Psalms 74
74
PSALM 74
Common Meter: 8,6,8,6
Maschil of Asaph.
1O God, why hast thou cast us off?
is it for evermore?
Against thy pasture-sheep why doth
thine anger smoke so sore?
2O call to thy rememberance
thy congregation,
Which thou hast purchased of old;
still think the same upon:
The rod of thine inheritance,
which thou redeemed hast,
This Sion hill, wherein thou hadst
thy dwelling in times past.
3To these long desolations
thy feet lift, do not tarry;
For all the ills thy foes have done
within thy sanctuary.
4Amidst thy congregations
thine enemies do roar:
Their ensigns they set up for signs
of triumph thee before.
5A man was famous, and was had
in estimation,
According as he lifted up
his axe thick trees upon.
6But all at once with axes now
and hammers they go to,
And down the carved work thereof
they break, and quite undo.
7They fired have thy sanctuary,
and have defil'd the same,
By casting down unto the ground
the place where dwelt thy name.
8Thus said they in their hearts, Let us
destroy them out of hand:
They burnt up all the synagogues
of God within the land.
9Our signs we do not now behold;
there is not us among
A prophet more, nor any one
that knows the time how long.
10How long, Lord, shall the enemy
thus in reproach exclaim?
And shall the adversary thus
always blaspheme thy name?
11Thy hand, ev'n thy right hand of might,
why dost thou thus draw back?
O from thy bosom pluck it out
for our deliv'rance sake.
12For certainly God is my King,
ev'n from the times of old,
Working in midst of all the earth
salvation manifold.
13The sea, by thy great pow'r, to part
asunder thou didst make;
And thou the dragons' heads, O Lord,
within the waters brake.
14The leviathan's head thou brak'st
in pieces, and didst give
Him to be meat unto the folk
in wilderness that live.
15Thou clav'st the fountain and the flood,
which did with streams abound:
Thou dry'dst the mighty waters up
unto the very ground.
16Thine only is the day, O Lord,
thine also is the night;
And thou alone prepared hast
the sun and shining light.
17By thee the borders of the earth
were settled ev'ry where:
The summer and the winter both
by thee created were.
18That th' enemy reproached hath,
O keep it in record;
And that the foolish people have
blasphem'd thy name, O Lord.
19Unto the multitude do not
thy turtle's soul deliver:
The congregation of thy poor
do not forget for ever.
20Unto thy cov'nant have respect;
for earth's dark places be
Full of the habitations
of horrid cruelty.
21O let not those that be oppress'd
return again with shame:
Let those that poor and needy are
give praise unto thy name.
22Do thou, O God, arise and plead
the cause that is thine own:
Remember how thou art reproach'd
still by the foolish one.
23Do not forget the voice of those
that are thine enemies:
Of those the tumult ever grows
that do against thee rise.
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Tehillim (Psalms) 74
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1O Elohim, why do You forever reject us? Why does Your displeasure smoke Against the sheep of Your pasture?
2Remember Your congregation. You did purchase of old, The tribe of Your inheritance. You did redeem, This Mount Tsiyon where You have dwelt.
3Lift up Your steps to the endless ruins; The enemy has done all evil in the set-apart place.#See Psa. 79
4Your adversaries have roared In the midst of Your appointments; They have set up their own signs as signs.
5It seems as if one had lifted up Axes among the thick trees.
6And now all its carved work, They have broken down with axe and hammer.
7They have set fire to Your set-apart place, They have profaned the dwelling place of Your Name to the ground.
8They said in their hearts, “Let us suppress them altogether.” They burned all the Appointment Places of Ěl in the land.
9We do not see our signs, There is no longer a prophet, Nor any among us who knows how long.
10O Elohim, how long would the adversary reproach? Would the enemy despise Your Name forever?#See Psa. 74:18
11Why do You hold back Your hand, even Your right hand? From the midst of Your bosom – end it!
12For Elohim is my Sovereign from of old, Working deliverance in the midst of the earth.
13You divided the sea by Your might; You broke the heads of the sea serpents in the waters.
14You broke the heads of Liwiathan in pieces, You made him food for the people Living in the wilderness.
15You did cleave open the fountain and the flood, You did dry up mighty rivers.
16The day is Yours, the night is Yours too, You have established the light and the sun.
17You have set all the borders of the earth, You have made summer and winter.
18Remember this: the enemy has reproached יהוה, And a foolish people has despised Your Name.
19Do not give the being of Your turtledove to the wild beast! Do not forget the life of Your afflicted ones forever.
20Look to the covenant, For the dark places of the earth are filled With haunts of violence.
21Let not the crushed one return ashamed! Let the poor and needy praise Your Name.
22Arise, O Elohim, plead Your own cause, Remember how the foolish man reproaches You daily.
23Do not forget the voice of Your enemies, The uproar of those rising up against You increases continually.
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