| Chapter 74 |
1 | Maschil of Asaph. O God, why hast thou cast [us] off for ever? Why doth thine anger smoke against the sheep of thy pasture? |
2 | Remember thy congregation, which thou hast gotten of old, Which thou hast redeemed to be the tribe of thine inheritance; [And] mount Zion, wherein thou hast dwelt. |
3 | Lift up thy feet unto the perpetual ruins, All the evil that the enemy hath done in the sanctuary. |
4 | Thine adversaries have roared in the midst of thine assembly; They have set up their ensigns for signs. |
5 | They seemed as men that lifted up Axes upon a thicket of trees. |
6 | And now all the carved work thereof They break down with hatchet and hammers. |
7 | They have set thy sanctuary on fire; They have profaned the dwelling-place of thy name [by casting it] to the ground. |
8 | They said in their heart, Let us make havoc of them altogether: They have burned up all the synagogues of God in the land. |
9 | We see not our signs: There is no more any prophet; Neither is there among us any that knoweth how long. |
10 | How long, O God, shall the adversary reproach? Shall the enemy blaspheme thy name for ever? |
11 | Why drawest thou back thy hand, even thy right hand? [Pluck it] out of thy bosom [and] consume [them]. |
12 | Yet God is my King of old, Working salvation in the midst of the earth. |
13 | Thou didst divide the sea by thy strength: Thou brakest the heads of the sea-monsters in the waters. |
14 | Thou brakest the heads of leviathan in pieces; Thou gavest him to be food to the people inhabiting the wilderness. |
15 | Thou didst cleave fountain and flood: Thou driedst up mighty rivers. |
16 | The day is thine, the night also is thine: Thou hast prepared the light and the sun. |
17 | Thou hast set all the borders of the earth: Thou hast made summer and winter. |
18 | Remember this, that the enemy hath reproached, O Jehovah, And that a foolish people hath blasphemed thy name. |
19 | Oh deliver not the soul of thy turtle-dove unto the wild beast: Forget not the life of thy poor for ever. |
20 | Have respect unto the covenant; For the dark places of the earth are full of the habitations of violence. |
21 | Oh let not the oppressed return ashamed: Let the poor and needy praise thy name. |
22 | Arise, O God, plead thine own cause: Remember how the foolish man reproacheth thee all the day. |
23 | Forget not the voice of thine adversaries: The tumult of those that rise up against thee ascendeth continually. |