| Psa. 74:1 |
Why, O God, have You cast [us] off forever? / [Why] does Your anger smoke against the sheep of Your pasture? |
| Psa. 74:2 |
Remember Your assembly, which You have purchased of old, / Which You have redeemed [as] the tribe of Your inheritance, / [And] Mount Zion, where You dwell. |
| Psa. 74:3 |
Lift up Your steps unto the perpetual ruins; / The enemy has damaged everything in the sanctuary. |
| Psa. 74:4 |
Your adversaries have roared in the midst of Your assembly place; / They have set up their symbols as signs. |
| Psa. 74:5 |
It looked like when men bring up axes / On the thicket of the trees. |
| Psa. 74:6 |
And now they have struck down with hatchet and hammer / Its carved work altogether. |
| Psa. 74:7 |
They have set fire to Your sanctuary; / They have defiled the dwelling place of Your name to the ground. |
| Psa. 74:8 |
They said in their heart, Let us oppress them completely. / They have burned down all God's assembly places in the land. |
| Psa. 74:9 |
We do not see our signs; there is no longer a prophet, / Nor is there anyone among us who knows how long. |
| Psa. 74:10 |
How long, O God, will the adversary reproach? / Will the enemy despise Your name forever? |
| Psa. 74:11 |
Why do You withdraw Your hand, even Your right hand? / [Bring it forth] from the midst of Your bosom; destroy [them.] |
| Psa. 74:12 |
But God is my King of old, / Accomplishing salvation in the midst of the earth. |
| Psa. 74:13 |
You divided the sea by Your strength; / You broke the heads of the sea serpents on the waters. |
| Psa. 74:14 |
You crushed the heads of the leviathan; / You gave him as food to the creatures of the desert. |
| Psa. 74:15 |
You broke open the fountain and the torrent; / You dried up the ever-flowing streams. |
| Psa. 74:16 |
The day is Yours; the night also is Yours; / You prepared the moon and the sun. |
| Psa. 74:17 |
You established all the borders of the earth: / You formed the summer and the winter. |
| Psa. 74:18 |
Remember this: The enemy has reproached Jehovah, / And a foolish people has despised Your name. |
| Psa. 74:19 |
Do not give the soul of Your turtledove to the wild beast; / Do not forget the life of Your poor forever. |
| Psa. 74:20 |
Regard the covenant, / For the dark places of the earth are full of the habitations of violence. |
| Psa. 74:21 |
Do not let him who is oppressed return ashamed. / May the poor and needy praise Your name. |
| Psa. 74:22 |
Arise, O God; contend for Your own cause; / Remember how the foolish man reproaches You all day long. |
| Psa. 74:23 |
Do not forget the voice of Your adversaries; / The roar of those who rise up against You goes up continually. |