Psalms Chapter 74
74:1 | Maschil of Asaph. O God, why hast thou cast [us] off for ever? [why] doth thine anger smoke against the ![]() |
74:2 | Remember thy congregation, [which] thou hast purchased of old; the rod of thine inheritance, [which] thou hast redeemed; this mount Zion, wherein thou hast dwelt. |
74:3 | Lift up thy ![]() |
74:4 | Thine enemies roar in the midst of thy congregations; they set up their ensigns [for] ![]() |
74:5 | [A man] was famous according as he had lifted up axes upon the thick trees. |
74:6 | But now they break down the carved work thereof at once with axes and hammers. |
74:7 | They have cast fire into thy sanctuary, they have defiled [by casting down] the dwelling place of thy name to the ground. |
74:8 | They said in their hearts, Let us destroy them together: they have burned up all the synagogues of God in the land. |
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74:10 | O God, how long shall the adversary reproach? shall the enemy blaspheme thy name for ever? |
74:11 | Why withdrawest thou thy hand, even thy right hand? pluck [it] out of thy bosom. |
74:12 | For God [is] my ![]() ![]() |
74:13 | Thou didst divide the sea by thy strength: thou brakest the heads of the dragons in the ![]() |
74:14 | Thou brakest the heads of leviathan in pieces, [and] gavest him [to be] ![]() |
74:15 | Thou didst cleave the fountain and the flood: thou driedst up mighty rivers. |
74:16 | The ![]() ![]() |
74:17 | Thou hast set all the borders of the ![]() |
74:18 | Remember this, [that] the enemy hath reproached, O LORD, and [that] the foolish people have blasphemed thy name. |
74:19 | O deliver not the soul of thy turtledove unto the multitude [of the wicked]: forget not the congregation of thy poor for ever. |
74:20 | Have respect unto the covenant: for the dark places of the ![]() |
74:21 | O let not the oppressed return ashamed: let the poor and needy praise thy name. |
74:22 | Arise, O God, plead thine own cause: remember how the foolish man reproacheth thee daily. |
74:23 | Forget not the voice of thine enemies: the tumult of those that rise up against thee increaseth continually. |