Psalms 74
1 An instruction: of Asaph. Why, O God, hast thou cast off for ever? [why] doth 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 thine assembly, which thou hast purchased of old, which thou hast redeemed [to be] the portion of thine inheritance, this mount Zion, wherein thou hast 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 steps unto the perpetual desolations: everything in the sanctuary hath the enemy destroyed.
Lift up Your steps to the continuous desolations, Everything the enemy did wickedly in the sanctuary.
4 Thine adversaries roar in the midst of thy place of assembly; they set up their signs [for] signs.
Your adversaries have roared, In the midst of Your meeting-places, They have set their ensigns as ensigns.
5 [A man] was known as he could lift up axes in the thicket of trees;
He is known as one bringing in on high Against a thicket of wood—axes.
6 And now they break down its carved work altogether, with hatchets and hammers.
And now they break down its engravings, Together, with axe and hatchet,
7 They have set on fire thy sanctuary, they have profaned the habitation 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 destroy them together: they have burned up all God's places of assembly 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 see not our signs; there is no more any prophet, neither is there among us any that knoweth 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 contemn thy name for ever?
Until when, O God, does an adversary reproach? Does an enemy despise Your Name forever?
11 Why withdrawest thou thy hand, and thy right hand? [pluck it] out of thy bosom: consume [them].
Why do You turn back Your hand, Even Your right hand? Remove [it] from the midst of Your bosom.
12 But God is my king of old, accomplishing deliverances in the midst of the earth.
And God [is] my king of old, Working salvation in the midst of the earth.
13 Thou didst divide the sea by thy strength; thou didst break the heads of the monsters on the waters:
You have divided [the] sea by Your strength, You have shattered heads of dragons by the waters,
14 Thou didst break in pieces the heads of leviathan, thou gavest him to be meat to those that people the desert.
You have broken the heads of leviathan, You make him food for the people of desert-dwellers.
15 Thou didst cleave fountain and torrent, thou driedst up ever-flowing rivers.
You have cleaved a fountain and a stream, You have dried up perennial flowings.
16 The day is thine, the night also is thine; thou hast prepared the moon and the sun:
The day [is] Yours, The night [is] also Yours, You have prepared a light-giver—the sun.
17 Thou hast set all the borders of the earth; summer and winter — thou didst form them.
You have set up all the borders of earth, Summer and winter—You have formed them.
18 Remember this, that an enemy hath reproached Jehovah, and a foolish people have contemned thy name.
Remember this—an enemy reproached YHWH, And a foolish people have despised Your Name.
19 Give not up the soul of thy turtle-dove unto the wild beast; forget not the troop of thine afflicted for ever.
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 unto the covenant; for the dark places of the earth are full of the dwellings of violence.
Look attentively to the covenant, For the dark places of earth, Have been full of habitations of violence.
21 Oh let not the oppressed one return ashamed; let the afflicted and needy praise thy name.
Do not let the oppressed turn back ashamed, Let the poor and needy praise Your Name,
22 Rise up, O God, plead thine own cause: remember how the foolish man reproacheth 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 that rise up against thee ascendeth continually.
Do not forget the voice of Your adversaries, The noise of Your withstanders is going up continually!
