Psalms 74
1 Maschil of Asaph. O God, why hast thou cast [us] off for ever? [why] doth thy anger smoke against the sheep of thy pasture?
An instruction: of Asaph. Why, O God, hast thou cast off for ever? [why] doth thine anger smoke against the sheep of thy pasture?
2 Remember thy congregation, [which] thou hast purchased of old: the rod of thy inheritance, [which] thou hast redeemed; this mount Zion, in which thou hast dwelt.
Remember thine assembly, which thou hast purchased of old, which thou hast redeemed [to be] the portion of thine inheritance, this mount Zion, wherein thou hast dwelt.
3 Lift up thy feet to the perpetual desolations; [even] all [that] the enemy hath done wickedly in the sanctuary.
Lift up thy steps unto the perpetual desolations: everything in the sanctuary hath the enemy destroyed.
4 Thy enemies roar in the midst of thy congregations; they set up their ensigns [for] signs.
Thine adversaries roar in the midst of thy place of assembly; they set up their signs [for] signs.
5 [A man] was famous according as he had lifted up axes upon the thick trees.
[A man] was known as he could lift up axes in the thicket of trees;
6 But now they break down the carved work of it at once with axes and hammers.
And now they break down its carved work altogether, with hatchets and hammers.
7 They have cast fire into thy sanctuary, they have defiled [by casting down] the dwelling-place of thy name to the ground.
They have set on fire thy sanctuary, they have profaned the habitation of thy name to the ground.
8 They said in their hearts, Let us destroy them together: they have burned up all the synagogues of God in the land.
They said in their heart, Let us destroy them together: they have burned up all God's places of assembly 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.
We see not our signs; there is no more any prophet, neither is there among us any that knoweth how long.
10 O God, how long shall the adversary reproach? shall the enemy blaspheme thy name for ever?
How long, O God, shall the adversary reproach? Shall the enemy contemn thy name for ever?
11 Why withdrawest thou thy hand, even thy right hand? pluck [it] out of thy bosom.
Why withdrawest thou thy hand, and thy right hand? [pluck it] out of thy bosom: consume [them].
12 For God [is] my King of old, working salvation in the midst of the earth.
But God is my king of old, accomplishing deliverances in the midst of the earth.
13 Thou didst divide the sea by thy strength: thou didst break the heads of the dragons in the waters.
Thou didst divide the sea by thy strength; thou didst break the heads of the monsters on the waters:
14 Thou didst break the head of leviathan in pieces, [and] didst give him [to be] food to the people inhabiting the wilderness.
Thou didst break in pieces the heads of leviathan, thou gavest him to be meat to those that people the desert.
15 Thou didst cleave the fountain and the flood: thou didst dry up mighty rivers.
Thou didst cleave fountain and torrent, thou driedst up ever-flowing rivers.
16 The day [is] thine, the night also [is] thine: thou hast prepared the light and the sun.
The day is thine, the night also is thine; thou hast prepared the moon and the sun:
17 Thou hast set all the borders of the earth: thou hast made summer and winter.
Thou hast set all the borders of the earth; summer and winter — thou didst form them.
18 Remember this, the enemy hath reproached, O LORD, and the foolish people have blasphemed thy name.
Remember this, that an enemy hath reproached Jehovah, and a foolish people have contemned thy name.
19 O deliver not the soul of thy turtle dove to the multitude [of the wicked]: forget not the congregation of thy poor for ever.
Give not up the soul of thy turtle-dove unto the wild beast; forget not the troop of thine afflicted for ever.
20 Have respect to the covenant: for the dark places of the earth are full of the habitations of cruelty.
Have respect unto the covenant; for the dark places of the earth are full of the dwellings of violence.
21 O let not the oppressed return ashamed: let the poor and needy praise thy name.
Oh let not the oppressed one return ashamed; let the afflicted and needy praise thy name.
22 Arise, O God, plead thy own cause: remember how the foolish man reproacheth thee daily.
Rise up, O God, plead thine own cause: remember how the foolish man reproacheth thee all the day;
23 Forget not the voice of thy enemies: the tumult of those that rise against thee increaseth continually.
Forget not the voice of thine adversaries: the tumult of those that rise up against thee ascendeth continually.
