RSV Psalms 74 Chapter
74:1
A Maskil of Asaph. O God, why dost thou cast us off for ever? Why does thy anger smoke against the sheep of thy pasture?
74:2
Remember thy congregation, which thou hast gotten of old, which thou hast redeemed to be the tribe of thy heritage! Remember Mount Zion, where thou hast dwelt.
74:3
Direct thy steps to the perpetual ruins;the enemy has destroyed everything in the sanctuary!
74:4
Thy foes have roared in the midst of thy holy place;they set up their own signs for signs.
74:5
At the upper entrance they hacked the wooden trellis with axes.
74:6
And then all its carved wood they broke down with hatchets and hammers.
74:7
They set thy sanctuary on fire;to the ground they desecrated the dwelling place of thy name.
74:8
They said to themselves, 'We will utterly subdue them';they burned all the meeting places of God in the land.
74:9
We do not see our signs;there is no longer any prophet, and there is none among us who knows how long.
74:10
How long, O God, is the foe to scoff? Is the enemy to revile thy name for ever?
74:11
Why dost thou hold back thy hand, why dost thou keep thy right hand in thy bosom?
74:12
Yet God my King is from of old, working salvation in the midst of the earth.
74:13
Thou didst divide the sea by thy might;thou didst break the heads of the dragons on the waters.
74:14
Thou didst crush the heads of Leviathan, thou didst give him as food for the creatures of the wilderness.
74:15
Thou didst cleave open springs and brooks;thou didst dry up ever-flowing streams.
74:16
Thine is the day, thine also the night;thou hast established the luminaries and the sun.
74:17
Thou hast fixed all the bounds of the earth;thou hast made summer and winter.
74:18
Remember this, O LORD, how the enemy scoffs, and an impious people reviles thy name.
74:19
Do not deliver the soul of thy dove to the wild beasts;do not forget the life of thy poor for ever.
74:20
Have regard for thy covenant;for the dark places of the land are full of the habitations of violence.
74:21
Let not the downtrodden be put to shame;let the poor and needy praise thy name.
74:22
Arise, O God, plead thy cause;remember how the impious scoff at thee all the day!
74:23
Do not forget the clamor of thy foes, the uproar of thy adversaries which goes up continually!