove to beasts; do not forget the lives of Your afflicted forever.
May not you give to an animal [the] life of turtle-dove your [the] life of poor [people] your may not you forget to perpetuity.
20 Consider Your covenant, for haunts of violence fill the dark places of the land.
Pay attention to the covenant for they are full [the] dark places of [the] land settlements of violence.
21 Do not let the oppressed retreat in shame; may the poor and needy praise Your name.
May not he return [the] oppressed humiliated [the] poor and [the] needy may they praise name your.
22 Rise up, O God; defend Your cause! Remember how the fool mocks You all day long.
Arise! O God conduct! case your remember reproach your from a fool all the day.
23 Do not disregard the clamor of Your adversaries, the uproar of Your enemies that ascends continually.
May not you forget [the] sound of opposers your [the] uproar of [those who] rise against you [which] goes up continually.