Psalms
74
- Why have you rejected us forever, O God?
Why does your anger smolder against the sheep of your pasture
?
- Remember the people you purchased of old,
the tribe of your inheritance, whom you redeemed --
Mount Zion, where you dwelt.
- Turn your steps toward these everlasting
ruins, all this destruction the enemy has brought on the sanctuary.
- Your foes roared in the place where you
met with us; they set up their standards as signs.
- They behaved like men wielding axes to cut
through a thicket of trees.
- They smashed all the carved paneling with
their axes and hatchets.
- They burned your sanctuary to the ground;
they defiled the dwelling place of your Name.
- They said in their hearts, "We will
crush them completely!" They burned every place where God was worshiped
in the land.
- We are given no miraculous signs; no prophets
are left, and none of us knows how long this will be.
- How long will the enemy mock you, O God?
Will the foe revile your name forever ?
- Why do you hold back your hand, your right
hand? Take it from the folds of your garment and destroy them!
- But you, O God, are my king from of old;
you bring salvation upon the earth.
- It was you who split open the sea by your
power; you broke the heads of the monster in the waters.
- It was you who crushed the heads of Leviathan
and gave him as food to the creatures of the desert.
- It was you who opened up springs and streams;
you dried up the ever flowing rivers.
- The day is yours, and yours also the night;
you established the sun and moon.
- It was you who set all the boundaries of
the earth; you made both summer and winter.
- Remember how the enemy has mocked you, O
LORD, how foolish people have reviled your name.
- Do not hand over the life of your dove to
wild beasts; do not forget the lives of your afflicted people forever.
- Have regard for your covenant, because haunts
of violence fill the dark places of the land.
- Do not let the oppressed retreat in disgrace;
may the poor and needy praise your name.
- Rise up, O God, and defend your cause; remember
how fools mock you all day long.
- Do not ignore the clamor of your adversaries,
the uproar of your enemies, which rises continually.
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