Psalms 74

1 Maschil of Asaph. O God, why hast thou cast [us] off for ever? why doth thine anger smoke against the sheep of thy pasture?

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

2 Remember thy congregation, which thou hast purchased of old, which thou hast redeemed to be the tribe of thine inheritance; [and] mount Zion, wherein thou hast dwelt.

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.

3 Lift up thy feet unto the perpetual ruins, all the evil that the enemy hath done in the sanctuary.

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

4 Thine adversaries have roared in the midst of thine assembly; they have set up their ensigns for signs.

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

5 They seemed as men that lifted up axes upon a thicket of trees.

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

6 And now all the carved work thereof together they break down with hatchet and hammers.

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

7 They have set thy sanctuary on fire; they have profaned the dwelling place of thy name even to the ground.

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

8 They said in their heart, Let us make havoc of them altogether: 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 knoweth how long.

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

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

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

11 Why drawest thou back thy hand, even thy right hand? [pluck it] out of thy bosom [and] consume [them].

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

19 O deliver not the soul of thy turtle-dove unto the wild beast: forget not the life of thy poor for ever.

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

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

Have respect to 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 thy name.

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

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

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

23 Forget not the voice of thine adversaries: the tumult of those that rise up against thee ascendeth continually.

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