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Psalms 74

Jewish Publication Society 1917 · Berean Standard Bible

74:1

Maschil of Asaph. Why, O God, hast Thou cast us off for ever? Why doth Thine anger smoke against the flock of Thy pasture?

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74:2

Remember Thy congregation, which Thou hast gotten of old, Which Thou hast redeemed to be the tribe of Thine inheritance; And mount Zion, wherein Thou hast dwelt.

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74:3

Lift up Thy steps because of the perpetual ruins, Even all the evil that the enemy hath done in the sanctuary.

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74:4

Thine adversaries have roared in the midst of Thy meeting-place; They have set up their own signs for signs.

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74:5

It seemed as when men wield upwards Axes in a thicket of trees.

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74:6

And now all the carved work thereof together They strike down with hatchet and hammers.

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74:7

They have set Thy sanctuary on fire; They have profaned the dwelling-place of Thy name even to the ground.

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74:8

They said in their heart: 'Let us make havoc of them altogether'; They have burned up all the meeting-places of God in the land.

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74:9

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

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74:10

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

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74:11

Why withdrawest Thou Thy hand, even Thy right hand? Draw it out of Thy bosom and consume them.

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74:12

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

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74:13

Thou didst break the sea in pieces by Thy strength; Thou didst shatter the heads of the sea-monsters in the waters.

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74:14

Thou didst crush the heads of leviathan, Thou gavest him to be food to the folk inhabiting the wilderness.

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74:15

Thou didst cleave fountain and brook; Thou driedst up ever-flowing rivers.

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74:16

Thine is the day, Thine also the night; Thou hast established luminary and sun.

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74:17

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

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74:18

Remember this, how the enemy hath reproached the LORD, And how a base people have blasphemed Thy name.

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74:19

O deliver not the soul of Thy turtle-dove unto the wild beast; Forget not the life of Thy poor for ever.

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74:20

Look upon the covenant; For the dark places of the land are full of the habitations of violence.

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74:21

O let not the oppressed turn back in confusion; Let the poor and needy praise Thy name.

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74:22

Arise, O God, plead Thine own cause; Remember Thy reproach all the day at the hand of the base man.

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74:23

Forget not the voice of Thine adversaries, The tumult of those that rise up against Thee which ascendeth continually.

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