Psalm 74:1 {Maschil of Asaph.} O God,430 why hast thou cast us off2186 for ever?5331 why doth thine anger639 smoke6225 against the sheep6629 of thy pasture?4830 cr 2 Remember2142 thy congregation,5712 which thou hast purchased7069 of old;6924 the rod7626{Or, tribe} of thine inheritance,5159 which thou hast redeemed;1350 this mount2022 Zion,6726 wherein thou hast dwelt.7931 cr 3 Lift up7311 thy feet6471 unto the perpetual5331 desolations;4876 even all that the enemy341 hath done wickedly7489 in the sanctuary.6944 cr 4 Thine enemies6887 roar7580 in the midst7130 of thy congregations;4150 they set up7760 their ensigns226 for signs.226 cr 5 A man was famous3045 according as he had lifted up935 4605 axes7134 upon the thick5442 trees.6086 cr 6 But now they break down1986 the carved work6603 thereof at once3162 with axes3781 and hammers.3597 cr 7 They have cast7971 fire784 into thy sanctuary,4720{Heb. they have sent thy sanctuary into the fire} they have defiled2490 by casting down the dwelling place4908 of thy name8034 to the ground.776 cr 8 They said559 in their hearts,3820 Let us destroy3238{Heb. break} them together:3162 they have burned up8313 all the synagogues4150 of God410 in the land.776 cr 9 We see7200 not our signs:226 there is no more any prophet:5030 neither is there among us any that knoweth3045 how long.5704 cr

Psalm 74:10 O God,430 how long shall the adversary6862 reproach?2778 shall the enemy341 blaspheme5006 thy name8034 for ever?5331 cr 11 Why withdrawest7725 thou thy hand,3027 even thy right hand?3225 pluck3615 it out of7130 thy bosom.2436 2436 cr 12 For God430 is my King4428 of old,6924 working6466 salvation3444 in the midst7130 of the earth.776 cr 13 Thou didst divide6565{Heb. break} the sea3220 by thy strength:5797 thou brakest7665 the heads7218 of the dragons8577{Or, whales} in the waters.4325 cr 14 Thou brakest7533 the heads7218 of leviathan3882 in pieces, and gavest5414 him to be meat3978 to the people5971 inhabiting the wilderness.6728 cr 15 Thou didst cleave1234 the fountain4599 and the flood:5158 thou driedst up3001 mighty386 rivers.5104{Heb. rivers of strength} cr 16 The day3117 is thine, the night3915 also is thine: thou hast prepared3559 the light3974 and the sun.8121 cr 17 Thou hast set5324 all the borders1367 of the earth:776 thou hast made3335{Heb. made them} summer7019 and winter.2779 cr

Psalm 74:18 Remember2142 this, that the enemy341 hath reproached,2778 O LORD,3068 and that the foolish5036 people5971 have blasphemed5006 thy name.8034 cr 19 O deliver5414 not the soul5315 of thy turtledove8449 unto the multitude2416 of the wicked: forget7911 not the congregation2416 of thy poor6041 for ever.5331 cr 20 Have respect5027 unto the covenant:1285 for the dark4285 places of the earth776 are full4390 of the habitations4999 of cruelty.2555 cr 21 O let not the oppressed1790 return7725 ashamed:3637 let the poor6041 and needy34 praise1984 thy name.8034 cr 22 Arise,6965 O God,430 plead7378 thine own cause:7379 remember2142 how the foolish man5036 reproacheth2781 thee daily.3117 cr 23 Forget7911 not the voice6963 of thine enemies:6887 the tumult7588 of those that rise up6965 against thee increaseth5927{Heb. ascendeth} continually.8548 cr