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Psalm 74 Brenton's Septuagint Translation
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Wherefore hast thou rejected <i>us</i>, O God, for ever? <i>wherefore</i> is thy wrath kindled against the sheep of thy pasture?<p> <A name="3"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/74-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span><font color=blue>(73:2)</font> Remember thy congregation which thou hast purchased from the beginning; thou didst ransom the rod of thine inheritance; this mount Sion wherein thou hast dwelt.<p> <A name="4"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/74-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span><font color=blue>(73:3)</font> Lift up thine hands against their pride continually; <i>because of</i> all that the enemy has done wickedly in thy holy places.<p> <A name="5"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/74-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span><font color=blue>(73:4)</font> And they that hate thee have boasted in the midst of thy feast; they have set up their standards for signs,<p> <A name="6"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/74-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span><font color=blue>(73:5)</font> ignorantly as it were in the entrance above;<p> <A name="7"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/74-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span><font color=blue>(73:6)</font> they cut down its doors at once with axes as in a wood of trees; they have broken it down with hatchet and stone cutter.<p> <A name="8"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/74-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span><font color=blue>(73:7)</font> They have burnt thy sanctuary with fire to the ground; they have profaned the habitation of thy name.<p> <A name="9"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/74-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span><font color=blue>(73:8)</font> They have said in their heart, <i>even</i> all their kindred together, Come, let us abolish the feasts of the Lord from the earth.<p> <A name="10"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/74-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span><font color=blue>(73:9)</font> We have not seen our signs; there is no longer a prophet; and <i>God</i> will not know us any more.<p> <A name="11"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/74-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span><font color=blue>(73:10)</font> How long, O God, shall the enemy reproach? shall the enemy provoke thy name forever?<p> <A name="12"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/74-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span><font color=blue>(73:11)</font> Wherefore turnest thou away thine hand, and thy right hand from the midst of thy bosom for ever?<p> <A name="13"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/74-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span><font color=blue>(73:12)</font> But God is our King of old; he has wrought salvation in the midst of the earth.<p> <A name="14"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/74-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span><font color=blue>(73:13)</font> Thou didst establish the sea, in thy might, thou didst break to pieces the heads of the dragons in the water.<p> <A name="15"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/74-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span><font color=blue>(73:14)</font> Thou didst break to pieces the heads of the dragon; thou didst give him <i>for</i> meat to the Ethiopian nations.<p> <A name="16"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/74-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span><font color=blue>(73:15)</font> Thou didst cleave fountains and torrents; thou driedst up mighty rivers.<p> <A name="17"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/74-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span><font color=blue>(73:16)</font> The day is thine, and the night is thine; thou hast prepared the sun and the moon.<p> <A name="18"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/74-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span><font color=blue>(73:17)</font> Thou hast made all the borders of the earth; thou hast made summer and spring.<p> <A name="19"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/74-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span><font color=blue>(73:18)</font> Remember this thy creation: an enemy has reproached the Lord, and a foolish people has provoked thy name.<p> <A name="20"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/74-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span><font color=blue>(73:19)</font> Deliver not to the wild beasts a soul that gives praise to thee: forget not for ever the souls of thy poor.<p> <A name="21"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/74-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span><font color=blue>(73:20)</font> Look upon thy covenant: for the dark <i>places</i> of the earth are filled with the habitations of iniquity.<p> <A name="22"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/74-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span><font color=blue>(73:21)</font> let not the afflicted and shamed one be rejected: the poor and needy shall praise thy name.<p> <A name="23"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/74-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span><font color=blue>(73:22)</font> Arise, O God, plead thy cause: remember thy reproaches that come from the foolish one all the day.<p> <A name=""></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/74-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span><font color=blue>(73:23)</font> Forget not the voice of thy suppliants: let the pride of them that hate thee continually ascend before thee.<p><br /></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">The English translation of The Septuagint by Sir Lancelot Charles Lee Brenton (1851)<br><br>Section Headings Courtesy <a href="https://berean.bible">Berean Bible</i><span class="p"><br /><br /></span></div></div></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="../psalms/73.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Psalm 73"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Psalm 73" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="../psalms/75.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Psalm 75"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Psalm 75" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhchapnoad.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>