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<i>why</i> doth thine anger smoke against the sheep of thy pasture?</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/74-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>Remember thy congregation, <i>which</i> thou hast purchased of old; the rod of thine inheritance, <i>which</i> thou hast redeemed; this mount Zion, wherein thou hast dwelt.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/74-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>Lift up thy feet unto the perpetual desolations; <i>even</i> all <i>that</i> the enemy hath done wickedly in the sanctuary.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/74-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>Thine enemies roar in the midst of thy congregations; they set up their ensigns <i>for</i> signs.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/74-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span><i>A man</i> was famous according as he had lifted up axes upon the thick trees.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/74-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>But now they break down the carved work thereof at once with axes and hammers.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/74-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>They have cast fire into thy sanctuary, they have defiled <i>by casting down</i> the dwelling place of thy name to the ground.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/74-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>They said in their hearts, Let us destroy them together: they have burned up all the synagogues of God in the land.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/74-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>We see not our signs: <i>there is</i> no more any prophet: neither <i>is there</i> among us any that knoweth how long.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/74-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>O God, how long shall the adversary reproach? shall the enemy blaspheme thy name for ever?</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/74-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>Why withdrawest thou thy hand, even thy right hand? pluck <i>it</i> out of thy bosom.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/74-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>For God <i>is</i> my King of old, working salvation in the midst of the earth.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/74-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>Thou didst divide the sea by thy strength: thou brakest the heads of the dragons in the waters.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/74-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>Thou brakest the heads of leviathan in pieces, <i>and</i> gavest him <i>to be</i> meat to the people inhabiting the wilderness.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/74-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>Thou didst cleave the fountain and the flood: thou driedst up mighty rivers.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/74-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>The day <i>is</i> thine, the night also <i>is</i> thine: thou hast prepared the light and the sun.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/74-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>Thou hast set all the borders of the earth: thou hast made summer and winter.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/74-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>Remember this, <i>that</i> the enemy hath reproached, O LORD, and <i>that</i> the foolish people have blasphemed thy name.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/74-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>O deliver not the soul of thy turtledove unto the multitude <i>of the wicked</i>: forget not the congregation of thy poor for ever.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/74-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>Have respect unto the covenant: for the dark places of the earth are full of the habitations of cruelty.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/74-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>O let not the oppressed return ashamed: let the poor and needy praise thy name.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/74-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>Arise, O God, plead thine own cause: remember how the foolish man reproacheth thee daily.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/74-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>Forget not the voice of thine enemies: the tumult of those that rise up against thee increaseth continually.</p></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">King James Bible<br /><br />Text courtesy of <a href="//www.bibleprotector.com/"> BibleProtector.com</a><br /><br />Section Headings Courtesy <a href="//intbible.com/">INT Bible</a><br />© 2012, Used by Permission<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/">Bible Hub</a></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="rightbox"><div class="padright"><div id="pic"><iframe width="100%" height="860" scrolling="no" src="/scan/psalms/74-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></div></div><div id="rightbox4"><div class="padright2"><div id="spons1"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tr><td class="sp1"><iframe width="122" height="860" scrolling="no" src="../sidemenu.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhchap.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></body></html>