Psalms 74

¹Psalms 74:1. A Maskil of Asaph. Why have You rejected us forever, O God? Why does Your anger smolder against the sheep of Your pasture?²Psalms 74:2. Remember Your congregation, which You purchased long ago and redeemed as the tribe of Your inheritance—Mount Zion, where You dwell.³Psalms 74:3. Turn Your steps to the everlasting ruins, to everything in the sanctuary the enemy has destroyed.⁴Psalms 74:4. Your foes have roared within Your meeting place; they have unfurled their banners as signs,⁵Psalms 74:5. like men wielding axes in a thicket of trees⁶Psalms 74:6. and smashing all the carvings with hatchets and picks.⁷Psalms 74:7. They have burned Your sanctuary to the ground; they have defiled the dwelling place of Your Name.⁸Psalms 74:8. They said in their hearts, “We will crush them completely.” They burned down every place where God met us in the land.⁹Psalms 74:9. There are no signs for us to see. There is no longer any prophet. And none of us knows how long this will last.¹⁰Psalms 74:10. How long, O God, will the enemy taunt You? Will the foe revile Your name forever?¹¹Psalms 74:11. Why do You withdraw Your strong right hand? Stretch it out to destroy them!¹²Psalms 74:12. Yet God is my King from ancient times, working salvation on the earth.¹³Psalms 74:13. You divided the sea by Your strength; You smashed the heads of the dragons of the sea;¹⁴Psalms 74:14. You crushed the heads of Leviathan; You fed him to the creatures of the desert.¹⁵Psalms 74:15. You broke open the fountain and the flood; You dried up the ever-flowing rivers.¹⁶Psalms 74:16. The day is Yours, and also the night; You established the moon and the sun.¹⁷Psalms 74:17. You set all the boundaries of the earth; You made the summer and winter.¹⁸Psalms 74:18. Remember how the enemy has mocked You, O LORD, how a foolish people has spurned Your name.¹⁹Psalms 74:19. Do not deliver the soul of Your dove to beasts; do not forget the lives of Your afflicted forever.²⁰Psalms 74:20. Consider Your covenant, for haunts of violence fill the dark places of the land.²¹Psalms 74:21. Do not let the oppressed retreat in shame; may the poor and needy praise Your name.²²Psalms 74:22. Rise up, O God; defend Your cause! Remember how the fool mocks You all day long.²³Psalms 74:23. Do not disregard the clamor of Your adversaries, the uproar of Your enemies that ascends continually.