Psa. 74
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74:1
1Why, O God, have You
acast us off forever?
Why does Your anger smoke against the
bsheep of Your pasture?
Psa. 74
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74:2
Remember Your
1assembly, which You have
apurchased of old,
Which You have redeemed
as the tribe of Your inheritance,
And Mount
bZion, where You dwell.
Psa. 74
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74:3
Lift up Your steps unto the perpetual ruins;
The enemy has damaged everything in the
asanctuary.
Psa. 74
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74:4
Your adversaries have roared in the midst of Your assembly place;
They have set up their symbols as signs.
Psa. 74
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74:5
It looked like when men bring up axes
On the thicket of the trees.
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74:6
And now they have struck down with hatchet and hammer
Its
acarved work altogether.
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:7
74:7
They have
aset fire to Your sanctuary;
They have defiled the dwelling place of Your name to the ground.
Psa. 74
:8
74:8
They said in their heart, Let us oppress them completely.
They have burned down all God’s assembly places in the land.
Psa. 74
:9
74:9
We do not see our signs; there is no longer a
aprophet,
Nor is there anyone among us who knows how long.
Psa. 74
:10
74:10
How long, O God, will the adversary reproach?
Will the enemy despise Your name forever?
Psa. 74
:11
74:11
Why do You withdraw Your hand, even Your
aright hand?
Bring it forth from the midst of Your bosom; destroy
them.
Psa. 74
:12
74:12
1But God is my
aKing of old,
Accomplishing salvation in the midst of the earth.
Psa. 74
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74:13
You adivided the sea by Your strength;
You broke the heads of the sea serpents on the waters.
Psa. 74
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74:14
You crushed the heads of the
1leviathan;
You gave him as food to the creatures of the desert.
Psa. 74
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74:15
You broke open the
afountain and the torrent;
You
bdried up the ever-flowing streams.
Psa. 74
:16
74:16
The day is Yours; the night also is Yours;
You prepared the moon and the sun.
Psa. 74
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74:17
You established all the
aborders of the earth:
You formed the summer and the winter.
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74:18
Remember this: The enemy has reproached Jehovah,
And a foolish people has despised Your name.
Psa. 74
:19
74:19
Do not give the soul of Your turtledove to the wild beast;
Do not forget the life of Your poor forever.
Psa. 74
:20
74:20
Regard the
acovenant,
For the dark places of the earth are full of the habitations of violence.
Psa. 74
:21
74:21
Do not let him who is oppressed return ashamed.
May the poor and needy praise Your name.
Psa. 74
:22
74:22
Arise, O God; contend for Your own cause;
Remember how the foolish man reproaches You all day long.
Psa. 74
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74:23
Do not forget the voice of Your adversaries;
The roar of those who rise up against You goes up continually.
