Psa 74 | NASB1995 | STEP | A Maskil of Asaph. O God , why have You rejected us forever ? Why does Your anger smoke against the sheep of Your pasture ?

‏ Psalms 74

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

A ^{▼▼ Possibly, Contemplative, or Didactic, or Skillful Psalm}Maskil of Asaph.

1 O God, why have You ^brejected us forever?
Why does Your anger ^csmoke against the ^dsheep of Your ^{▼▼ Or pasturing}pasture?
2 Remember Your congregation, which You have ^fpurchased of old,
Which You have ^gredeemed to be the ^htribe of Your inheritance;
And this Mount ⁱZion, where You have dwelt.
3 ^{▼▼ Lit Lift up}Turn Your footsteps toward the ^kperpetual ruins;
The enemy ^lhas damaged everything within the sanctuary.
4 Your adversaries have ^mroared in the midst of Your meeting place;
They have set up their ⁿown ^{▼▼ Lit signs}standards ^pfor signs.
5 It seems as if one had lifted up
His ^{▼▼ Lit axes
,} ^raxe in a ^{▼▼ Lit thicket}forest of trees.
6 And now ^{▼▼ Lit altogether}all its ^ucarved work
They smash with hatchet and ^{▼▼ Or axes}hammers.
7 They have ^{▼▼ Lit set on fire
,} ^xburned Your sanctuary ^{▼▼ Or To the ground they...}to the ground;
They have ^zdefiled the dwelling place of Your name.
8 They ^aasaid in their heart, “Let us ^{▼▼ Lit altogether}completely ^{▼▼ Or oppress}subdue them.”
They have burned all the meeting places of God in the land.
9 We do not see our ^adsigns;
There is ^aeno longer any prophet,
Nor is there any among us who knows ^afhow long.
10 How long, O God, will the adversary ^agrevile,
And the enemy ^ahspurn Your name forever?
11 Why ^aido You withdraw Your hand, even Your right hand?
From within Your bosom, ^ajdestroy them!

12 Yet God is ^akmy king from of old,
Who works deeds of deliverance in the midst of the earth.
13 ^{▼▼ Or You Yourself}You ^amdivided the sea by Your strength;
^{▼▼ Or You Yourself}You ^aobroke the heads of the ^apsea monsters ^{▼▼ Lit on}in the waters.
14 ^{▼▼ Or You Yourself}You crushed the heads of ^{▼▼ Or sea monster
,} ^atLeviathan;
^{▼▼ Or You Yourself}You gave him as food for the ^{▼▼ Lit people}creatures ^awof the wilderness.
15 ^{▼▼ Or You Yourself}You ^aybroke open springs and torrents;
^{▼▼ Or You Yourself}You ^badried up ever-flowing streams.
16 Yours is the day, Yours also is the night;
^{▼▼ Or You Yourself}You have ^bcprepared the ^{▼▼ Or luminary}light and the sun.
17 ^{▼▼ Or You Yourself}You have ^bfestablished all the boundaries of the earth;
^{▼▼ Or You Yourself}You have ^{▼▼ Or formed}made ^bisummer and winter.

18 Remember this, ^{▼▼ Or that the enemy has reviled the Lord}O Lord, that the enemy has ^bkreviled,
And a ^blfoolish people has spurned Your name.
19 Do not deliver the soul of Your ^bmturtledove to the wild beast;
^bnDo not forget the life of Your afflicted forever.
20 Consider the ^bocovenant;
For the ^bpdark places of the land are full of the habitations of violence.
21 Let not the ^bqoppressed return dishonored;
Let the ^brafflicted and needy praise Your name.

22 Arise, O God, and ^bsplead Your own cause;
Remember ^{▼▼ Lit Your reproach from the foolish man}how the ^bufoolish man reproaches You all day long.
23 Do not forget the voice of Your ^bvadversaries,
The ^bwuproar of those who rise against You which ascends continually.

‏ Psalms 74

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

A ▼▼ Possibly, Contemplative, or Didactic, or Skillful PsalmMaskil of Asaph.

A ^{▼▼ Possibly, Contemplative, or Didactic, or Skillful Psalm}Maskil of Asaph.