Psalm 74

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Psalm 74

An Appeal against the Devastation of the Land by the Enemy.

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1} A ^(a)Maskil of Asaph.

O God, why have You ^(A)rejected us forever?
Why does Your anger ^(B)smoke against the ^(C)sheep of Your ^(b)pasture?

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

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^(c)Turn Your footsteps toward the ^(H)perpetual ruins;
The enemy ^(I)has damaged everything within the sanctuary.

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Your adversaries have ^(J)roared in the midst of Your meeting place;
They have set up their ^(K)own ^(d)standards ^(L)for signs.

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It seems as if one had lifted up
His ^(e)^(M)axe in a ^(f)forest of trees.

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And now ^(g)all its ^(N)carved work
They smash with hatchet and ^(h)hammers.

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They have ⁽ⁱ⁾^(O)burned Your sanctuary ^(j)to the ground;
They have ^(P)defiled the dwelling place of Your name.

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

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We do not see our ^(R)signs;
There is ^(S)no longer any prophet,
Nor is there any among us who knows ^(T)how long.

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How long, O God, will the adversary ^(U)revile,
And the enemy ^(V)spurn Your name forever?

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Why ^(W)do You withdraw Your hand, even Your right hand?
From within Your bosom, ^(X)destroy them!

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Yet God is ^(Y)my king from of old,
Who works deeds of deliverance in the midst of the earth.

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^(m)You ^(Z)divided the sea by Your strength;
⁽ⁿ⁾You ^(AA)broke the heads of the ^(AB)sea monsters ^(o)in the waters.

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^(p)You crushed the heads of ^(q)^(AC)Leviathan;
^(r)You gave him as food for the ^(s)creatures ^(AD)of the wilderness.

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^(t)You ^(AE)broke open springs and torrents;
^(u)You ^(AF)dried up ever-flowing streams.

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Yours is the day, Yours also is the night;
^(v)You have ^(AG)prepared the ^(w)light and the sun.

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^(x)You have ^(AH)established all the boundaries of the earth;
^(y)You have ^(z)made ^(AI)summer and winter.

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Remember this, ^(aa)O Lord, that the enemy has ^(AJ)reviled,
And a ^(AK)foolish people has spurned Your name.

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Do not deliver the soul of Your ^(AL)turtledove to the wild beast;
^(AM)Do not forget the life of Your afflicted forever.

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Consider the ^(AN)covenant;
For the ^(AO)dark places of the land are full of the habitations of violence.

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Let not the ^(AP)oppressed return dishonored;
Let the ^(AQ)afflicted and needy praise Your name.

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Arise, O God, and ^(AR)plead Your own cause;
Remember ^(ab)how the ^(AS)foolish man reproaches You all day long.

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Do not forget the voice of Your ^(AT)adversaries,
The ^(AU)uproar of those who rise against You which ascends continually.

Footnotes:

a. Psalm 74:1: ['Possibly, ', Contemplative, ', or ', Didactic, ', or ', Skillful Psalm]

b. Psalm 74:1: ['Or ', pasturing]

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

m. Psalm 74:13: ['Or ', You Yourself]

n. Psalm 74:13: ['Or ', You Yourself]

o. Psalm 74:13: ['Lit ', on]

p. Psalm 74:14: ['Or ', You Yourself]

q. Psalm 74:14: ['Or ', sea monster]

r. Psalm 74:14: ['Or ', You Yourself]

s. Psalm 74:14: ['Lit ', people]

t. Psalm 74:15: ['Or ', You Yourself]

u. Psalm 74:15: ['Or ', You Yourself]

v. Psalm 74:16: ['Or ', You Yourself]

w. Psalm 74:16: ['Or ', luminary]

x. Psalm 74:17: ['Or ', You Yourself]

y. Psalm 74:17: ['Or ', You Yourself]

z. Psalm 74:17: ['Or ', formed]

aa. Psalm 74:18: ['Or ', that the enemy has reviled the Lord]

ab. Psalm 74:22: ['Lit ', Your reproach from the foolish man]

Cross references:

A. Psalm 74:1: Psalm 44:9; Psalm 77:7

B. Psalm 74:1: Deuteronomy 29:20; Psalm 18:8; Psalm 89:46

C. Psalm 74:1: Psalm 79:13; Psalm 95:7; Psalm 100:3

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

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

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

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

H. Psalm 74:3: Isaiah 61:4

I. Psalm 74:3: Psalm 79:1

J. Psalm 74:4: Lamentations 2:7

K. Psalm 74:4: Numbers 2:2

L. Psalm 74:4: Psalm 74:9

M. Psalm 74:5: Jeremiah 46:22

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

Q. Psalm 74:8: Psalm 83:4

R. Psalm 74:9: Psalm 78:43

S. Psalm 74:9: 1 Samuel 3:1; Lamentations 2:9; Ezekiel 7:26; Amos 8:11

T. Psalm 74:9: Psalm 6:3; Psalm 79:5; Psalm 80:4

U. Psalm 74:10: Psalm 44:16; Psalm 79:12; Psalm 89:51

V. Psalm 74:10: Leviticus 24:16

W. Psalm 74:11: Lamentations 2:3

X. Psalm 74:11: Psalm 59:13

Y. Psalm 74:12: Psalm 44:4

Z. Psalm 74:13: Exodus 14:21; Psalm 78:13

AA. Psalm 74:13: Isaiah 51:9

AB. Psalm 74:13: Psalm 148:7; Jeremiah 51:34

AC. Psalm 74:14: Job 41:1; Psalm 104:26; Isaiah 27:1

AD. Psalm 74:14: Psalm 72:9

AE. Psalm 74:15: Exodus 17:5; Exodus 17:6; Numbers 20:11; Psalm 78:15; Psalm 105:41; Psalm 114:8; Isaiah 48:21

AF. Psalm 74:15: Exodus 14:21; Exodus 14:22; Joshua 2:10; Joshua 3:13; Psalm 114:3

AG. Psalm 74:16: Genesis 1:14-18; Psalm 104:19; Psalm 136:7; Psalm 136:8

AH. Psalm 74:17: Deuteronomy 32:8; Acts 17:26

AI. Psalm 74:17: Genesis 8:22; Psalm 147:16-18

AJ. Psalm 74:18: Psalm 74:10

AK. Psalm 74:18: Deuteronomy 32:6; Psalm 14:1; Psalm 39:8; Psalm 53:1

AL. Psalm 74:19: Song of Solomon 2:14

AM. Psalm 74:19: Psalm 9:18

AN. Psalm 74:20: Genesis 17:7; Psalm 106:45

AO. Psalm 74:20: Psalm 88:6; Psalm 143:3

AP. Psalm 74:21: Psalm 103:6

AQ. Psalm 74:21: Psalm 35:10; Isaiah 41:17

AR. Psalm 74:22: Psalm 43:1; Isaiah 3:13; Isaiah 43:26; Ezekiel 20:35

AS. Psalm 74:22: Psalm 14:1; Psalm 53:1; Psalm 74:18

AT. Psalm 74:23: Psalm 74:10

AU. Psalm 74:23: Psalm 65:7