Psalms 74
1 Maschil of Asaph. O God, why hast thou cast [us] off for ever? why doth thine anger smoke against the sheep 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 hast purchased of old, which thou hast redeemed to be the tribe of thine inheritance; [and] mount Zion, wherein 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 feet unto the perpetual ruins, all the evil that the enemy hath done in the sanctuary.
Lift up Thy steps to the perpetual desolations, Everything the enemy did wickedly in the sanctuary.
4 Thine adversaries have roared in the midst of thine assembly; they have set up their ensigns for signs.
Roared have thine adversaries, In the midst of Thy meeting-places, They have set their ensigns as ensigns.
5 They seemed as men that lifted up axes upon a thicket of trees.
He is known as one bringing in on high Against a thicket of wood — axes.
6 And now all the carved work thereof together they break down with hatchet and hammers.
And now, its carvings together With axe and hatchet they break down,
7 They have set thy sanctuary on fire; they have profaned the dwelling place of thy name even to the ground.
They have sent into fire Thy sanctuary, to the earth they polluted the tabernacle of Thy name,
8 They said in their heart, Let us make havoc of them altogether: they have burned up all the synagogues 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 We see not our signs: there is no more any prophet; neither is there among us any 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 reproach? 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 drawest thou back thy hand, even thy right hand? [pluck it] out of thy bosom [and] consume [them].
Why dost Thou turn back Thy hand, Even Thy right hand? From the midst of Thy bosom remove [it].
12 Yet God is my King of old, working salvation 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 brakest the heads of the dragons in the waters.
Thou hast broken by Thy strength a sea -[monster], Thou hast shivered Heads of dragons by the waters,
14 Thou brakest the heads of leviathan in pieces, thou gavest him to be meat 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 flood: thou driedst up mighty rivers.
Thou hast cleaved a fountain and a stream, Thou hast dried up perennial flowings.
16 The day is thine, the night also is thine: thou hast prepared the light and the sun.
Thine [is] the day, also Thine [is] the night, Thou hast prepared a light giver — the sun.
17 Thou hast set all the borders of the earth: thou hast made summer and winter.
Thou hast set up all the borders of earth, Summer and winter Thou hast formed them.
18 Remember this, that the enemy hath reproached, O LORD, and that foolish people have blasphemed thy name.
Remember this — an enemy reproached Jehovah, And a foolish people have despised Thy name.
19 O deliver not the soul of thy turtle-dove unto the wild beast: forget not the life of thy poor 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 Have respect unto the covenant: for the dark places of the earth are full of the habitations of violence.
Look attentively to the covenant, For the dark places of earth, Have been full of habitations of violence.
21 O let not the oppressed return ashamed: 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 thine own cause: remember how the foolish man reproacheth thee all the day.
Arise, O God, plead Thy plea, Remember Thy 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.
Forget not the voice of Thine adversaries, The noise of Thy withstanders is going up continually!
