Psalms 74
1 “A Maskil of Assaph.” Why, O God, hast thou cast us off for ever? why will thy anger smoke against the flock of thy pasture?
An Instruction of Asaph. Why, O God, hast Thou cast off for ever? Thine anger smoketh against the flock of Thy pasture.
2 Remember thy congregation, which thou didst acquire of old; which thou didst redeem as the tribe of thy inheritance: this mount Zion, whereon thou hast dwelt.
Remember Thy company. Thou didst purchase of old, Thou didst redeem the rod of Thy inheritance, This mount Zion — Thou didst dwell in it.
3 Lift up thy steps unto the perpetual heaps of ruins: the enemy hath ill-used every thing in the sanctuary.
Lift up Thy steps to the perpetual desolations, Everything the enemy did wickedly in the sanctuary.
4 Thy adversaries have roared in the midst of thy places of assembly: they have set up their signs for signs.
Roared have thine adversaries, In the midst of Thy meeting-places, They have set their ensigns as ensigns.
5 [The enemy] is known as one that lifteth up high axes against the thickets of a forest.
He is known as one bringing in on high Against a thicket of wood — axes.
6 And now they hew in pieces the carved work thereof altogether with hatchets and hammers.
And now, its carvings together With axe and hatchet they break down,
7 They have set on fire thy sanctuary; to the ground have they profaned the dwelling-place of thy name.
They have sent into fire Thy sanctuary, to the earth they polluted the tabernacle of Thy name,
8 They have said in their heart, We will oppress them altogether: they have burnt up all the places of assembly of God in the land.
They said in their hearts, 'Let us oppress them together,' They did burn all the meeting-places of God in the land.
9 Our signs do we not see: there is no more any prophet: and there is no one among us that knoweth how long.
Our ensigns we have not seen, There is no more a prophet, Nor with us is one knowing how long.
10 How long, O God, shall the adversary utter defiance? shall the enemy blaspheme thy name for ever?
Till when, O God, doth an adversary reproach? Doth an enemy despise thy name for ever?
11 Why withdrawest thou thy hand, and thy right hand? [draw it] out of thy bosom—exterminate [them];
Why dost Thou turn back Thy hand, Even Thy right hand? From the midst of Thy bosom remove [it].
12 Since [thou] God art my King from olden days, working salvation in the midst of the earth.
And God [is] my king of old, Working salvation in the midst of the earth.
13 It was thou that didst divide by thy strength the sea: thou brokest in pieces the heads of the crocodiles on the waters.
Thou hast broken by Thy strength a sea -[monster], Thou hast shivered Heads of dragons by the waters,
14 Thou didst crush the heads of leviathan, and gavest them as food to the people inhabiting the wilderness.
Thou hast broken the heads of leviathan, Thou makest him food, For the people of the dry places.
15 Thou didst cleave fountain and stream: thou didst dry up ever-flowing rivers.
Thou hast cleaved a fountain and a stream, Thou hast dried up perennial flowings.
16 Thine is the day and thine is the night: it is thou who hast prepared the luminary and the sun.
Thine [is] the day, also Thine [is] the night, Thou hast prepared a light giver — the sun.
17 It is thou who hast set up all the boundaries of the earth: summer and winter—thou thyself hast formed them.
Thou hast set up all the borders of earth, Summer and winter Thou hast formed them.
18 Remember this, that the enemy hath defied the Lord, and that a worthless foolish people have blasphemed thy name.
Remember this — an enemy reproached Jehovah, And a foolish people have despised Thy name.
19 Oh give not up unto the multitude of enemies the soul of thy turtle-dove: the congregation of thy afflicted do not thou forget for ever.
Give not up to a company, The soul of Thy turtle-dove, The company of Thy poor ones forget not for ever.
20 Look unto the covenant; for the dark places of the earth are full of habitations 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 return confounded: let the poor and needy praise thy name.
Let not the oppressed turn back ashamed, Let the poor and needy praise Thy name,
22 Arise, O God, plead thy own cause: remember thy defiance from the worthless fool all the day.
Arise, O God, plead Thy plea, Remember Thy reproach from a fool all the day.
23 Forget not the voice of thy adversaries: the tumult of those that rise up against thee ascendeth continually.
Forget not the voice of Thine adversaries, The noise of Thy withstanders is going up continually!
