Psalm 74:2-8

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Remember Your congregation, which You have ^(A)purchased of old,
Which You have ^(B)redeemed to be the ^(C)tribe of Your inheritance;
And this Mount ^(D)Zion, where You have dwelt.

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^(a)Turn Your footsteps toward the ^(E)perpetual ruins;
The enemy ^(F)has damaged everything within the sanctuary.

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Your adversaries have ^(G)roared in the midst of Your meeting place;
They have set up their ^(H)own ^(b)standards ^(I)for signs.

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It seems as if one had lifted up
His ^(c)^(J)axe in a ^(d)forest of trees.

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And now ^(e)all its ^(K)carved work
They smash with hatchet and ^(f)hammers.

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They have ^(g)^(L)burned Your sanctuary ^(h)to the ground;
They have ^(M)defiled the dwelling place of Your name.

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They ^(N)said in their heart, “Let us ⁽ⁱ⁾completely ^(j)subdue them.”
They have burned all the meeting places of God in the land.

Footnotes:

a. Psalm 74:3: ['Lit ', Lift up]

b. Psalm 74:4: ['Lit ', signs]

c. Psalm 74:5: ['Lit ', axes]

d. Psalm 74:5: ['Lit ', thicket]

e. Psalm 74:6: ['Lit ', altogether]

f. Psalm 74:6: ['Or ', axes]

g. Psalm 74:7: ['Lit ', set on fire]

h. Psalm 74:7: ['Or ', To the ground they, '...']

i. Psalm 74:8: ['Lit ', altogether]

j. Psalm 74:8: ['Or ', oppress]

Cross references:

A. Psalm 74:2: Exodus 15:16; Deuteronomy 32:6

B. Psalm 74:2: Exodus 15:13; Psalm 77:15; Psalm 106:10; Isaiah 63:9

C. Psalm 74:2: Deuteronomy 32:9; Isaiah 63:17; Jeremiah 10:16; Jeremiah 51:19

D. Psalm 74:2: Psalm 9:11; Psalm 68:16

E. Psalm 74:3: Isaiah 61:4

F. Psalm 74:3: Psalm 79:1

G. Psalm 74:4: Lamentations 2:7

H. Psalm 74:4: Numbers 2:2

I. Psalm 74:4: Psalm 74:9

J. Psalm 74:5: Jeremiah 46:22

M. Psalm 74:7: Psalm 89:39; Lamentations 2:2

N. Psalm 74:8: Psalm 83:4