Psalms 74

1 O God, why have you cast us off for ever? why does your anger smoke against the sheep of your pasture?

O GOD, why hast thou cast us off for ever? why doth thine anger smoke against the sheep of thy pasture?

2 Remember your congregation, which you have purchased of old; the rod of your inheritance, which you have redeemed; this mount Zion, wherein you have dwelled.

Remember thy congregation, which thou hast purchased of old; the rod of thine inheritance, which thou hast redeemed; this mount Zion, wherein thou hast dwelt.

3 Lift up your feet to the perpetual desolations; even all that the enemy has done wickedly in the sanctuary.

Lift up thy feet unto the perpetual desolations; even all that the enemy hath done wickedly in the sanctuary.

4 Your enemies roar in the middle of your congregations; they set up their ensigns for signs.

Thine enemies roar in the midst of thy congregations; they set up their ensigns for signs.

5 A man was famous according as he had lifted up axes on the thick trees.

A man was famous according as he had lifted up axes upon the thick trees.

6 But now they break down the carved work thereof at once with axes and hammers.

But now they break down the carved work thereof at once with axes and hammers.

7 They have cast fire into your sanctuary, they have defiled by casting down the dwelling place of your name to the ground.

They have cast fire into thy sanctuary, they have defiled by casting down the dwelling place of thy name to the ground.

8 They said in their hearts, Let us destroy them together: they have burned up all the synagogues of God in the land.

They said in their hearts, Let us destroy them together: 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 knows how long.

We see not our signs: there is no more any prophet: neither is there among us any that knoweth how long.

10 O God, how long shall the adversary reproach? shall the enemy blaspheme your name for ever?

O God, how long shall the adversary reproach? shall the enemy blaspheme thy name for ever?

11 Why withdraw you your hand, even your right hand? pluck it out of your bosom.

Why withdrawest thou thy hand, even thy right hand? pluck it out of thy bosom.

12 For God is my King of old, working salvation in the middle of the earth.

For God is my King of old, working salvation in the midst of the earth.

13 You did divide the sea by your strength: you brake the heads of the dragons in the waters.

Thou didst divide the sea by thy strength: thou brakest the heads of the dragons in the waters.

14 You brake the heads of leviathan in pieces, and gave him to be meat to the people inhabiting the wilderness.

Thou brakest the heads of leviathan in pieces, and gavest him to be meat to the people inhabiting the wilderness.

15 You did split the fountain and the flood: you dried up mighty rivers.

Thou didst cleave the fountain and the flood: thou driedst up mighty rivers.

16 The day is yours, the night also is yours: you have prepared the light and the sun.

The day is thine, the night also is thine: thou hast prepared the light and the sun.

17 You have set all the borders of the earth: you have made summer and winter.

Thou hast set all the borders of the earth: thou hast made summer and winter.

18 Remember this, that the enemy has reproached, O LORD, and that the foolish people have blasphemed your name.

Remember this, that the enemy hath reproached, O Lord, and that the foolish people have blasphemed thy name.

19 O deliver not the soul of your turtledove to the multitude of the wicked: forget not the congregation of your poor for ever.

O deliver not the soul of thy turtledove unto the multitude of the wicked: forget not the congregation of thy poor for ever.

20 Have respect to the covenant: for the dark places of the earth are full of the habitations of cruelty.

Have respect unto the covenant: for the dark places of the earth are full of the habitations of cruelty.

21 O let not the oppressed return ashamed: let the poor and needy praise your name.

O let not the oppressed return ashamed: let the poor and needy praise thy name.

22 Arise, O God, plead your own cause: remember how the foolish man reproaches you daily.

Arise, O God, plead thine own cause: remember how the foolish man reproacheth thee daily.

23 Forget not the voice of your enemies: the tumult of those that rise up against you increases continually.

Forget not the voice of thine enemies: the tumult of those that rise up against thee increaseth continually.