< 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 Maskil of Asaph. Why have You rejected us forever, O God? 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 long ago and redeemed as the tribe of Your inheritance— Mount Zion where You dwell.
3 Lift up! footsteps your to [the] ruins of perpetuity everything he has done harm to [the] enemy in the sanctuary.
Turn Your steps to the everlasting ruins, to everything in the sanctuary the enemy has destroyed.
4 They roared opposers your in [the] midst of appointed place your they set up signs their signs.
Your foes have roared within Your meeting place; they have unfurled their banners as signs,
5 It was known like [one who] brings upwards in a thicket of tree[s] axes.
like men wielding axes in a thicket of trees
6 (And now *Q(K)*) engravings its altogether with axe[s] and crowbars they struck!
and smashing all the carvings with hatchets and picks.
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 defiled 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 hearts, “We will crush them completely.” They burned down every place where God met us in the land.
9 Signs our not we have seen there not still [is] a prophet and not [is] with us [one who] knows until when?
There are no signs for us to see. There is no longer any prophet. And none of us knows how long this will last.
10 Until when? O God will he taunt [the] opponent will he spurn? [the] enemy name your to perpetuity.
How long, O God, will the enemy taunt You? Will the foe revile 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 withdraw Your strong right hand? Stretch it out to destroy them!
12 And God [has been] king my from antiquity [who] does salvation in [the] midst of the earth.
Yet God is my King from ancient times, working salvation on 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 smashed the heads of the dragons of the sea;
14 You you crushed [the] heads of Leviathan you gave it food to a people to desert-dwellers.
You crushed the heads of Leviathan; You fed him to the creatures of the desert.
15 You you broke open a spring and a torrent you you dried up rivers of ever-flowing.
You broke open the fountain and the flood; You dried up the ever-flowing rivers.
16 [belongs] to You day also [belongs] to you night you you prepared a luminary and [the] sun.
The day is Yours, and also the night; You established the moon and the sun.
17 You you established all [the] boundaries of [the] earth summer and winter you you formed them.
You set all the boundaries of the earth; You made the summer and winter.
18 Remember this [the] enemy he taunted - O Yahweh and a people foolish they spurned name your.
Remember how the enemy has mocked You, O LORD, how a foolish people has spurned 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 beasts; do not forget the lives of Your afflicted forever.
20 Pay attention to the covenant for they are full [the] dark places of [the] land settlements of violence.
Consider Your covenant, for haunts of violence fill the dark places of the land.
21 May not he return [the] oppressed humiliated [the] poor and [the] needy may they praise name your.
Do not let the oppressed retreat in shame; may the poor and needy praise Your name.
22 Arise! O God conduct! case your remember reproach your from a fool all the day.
Rise up, O God; defend Your cause! Remember how the fool mocks You all day long.
23 May not you forget [the] sound of opposers your [the] uproar of [those who] rise against you [which] goes up continually.
Do not disregard the clamor of Your adversaries, the uproar of Your enemies that ascends continually.