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CHAPTER 74

1
A Maskil
of Asaph.
Why
have You rejected us forever,
O God?
Why does Your anger
burn
against the sheep
of Your pasture?
2
Remember
Your congregation,
which You purchased
long ago
and redeemed
as the tribe
of Your inheritance—
Mount
Zion
where You dwell.
3
Turn
Your steps
to the everlasting
ruins,
to everything
in the sanctuary
the enemy
has destroyed.
4
Your foes
have roared
within
Your meeting place;
they have unfurled
their banners
as signs,
5
like men
wielding
axes,
in a thicket
of trees,
6
and smashing
all
the carved work
with hatchets
and picks.
7
They have burned
Your sanctuary
to the ground;
they have defiled
the dwelling place
of Your name.
8
They said
in their hearts,
“We will crush them
completely.”
They burned down
every
place
where God met us
in the land.
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.
10
How long,
O God,
will the enemy
taunt You?
Will the foe
revile
Your name
forever?
11
Why
do You withdraw
Your hand?
Stretch out
Your right hand
and destroy them!
12
Yet God
is my King
from of old,
working
salvation
on
the earth.
13
You
divided
the sea
by Your strength;
You smashed
the heads
of the dragons
of
the sea;
14
You
crushed
the heads
of Leviathan;
You fed him
to the creatures
of the desert.
15
You
broke open
the fountain
and the flood;
You
dried up
the ever-flowing
rivers.
16
The day is Yours,
and also
the night;
You
established
the moon
and the sun.
17
You
set
all
the boundaries
of the earth;
You
made
the summer
and winter.
18
Remember
how
the enemy
has mocked You,
O LORD,
how a foolish
people
has spurned
Your name.
19
Do not
deliver
the soul
of Your dove
to beasts;
do not
forget
the lives
of Your afflicted
forever.
20
Consider
Your covenant,
for
haunts
of violence
fill
the dark places
of the land.
21
Do not
let the oppressed
retreat
in shame;
may the poor
and needy
praise
Your name.
22
Rise up,
O God,
defend
Your cause!
Remember
how
the fool
mocks You
all
day long.
23
Do not
disregard
the clamor
of Your adversaries,
the uproar
of Your enemies
that ascends
continually.
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