Psalms 74
1 [A contemplation by Asaph.] God, why have you rejected us forever? 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 of old, which you have redeemed to be the tribe of your inheritance; Mount Zion, in which you have lived.
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 Lift up your feet to the perpetual ruins, all the evil that the enemy has done in the sanctuary.
Lift up! footsteps your to [the] ruins of perpetuity everything he has done harm to [the] enemy in the sanctuary.
4 Your adversaries have roared in the midst of your assembly. They have set up their standards as signs.
They roared opposers your in [the] midst of appointed place your they set up signs their signs.
5 They behaved like men wielding axes, cutting through a thicket of trees.
It was known like [one who] brings upwards in a thicket of tree[s] axes.
6 Now they break all its carved work down with hatchet and hammers.
(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 profaned 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 heart, "We will crush them completely." They have burned up all the places in the land where God was worshiped.
They said in heart their let us oppress them altogether they burned all [the] appointed places of God in the land.
9 We see no miraculous signs. There is no longer any prophet, neither is there among us anyone who knows how long.
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, God, shall the enemy mock? Shall the enemy blaspheme 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 draw back your hand, even your right hand? Take it out of your pocket and consume 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 long ago, working salvation in the midst of 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 broke the heads of the sea monsters in the waters.
You you divided by strength your [the] sea you shattered [the] heads of sea monsters on the waters.
14 You broke the heads of Leviathan in pieces. You gave him as food to people and desert creatures.
You you crushed [the] heads of Leviathan you gave it food to a people to desert-dwellers.
15 You opened up spring and stream. You dried up mighty rivers.
You you broke open a spring and a torrent you you dried up rivers of ever-flowing.
16 The day is yours, the night is also yours. You have prepared the light and the sun.
[belongs] to You day also [belongs] to you night you you prepared a luminary and [the] sun.
17 You have set all the boundaries of the earth. You have made summer and winter.
You you established all [the] boundaries of [the] earth summer and winter you you formed them.
18 Remember this, that the enemy has mocked you, YHWH. Foolish people have blasphemed 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 wild beasts. Do not forget the life of your poor 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 Honor your covenant, for haunts of violence fill the dark places of the earth.
Pay attention to the covenant for they are full [the] dark places of [the] land settlements of violence.
21 Do not let the oppressed return ashamed. Let 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 Arise, God. Plead your own cause. Remember how the foolish man mocks you all day.
Arise! O God conduct! case your remember reproach your from a fool all the day.
23 Do not forget the voice of your adversaries. The tumult of those who rise up against you ascends continually.
May not you forget [the] sound of opposers your [the] uproar of [those who] rise against you [which] goes up continually.
