Jubilee2000 - Psalms - 74

74:1  <> O God, why hast thou cast [us] off for ever? [Why] does thine anger smoke against the sheep of thy pasture?

74:2  Remember thy congregation, [which] thou hast purchased of old; the rod of thine inheritance, [which] thou hast redeemed, this mount Zion, in which thou hast dwelt.

74:3  Lift up thy feet unto the eternal desolations, unto every enemy who has done wickedly in the sanctuary.

74:4  Thine enemies have roared in the midst of thy assemblies; they set up their [own] banners [for] signs.

74:5  Renowned, as one on the way to heaven, he who lifted up axes upon the thick trees [for the work of the sanctuary].

74:6  But now they break down all the carved work thereof with axes and hammers.

74:7  They have set fire to thy sanctuaries; they have defiled the tabernacle of thy name [in the] earth.

74:8  They said in their hearts, Let us destroy them at once; they have burned up all the meeting places [of the people] of God in the earth.

74:9  We no longer see our [own] banners; [there is] no longer any prophet: neither [is there] among us any that knows. How long [shall this be]?

74:10  O God, how long shall the adversary reproach? Shall the enemy blaspheme thy name for ever?

74:11  Why dost thou withdraw thy hand, even thy right hand? [Why] dost thou hide [it] in thy bosom.

74:12  For God [is] my King from of old, he who works saving health in the midst of the earth.

74:13  Thou didst divide the sea by thy strength; thou didst break the heads of the dragons in the waters.

74:14  Thou didst break the heads of leviathan in pieces [and] didst give him [to be] food to the people inhabiting the wilderness.

74:15  Thou didst cleave the fountain and the river; thou didst dry up mighty rivers.

74:16  The day [is] thine, the night also [is] thine; thou hast prepared the light and the sun.

74:17  Thou hast set all the borders of the earth; thou hast made summer and winter.

74:18  Remember this, [that] the enemy has spoken against the LORD and [that] the foolish people have blasphemed thy name.

74:19  O deliver not the soul of thy turtledove unto the beasts; forget not the congregation of thy poor for ever.

74:20  Have respect unto the covenant; for the dark places of the earth are full of the habitations of violence.

74:21  O let not the oppressed return ashamed; the poor and destitute shall praise thy name.

74:22  Arise, O God, plead thine own cause; remember how the foolish man reproaches thee daily.

74:23  Forget not the voices of thine enemies; the tumult of those that rise up against thee increases continually.: