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
A Lament in Time of National Defeat
A maskil of Asaph.#The Hebrew Bible counts the superscription as the first verse of the psalm
1Why, O God, have you rejected us forever?
Why does your anger smoke
against the sheep of your pasture?
2Remember your congregation that you bought long ago,
when you redeemed the tribe of your inheritance.
Remember Mount Zion#Literally “the mountain of Zion” where you have dwelt.
3Lift your steps to the perpetual ruins,
to all that the enemy has ruined in the sanctuary.
4Your enemies have roared in the midst of your meeting place;
they have set up their signs for signs.
5They are#Hebrew “He is” known to be like those who wield#Literally “lift up”
axes in a thicket of trees.
6And now#According to the reading tradition (Qere) its#That is, the temple’s carved works altogether
they have smashed with axe and hammer.
7They have set fire to your sanctuary.
They have defiled to the ground,
the dwelling place for your name.
8They have said in their heart,
“We will completely#Hebrew “altogether” oppress them.”
They burned all the meeting places of God in the land.
9We do not see our signs,
and there is no longer a prophet.
No one with us knows how long.
10How long, O God, will the adversary taunt?
Will the enemy treat your name with contempt forever?
11Why do you draw back your hand, even your right hand?
Take it from your bosom;#According to the reading tradition (Qere) destroy them!
12But God has been my king from long ago,
working salvation in the midst of the earth.
13You split open the sea by your strength;
You broke the heads of the sea monsters in the waters.
14You crushed the heads of Leviathan;
you gave him as food to the desert dwelling creatures.
15You split open spring and wadi.#A seasonal stream that is often dry
You dried up ever-flowing rivers.
16Yours is the day, yours is the night also.
You established light and the sun.
17You defined#Or “set” all the boundaries of the earth;
Summer and winter—you formed them.
18O Yahweh, remember this: the enemy taunts,
and foolish people treat your name with contempt.
19Do not give to beasts the life of your dove;
do not ever forget the life of your afflicted ones.
20Have regard for the covenant,
because the dark places of the land are full of
the haunts of violence.
21Do not let the oppressed turn back humiliated;
let the poor and needy praise your name.
22Rise up, O God, plead your cause;
remember the reproaching of you by the foolish all day long.#Literally “all the day”
23Do not forget the sound of your adversaries,
the roar of those rising up against you ascending continually.
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