Psalms 74
1 A poem of Asaph why? O God have you rejected [us] to perpetuity does it smoke? anger your on [the] sheep of pasture your.
A contemplation by Asaph. God, why have you rejected us forever? Why does your anger smolder against the sheep of your pasture?
2 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.
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.
3 Lift up! footsteps your to [the] ruins of perpetuity everything he has done harm to [the] enemy in the sanctuary.
Lift up your feet to the perpetual ruins, all the evil that the enemy has done in the sanctuary.
4 They roared opposers your in [the] midst of appointed place your they set up signs their signs.
Your adversaries have roared in the middle of your assembly. They have set up their standards as signs.
5 It was known like [one who] brings upwards in a thicket of tree[s] axes.
They behaved like men wielding axes, cutting through a thicket of trees.
6 (And now *Q(K)*) engravings its altogether with axe[s] and crowbars they struck!
Now they break all its carved work down with hatchet and hammers.
7 They sent in fire sanctuary your to the ground they profaned [the] dwelling place of name your.
They have burned your sanctuary to the ground. They have profaned the dwelling place of your Name.
8 They said in heart their let us oppress them altogether they burned all [the] appointed places of God in the land.
They said in their heart, “We will crush them completely.” They have burned up all the places in the land where God was worshiped.
9 Signs our not we have seen there not still [is] a prophet and not [is] with us [one who] knows until when?
We see no miraculous signs. There is no longer any prophet, neither is there among us anyone who knows how long.
10 Until when? O God will he taunt [the] opponent will he spurn? [the] enemy name your to perpetuity.
How long, God, shall the adversary reproach? Shall the enemy blaspheme your name forever?
11 Why? do you draw back hand your and right [hand] your from [the] midst of (bosom your *Q(K)*) destroy.
Why do you draw back your hand, even your right hand? Take it from your chest and consume them!
12 And God [has been] king my from antiquity [who] does salvation in [the] midst of the earth.
Yet God is my King of old, working salvation throughout the earth.
13 You you divided by strength your [the] sea you shattered [the] heads of sea monsters on the waters.
You divided the sea by your strength. You broke the heads of the sea monsters in the waters.
14 You you crushed [the] heads of Leviathan you gave it food to a people to desert-dwellers.
You broke the heads of Leviathan in pieces. You gave him as food to people and desert creatures.
15 You you broke open a spring and a torrent you you dried up rivers of ever-flowing.
You opened up spring and stream. You dried up mighty rivers.
16 [belongs] to You day also [belongs] to you night you you prepared a luminary and [the] sun.
The day is yours, the night is also yours. You have prepared the light and the sun.
17 You you established all [the] boundaries of [the] earth summer and winter you you formed them.
You have set all the boundaries of the earth. You have made summer and winter.
18 Remember this [the] enemy he taunted - O Yahweh and a people foolish they spurned name your.
Remember this, that the enemy has mocked you, LORD. Foolish people have blasphemed your name.
19 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.
Do not deliver the soul of your dove to wild beasts. Do not forget the life of your poor forever.
20 Pay attention to the covenant for they are full [the] dark places of [the] land settlements of violence.
Honor your covenant, for haunts of violence fill the dark places of the earth.
21 May not he return [the] oppressed humiliated [the] poor and [the] needy may they praise name your.
Do not let the oppressed return ashamed. Let the poor and needy praise your name.
22 Arise! O God conduct! case your remember reproach your from a fool all the day.
Arise, God! Plead your own cause. Remember how the foolish man mocks you all day.
23 May not you forget [the] sound of opposers your [the] uproar of [those who] rise against you [which] goes up continually.
Do not forget the voice of your adversaries. The tumult of those who rise up against you ascends continually.
