Psalms 74
74
Psalm 74
A maskil #74:0 Unknown musical term. by Asaph.
1Why, O God, have you rejected us forever?
Why does your anger
smolder against the sheep in your care?
2Remember your congregation.
Long ago you made it your own.
You bought this tribe to be your possession.
This tribe is Mount Zion, where you have made your home.
3Turn your steps toward these pathetic ruins.
The enemy has destroyed everything in the holy temple.
4Your opponents have roared inside your meeting place.
They have set up their own emblems as symbols.
5Starting from its entrance, they hacked away
like a woodcutter in a forest.
6They smashed all its carved paneling with axes and hatchets.
7They burned your holy place to the ground.
They dishonored the place where you live among us.
8They said to themselves, “We will crush them.”
They burned every meeting place of God in the land.
9We no longer see miraculous signs.
There are no prophets anymore.
No one knows how long this will last.
10How long, O God, will the enemy insult us?
Will the enemy despise you forever?
11Why do you hold back your hand, especially your right hand?
Take your hands out of your pockets.
Destroy your enemies!
12And yet, from long ago God has been my king,
the one who has been victorious throughout the earth.
13You stirred up the sea with your own strength.
You smashed the heads of sea monsters in the water.
14You crushed the heads of Leviathan
and gave them to the creatures of the desert for food.
15You opened the springs and brooks.
You dried up the ever-flowing rivers.
16The day and the night are yours.
You set the moon and the sun in their places.
17You determined all the boundaries of the earth.
You created summer and winter.
18Remember how the enemy insulted you, O Lord.
Remember how an entire nation of godless fools despised your name.
19Do not hand over the soul of your dove to wild animals.
Do not forget the life of your oppressed people forever.
20Consider your promise #74:20 Or “covenant.”
because every dark corner of the land is filled with violence.
21Do not let oppressed people come back in disgrace.
Let weak and needy people praise your name.
22Arise, O God!
Fight for your own cause!
Remember how godless fools insult you all day long.
23Do not forget the shouting of your opponents.
Do not forget the uproar made by those who attack you.
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Psalms 74
74
Prayer for Israel
A Maskil of Asaph. # 1Ch 16:5,7
1Why have You rejected us forever, God?
Why does Your anger burn
against the sheep of Your pasture? # Ex 32:11; Ps 60:1,10; 108:11
2Remember Your congregation,
which You purchased long ago
and redeemed as the tribe for Your own possession. # Is 63:17; Jr 10:16; 51:19
Remember Mount Zion where You dwell. # Is 8:18
3Make Your way # Lit Lift up Your steps to the everlasting ruins,
to all that the enemy has destroyed in the sanctuary. # Ps 79:1; Is 61:4
4Your adversaries roared in the meeting place
where You met with us. # Lit in Your meeting place
They set up their emblems as signs. # Nm 2:2; Lm 2:6-7
5It was like men in a thicket of trees,
wielding axes, # Jr 46:22
6then smashing all the carvings
with hatchets and picks. # Lm 2:2
7They set Your sanctuary on fire;
they utterly # Lit they to the ground desecrated
the dwelling place of Your name. # 2Kg 25:9; Ps 79:1
8They said in their hearts,
“Let us oppress them relentlessly.”
They burned down every place throughout the land
where God met with us. # Lit every meeting place of God in the land # Ps 83:4
9There are no signs for us to see.
There is no longer a prophet.
And none of us knows how long this will last. # 1Sm 3:1; Lm 2:9; Ezk 7:26
10God, how long will the enemy mock?
Will the foe insult Your name forever? # Ps 79:12; 89:51
11Why do You hold back Your hand?
Stretch out # Lit From Your bosom Your right hand and destroy them! # Ps 59:13; Lm 2:3
12God my King is from ancient times,
performing saving acts on the earth. # Ps 47:6-8; 95:3; Jr 10:10
13You divided the sea with Your strength;
You smashed the heads of the sea monsters in the waters; # Ex 14:21; Is 51:9; Ezk 32:2
14You crushed the heads of Leviathan;
You fed him to the creatures of the desert. # Jb 41:1; Ps 104:26; Is 27:1
15You opened up springs and streams; # Ps 104:10-11
You dried up ever-flowing rivers. # Is 42:15; 44:27
16The day is Yours, also the night;
You established the moon and the sun. # Gn 1:14-18; Ps 104:19
17You set all the boundaries of the earth;
You made summer and winter. # Gn 8:22; Jb 38:10-11; Pr 8:29; Jr 5:22
18Remember this: the enemy has mocked Yahweh,
and a foolish people has insulted Your name. # Ps 14:1; 53:1; 89:51
19Do not give the life of Your dove to beasts; # One Hb ms, LXX, Syr read Do not hand over to beasts a soul that praises You
do not forget the lives of Your poor people forever. # Ps 9:18; 68:10
20Consider the covenant, # Dt 4:31; Ps 106:45
for the dark places of the land are full of violence. # Ezk 7:23
21Do not let the oppressed turn away in shame;
let the poor and needy praise Your name. # Ps 9:9; 103:6; Is 41:7
22Rise up, God, defend Your cause! # Ps 9:19; 82:8
Remember the insults
that fools bring against You all day long. # Ps 79:12
23Do not forget the clamor of Your adversaries,
the tumult of Your opponents that goes up constantly. # Ps 65:7
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