Psalms 74
1 “A psalm of Asaph.” O God! why hast thou cast us off for ever? Why doth thine anger smoke against the flock of thy pasture?
O God, why have thou cast off forever? Why does thine anger smoke against the sheep of thy pasture?
2 Remember the people which thou didst purchase of old; Thine own inheritance, which thou didst redeem; That Mount Zion, where thou once didst dwell!
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.
3 Hasten thy steps to those utter desolations! Every thing in the sanctuary hath the enemy abused!
Lift up thy feet to the perpetual ruins, all the evil that the enemy has done in the sanctuary.
4 Thine enemies roar in the place of thine assemblies; Their own symbols have they set up for signs.
Thine adversaries have roared in the midst of thine assembly. They have set up their ensigns for signs.
5 They appear like those who raise the axe against a thicket;
They seemed as men who lifted up axes upon a thicket of trees.
6 They have broken down the carved work of thy temple with axes and hammers;
And now they break down all the carved work of it with hatchet and hammers.
7 They have cast fire into thy sanctuary; They have profaned, and cast to the ground, the dwelling-place of thy name.
They have set thy sanctuary on fire. They have profaned the dwelling-place of thy name to the ground.
8 They said in their hearts, “Let us destroy them all together!” They have burned all God's places of assembly in the land.
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.
9 We no longer see our signs; There is no prophet among us, Nor any one that knoweth how long this desolation shall endure.
We do not see our signs. There is no more any prophet, nor is there among us he who knows how long.
10 How long, O God! shall the adversary revile? Shall the enemy blaspheme thy name for ever?
How long, O God, shall the adversary reproach? Shall the enemy blaspheme thy name forever?
11 Why withdrawest thou thy hand, even thy right hand? Take it from thy bosom, and destroy!
Why do thou draw back thy hand, even thy right hand? Remove it from the midst of thy bosom.
12 Yet God was our king of old, Working salvation in the midst of the earth.
Yet God is my King of old, working salvation in the midst of the earth.
13 Thou didst divide the sea by thy power; Thou didst crush the heads of the sea-monsters in the waters.
Thou divided the sea by thy strength. Thou break the heads of the sea-monsters in the waters.
14 Thou didst break in pieces the head of the crocodile; Thou gavest him for food to the inhabitants of the desert.
Thou break the heads of leviathan in pieces. Thou gave him to be food to the people inhabiting the wilderness.
15 Thou didst cleave forth the fountain and the stream; Thou didst dry up perennial rivers.
Thou split fountain and flood. Thou dried up mighty rivers.
16 Thine is the day, and thine the night; Thou didst prepare the light and the sun.
The day is thine; the night is also thine. Thou have prepared the light and the sun.
17 Thou didst establish all the boundaries of the earth; Thou didst make summer and winter.
Thou have set all the borders of the earth. Thou have made summer and winter.
18 O remember that the enemy hath reviled Jehovah; That an impious people hath blasphemed thy name!
Remember this, that the enemy has reproached, O Jehovah, and that a foolish people has blasphemed thy name.
19 Give not up the life of thy turtle-dove to the wild beast; Forget not for ever thine afflicted people!
O deliver not the soul of thy turtle-dove to the wild beast. Forget not the life of thy poor forever.
20 Have regard to thy covenant! For all the dark places of the land are full of the abodes of cruelty.
Have respect to the covenant, for the dark places of the earth are full of the habitations of violence.
21 O let not the afflicted go away ashamed! Let the poor and needy praise thy name!
O let not he who is oppressed return ashamed. Let a poor and needy man praise thy name.
22 Arise, O God! maintain thy cause! Remember how the impious revileth thee daily!
Arise, O God, plead thine own cause. Remember how the foolish man reproaches thee all the day.
23 Forget not the clamor of thine adversaries, —The noise of thine enemies, which continually increaseth!
Forget not the voice of thine adversaries. The tumult of those who rise up against thee ascends continually.
