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<p class="indent2"> Why does Your anger smolder <p class="indent2"> against the sheep of Your pasture? <A name="3"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/74-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>Remember Your congregation, <p class="indent2"> which You purchased long ago <p class="indent1"> and redeemed as the tribe of Your inheritance—<p class="indent2"> Mount Zion, where You dwell. <A name="4"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/74-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>Turn Your steps to the everlasting ruins, <p class="indent2"> to everything in the sanctuary the enemy has destroyed. <A name="5"></a><p class="indent1stline"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/74-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>Your foes have roared within Your meeting place; <p class="indent2"> they have unfurled their banners as signs, <A name="6"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/74-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>like men wielding axes in a thicket of trees <A name="7"></a><p class="indent2"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/74-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>and smashing all the carvings with hatchets and picks. <A name="8"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/74-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>They have burned Your sanctuary to the ground; <p class="indent2"> they have defiled the dwelling place of Your Name. <A name="9"></a><p class="indent1stline"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/74-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>They said in their hearts, <p class="indent2">“We will crush them completely.” <p class="indent1"> They burned down every place <p class="indent2"> where God met us in the land. <A name="10"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/74-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>There are no signs for us to see. <p class="indent2"> There is no longer any prophet. <p class="indent2"> And none of us knows how long this will last. <A name="11"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/74-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>How long, O God, will the enemy taunt You? <p class="indent2"> Will the foe revile Your name forever? <A name="12"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/74-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>Why do You withdraw Your strong right hand? <p class="indent2"> Stretch it out to destroy them!<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">b</a></span> <A name="13"></a><p class="indent1stline"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/74-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>Yet God is my King from ancient times, <p class="indent2"> working salvation on the earth. <A name="14"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/74-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>You divided the sea by Your strength; <p class="indent2"> You smashed the heads of the dragons of the sea; <A name="15"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/74-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>You crushed the heads of Leviathan; <p class="indent2"> You fed him to the creatures of the desert. <A name="16"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/74-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>You broke open the fountain and the flood; <p class="indent2"> You dried up the ever-flowing rivers. <A name="17"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/74-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>The day is Yours, and also the night; <p class="indent2"> You established the moon<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">c</a></span> and the sun. <A name="18"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/74-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>You set all the boundaries of the earth; <p class="indent2"> You made the summer and winter. <A name="19"></a><p class="indent1stline"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/74-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>Remember how the enemy has mocked You, O LORD, <p class="indent2"> how a foolish people has spurned Your name. <A name="20"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/74-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>Do not deliver the soul of Your dove to beasts; <p class="indent2"> do not forget the lives of Your afflicted forever. <A name="21"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/74-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>Consider Your covenant, <p class="indent2"> for haunts of violence fill the dark places of the land. <A name="22"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/74-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>Do not let the oppressed retreat in shame; <p class="indent2"> may the poor and needy praise Your name. <A name="23"></a><p class="indent1stline"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/74-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>Rise up, O God; defend Your cause! <p class="indent2"> Remember how the fool mocks You all day long. <A name=""></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/74-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>Do not disregard the clamor of Your adversaries, <p class="indent2"> the uproar of Your enemies that ascends continually.</p><A name="fn"></a><div id="fnlink"><br /><br /><b>Footnotes:</b><br><br><span class="fnverse">1</span> <span class="footnotesbot">a</span> <i>Maskil</i> is probably a musical or liturgical term; used for Psalms 32, 42, 44–45, 52–55, 74, 78, 88–89, and 142.<br><span class="fnverse">11</span> <span class="footnotesbot">b</span> Literally <i>From the midst of Your bosom destroy them!</i> or <i>From the midst of Your bosom remove it!</i><br><span class="fnverse">16</span> <span class="footnotesbot">c</span> Literally <i>the light</i><br><br /></div><br /></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center"><a href=http://bereanbible.com>Berean Standard Bible (BSB)</a> printed 2016, 2020, 2022, 2025 by <a href=http://biblehub.com>Bible Hub</a> and <a href=http://berean.bible>Berean.Bible</a>. 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