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Have You rejected <i>us</i> forever? <p class="indent2">Why does Your anger smoke against the sheep of Your <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>pasture? <p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/74-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>Remember Your congregation, which You have purchased of old, <p class="indent2">Which You have redeemed to be the tribe of Your inheritance; <p class="indent2"><i>And</i> this Mount Zion, where You have dwelt. <p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/74-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>Lift up Your steps toward the perpetual ruins; <p class="indent2">The enemy has damaged everything within the sanctuary. <p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/74-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>Your adversaries have roared in the midst of Your meeting place; <p class="indent2">They have set up their own signs for signs. <p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/74-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>Each seems like one who lifts up <p class="indent2"><span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>An axe against the undergrowth of trees. <p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/74-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>And now its carved work altogether <p class="indent2">They smash with hatchet and <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>hammers. <p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/74-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>They have set Your sanctuary on fire; <p class="indent2"><i>By bringing it</i> to the ground, they have defiled the dwelling place of Your name. <p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/74-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>They said in their heart, “Let us <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>completely <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>subdue them.” <p class="indent2">They have burned all the meeting places of God in the land. <p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/74-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>We do not see our signs; <p class="indent2">There is no longer any prophet, <p class="indent2">Nor is there any among us who knows how long. <p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/74-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>How long, O God, will the adversary reproach? <p class="indent2">Will the enemy spurn Your name forever? <p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/74-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>Why do You turn back Your hand, even Your right hand? <p class="indent2">From within Your bosom, destroy <i>them</i>! <p class="reg"><p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/74-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>Yet God is my King from of old, <p class="indent2">Who works deeds of <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>salvation in the midst of the earth. <p class="indent1"><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 broke the heads of the sea monsters <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>in the waters. <p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/74-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>You crushed the heads of <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>Leviathan; <p class="indent2">You gave him as food for the <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>creatures of the desert. <p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/74-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span><span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>You split open spring and river; <p class="indent2"><span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>You dried up ever-flowing rivers. <p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/74-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>Yours is the day, Yours also is the night; <p class="indent2"><span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>You have established the <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>light and the sun. <p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/74-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span><span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>You have caused all the boundaries of the earth to stand firm; <p class="indent2"><span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>You have formed summer and winter. <p class="reg"><p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/74-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>Remember this, O Yahweh, that the enemy has reproached, <p class="indent2">And a wickedly foolish people has spurned Your name. <p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/74-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>Do not deliver the soul of Your turtledove to the wild beast; <p class="indent2">Do not forget the life of Your afflicted forever. <p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/74-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>Look to the covenant; <p class="indent2">For the dark places of the land are full of the haunts of violence. <p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/74-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>Let not the oppressed return dishonored; <p class="indent2">Let the afflicted and needy praise Your name. <p class="reg"><p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/74-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>Arise, O God, <i>and</i> plead Your own cause; <p class="indent2">Remember <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>how the wicked fool reproaches You all day long. <p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/74-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>Do not forget the voice of Your adversaries, <p class="indent2">The rumbling of those who rise against You which ascends continually.<A name="fn"></a></p><br /><br /><span class="fnverse">Title</span> Possibly <i>Contemplative</i>, <i>Didactic</i>, <i>Skillful Psalm</i><br><span class="fnverse">1</span> Or <i>pasturing</i><br><span class="fnverse">5</span> Lit <i>Axes</i><br><span class="fnverse">6</span> Or <i>axes</i><br><span class="fnverse">8</span> Lit <i>altogether</i><br><span class="fnverse">8</span> Or <i>oppress</i><br><span class="fnverse">12</span> Lit <i>salvations</i><br><span class="fnverse">13</span> Lit <i>on</i><br><span class="fnverse">14</span> Or <i>the sea monster</i><br><span class="fnverse">14</span> Lit <i>people</i><br><span class="fnverse">15</span> Or <i>You Yourself</i><br><span class="fnverse">15</span> Or <i>You Yourself</i><br><span class="fnverse">16</span> Or <i>You Yourself</i><br><span class="fnverse">16</span> Or <i>luminary</i><br><span class="fnverse">17</span> Or <i>You Yourself</i><br><span class="fnverse">17</span> Or <i>You Yourself</i><br><span class="fnverse">22</span> Lit <i>Your reproach from the wicked fool</i><br></div><br /><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">Legacy Standard Bible Copyright ©2021 by The Lockman Foundation<br>All rights reserved. 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