Psalms 74

1 O God, why hast thou cast us off for ever? Why doth thine anger smoke against the sheep of thy pasture?

1An Instruction of Asaph. Why, O God, hast Thou cast off for ever? Thine anger smoketh against the flock of Thy pasture.

2Remember thy congregation, which thou hast gotten of old, Which thou hast redeemed to be the tribe of thine inheritance; Andmount Zion, wherein thou hast dwelt.

2Remember Thy company. Thou didst purchase of old, Thou didst redeem the rod of Thy inheritance, This mount Zion--Thou didst dwell in it.

3Lift up thy feet unto the perpetual ruins, All the evil that the enemy hath done in the sanctuary.

3Lift up Thy steps to the perpetual desolations, Everything the enemy did wickedly in the sanctuary.

4Thine adversaries have roared in the midst of thine assembly; They have set up their ensigns for signs.

4Roared have thine adversaries, In the midst of Thy meeting-places, They have set their ensigns as ensigns.

5They seemed as men that lifted up Axes upon a thicket of trees.

5He is known as one bringing in on high Against a thicket of wood--axes.

6And now all the carved work thereof They break down with hatchet and hammers.

6And now, its carvings together With axe and hatchet they break down,

7They have set thy sanctuary on fire; They have profaned the dwelling-place of thy name by casting it to the ground.

7They have sent into fire Thy sanctuary, to the earth they polluted the tabernacle of Thy name,

8They said in their heart, Let us make havoc of them altogether: They have burned up all the synagogues of God in the land.

8They said in their hearts, `Let us oppress them together,' They did burn all the meeting-places of God in the land.

9We see not our signs: There is no more any prophet; Neither is there among us any that knoweth how long.

9Our ensigns we have not seen, There is no more a prophet, Nor with us is one knowing how long.

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

10Till when, O God, doth an adversary reproach? Doth an enemy despise thy name for ever?

11Why drawest thou back thy hand, even thy right hand? Pluck itout of thy bosom and consume them.

11Why dost Thou turn back Thy hand, Even Thy right hand? From the midst of Thy bosom remove <FI>it<Fi> .

12 Yet God is my King of old, Working salvation in the midst of the earth.

12And God <FI>is<Fi> my king of old, Working salvation in the midst of the earth.

13Thou didst divide the sea by thy strength: Thou brakest the heads of the sea-monsters in the waters.

13Thou hast broken by Thy strength a sea-<FI> monster<Fi> , Thou hast shivered Heads of dragons by the waters,

14Thou brakest the heads of leviathan in pieces; Thou gavest him to be food to the people inhabiting the wilderness.

14Thou hast broken the heads of leviathan, Thou makest him food, For the people of the dry places.

15Thou didst cleave fountain and flood: Thou driedst up mighty rivers.

15Thou hast cleaved a fountain and a stream, Thou hast dried up perennial flowings.

16The day is thine, the night also is thine: Thou hast prepared the light and the sun.

16Thine <FI>is<Fi> the day, also Thine <FI>is<Fi> the night, Thou hast prepared a light giver--the sun.

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

17Thou hast set up all the borders of earth, Summer and winter Thou hast formed them.

18Remember this, that the enemy hath reproached, O Jehovah, And that a foolish people hath blasphemed thy name.

18Remember this--an enemy reproached Jehovah, And a foolish people have despised Thy name.

19Oh deliver not the soul of thy turtle-dove unto the wild beast: Forget not the life of thy poor for ever.

19Give not up to a company, The soul of Thy turtle-dove, The company of Thy poor ones forget not for ever.

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

20Look attentively to the covenant, For the dark places of earth, Have been full of habitations of violence.

21Oh let not the oppressed return ashamed: Let the poor and needy praise thy name.

21Let not the oppressed turn back ashamed, Let the poor and needy praise Thy name,

22Arise, O God, plead thine own cause: Remember how the foolish man reproacheth thee all the day.

22Arise, O God, plead Thy plea, Remember Thy reproach from a fool all the day.

23Forget not the voice of thine adversaries: The tumult of those that rise up against thee ascendeth continually.

23Forget not the voice of Thine adversaries, The noise of Thy withstanders is going up continually!