Psalms 74:1 (BSB)
A Maskil of Asaph. Why have You rejected us forever, O God? Why does Your anger smolder against the sheep of Your pasture?

Psalms 74:2 (BSB)
Remember Your congregation, which You purchased long ago and redeemed as the tribe of Your inheritance—Mount Zion where You dwell.

Psalms 74:3 (BSB)
Turn Your steps to the everlasting ruins, to everything in the sanctuary the enemy has destroyed.

Psalms 74:4 (BSB)
Your foes have roared within Your meeting place; they have unfurled their banners as signs,

Psalms 74:5 (BSB)
like men wielding axes in a thicket of trees

Psalms 74:6 (BSB)
and smashing all the carvings with hatchets and picks.

Psalms 74:7 (BSB)
They have burned Your sanctuary to the ground; they have defiled the dwelling place of Your Name.

Psalms 74:8 (BSB)
They said in their hearts, “We will crush them completely.” They burned down every place where God met us in the land.

Psalms 74:9 (BSB)
There are no signs for us to see. There is no longer any prophet. And none of us knows how long this will last.

Psalms 74:10 (BSB)
How long, O God, will the enemy taunt You? Will the foe revile Your name forever?

Psalms 74:11 (BSB)
Why do You withdraw Your strong right hand? Stretch it out to destroy them!

Psalms 74:12 (BSB)
Yet God is my King from ancient times, working salvation on the earth.

Psalms 74:13 (BSB)
You divided the sea by Your strength; You smashed the heads of the dragons of the sea;

Psalms 74:14 (BSB)
You crushed the heads of Leviathan; You fed him to the creatures of the desert.

Psalms 74:15 (BSB)
You broke open the fountain and the flood; You dried up the ever-flowing rivers.

Psalms 74:16 (BSB)
The day is Yours, and also the night; You established the moon and the sun.

Psalms 74:17 (BSB)
You set all the boundaries of the earth; You made the summer and winter.

Psalms 74:18 (BSB)
Remember how the enemy has mocked You, O LORD, how a foolish people has spurned Your name.

Psalms 74:19 (BSB)
Do not deliver the soul of Your dove to beasts; do not forget the lives of Your afflicted forever.

Psalms 74:20 (BSB)
Consider Your covenant, for haunts of violence fill the dark places of the land.

Psalms 74:21 (BSB)
Do not let the oppressed retreat in shame; may the poor and needy praise Your name.

Psalms 74:22 (BSB)
Rise up, O God; defend Your cause! Remember how the fool mocks You all day long.

Psalms 74:23 (BSB)
Do not disregard the clamor of Your adversaries, the uproar of Your enemies that ascends continually.
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