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74:1 [A ①Maskil of Asaph.]
God, why have You rejected us forever?
Why does Your anger smoke against the sheep of Your ②pasture?
▷ ①Possibly, Contemplative; or Didactic; or Skillful Psalm ②Or pasturing
74:2 Remember Your congregation, which You purchased of old,
Which You have redeemed to be the tribe of Your inheritance;
And this Mount Zion, where You have dwelt.
74:3 ①Step toward the ②irreparable ruins;
The enemy has damaged everything in the sanctuary.
▷ ①Lit Lift Your footsteps ②Lit ruins ruined for all time
74:4 Your adversaries have roared in the midst of Your meeting place;
They have set up their own signs as signs.
74:5 It ①seems like one bringing up
His axe into a ②forest of trees.
▷ ①Lit is known as ②Lit thicket
74:6 And now they break down ①all its carved work
With axe and hammers.
▷ ①Lit altogether
74:7 They have ①burned Your sanctuary ②to the ground;
They have defiled the dwelling place of Your name.
▷ ①Lit set on fire ②Or To the ground they...
74:8 They said in their heart, “Let’s ①completely ②subdue them.”
They have burned all the meeting places of God in the land.
▷ ①Lit altogether ②Or oppress
74:9 We do not see our signs;
There is no longer any prophet,
Nor is there anyone among us who knows how long.
74:10 How long, God, will the enemy taunt You?
Shall the enemy treat Your name disrespectfully forever?
74:11 Why do You withdraw Your hand, even Your right hand?
Extend it from Your chest and destroy them!
74:12 Yet God is my King from long ago,
Who performs acts of salvation in the midst of the earth.
74:13 ①You divided the sea by Your strength;
②You broke the heads of the sea monsters ③in the waters.
▷ ①Or You Yourself ②Or You Yourself ③Lit on
74:14 ①You crushed the heads of ②Leviathan;
You gave him as food for the ③creatures of the wilderness.
▷ ①Or You Yourself ②Or sea monster ③Lit people
74:15 ①You broke open springs and torrents;
②You dried up ever-flowing streams.
▷ ①Or You Yourself ②Or You Yourself
74:16 Yours is the day, Yours also is the night;
①You have prepared the ②light and the sun.
▷ ①Or You Yourself ②Or luminary
74:17 ①You have established all the boundaries of the earth;
②You have ③created summer and winter.
▷ ①Or You Yourself ②Or You Yourself ③Or formed
74:18 Remember this, ①LORD, that the enemy has taunted You,
And a foolish people has treated Your name disrespectfully.
▷ ①Or that the enemy has taunted the LORD
74:19 Do not give the soul of Your turtledove to the wild animal;
Do not forget the life of Your afflicted forever.
74:20 Consider the covenant;
For the dark places of the land are full of the places of violence.
74:21 May the oppressed person not return dishonored;
May the afflicted and the needy praise Your name.
74:22 Arise, God, and plead Your own cause;
Remember ①how the foolish person taunts You all day long.
▷ ①Lit Your reproach from the foolish man
74:23 Do not forget the voice of Your adversaries,
The uproar of those who rise against You, which ascends continually.
God, why have You rejected us forever?
Why does Your anger smoke against the sheep of Your ②pasture?
▷ ①Possibly, Contemplative; or Didactic; or Skillful Psalm ②Or pasturing
74:2 Remember Your congregation, which You purchased of old,
Which You have redeemed to be the tribe of Your inheritance;
And this Mount Zion, where You have dwelt.
74:3 ①Step toward the ②irreparable ruins;
The enemy has damaged everything in the sanctuary.
▷ ①Lit Lift Your footsteps ②Lit ruins ruined for all time
74:4 Your adversaries have roared in the midst of Your meeting place;
They have set up their own signs as signs.
74:5 It ①seems like one bringing up
His axe into a ②forest of trees.
▷ ①Lit is known as ②Lit thicket
74:6 And now they break down ①all its carved work
With axe and hammers.
▷ ①Lit altogether
74:7 They have ①burned Your sanctuary ②to the ground;
They have defiled the dwelling place of Your name.
▷ ①Lit set on fire ②Or To the ground they...
74:8 They said in their heart, “Let’s ①completely ②subdue them.”
They have burned all the meeting places of God in the land.
▷ ①Lit altogether ②Or oppress
74:9 We do not see our signs;
There is no longer any prophet,
Nor is there anyone among us who knows how long.
74:10 How long, God, will the enemy taunt You?
Shall the enemy treat Your name disrespectfully forever?
74:11 Why do You withdraw Your hand, even Your right hand?
Extend it from Your chest and destroy them!
74:12 Yet God is my King from long ago,
Who performs acts of salvation in the midst of the earth.
74:13 ①You divided the sea by Your strength;
②You broke the heads of the sea monsters ③in the waters.
▷ ①Or You Yourself ②Or You Yourself ③Lit on
74:14 ①You crushed the heads of ②Leviathan;
You gave him as food for the ③creatures of the wilderness.
▷ ①Or You Yourself ②Or sea monster ③Lit people
74:15 ①You broke open springs and torrents;
②You dried up ever-flowing streams.
▷ ①Or You Yourself ②Or You Yourself
74:16 Yours is the day, Yours also is the night;
①You have prepared the ②light and the sun.
▷ ①Or You Yourself ②Or luminary
74:17 ①You have established all the boundaries of the earth;
②You have ③created summer and winter.
▷ ①Or You Yourself ②Or You Yourself ③Or formed
74:18 Remember this, ①LORD, that the enemy has taunted You,
And a foolish people has treated Your name disrespectfully.
▷ ①Or that the enemy has taunted the LORD
74:19 Do not give the soul of Your turtledove to the wild animal;
Do not forget the life of Your afflicted forever.
74:20 Consider the covenant;
For the dark places of the land are full of the places of violence.
74:21 May the oppressed person not return dishonored;
May the afflicted and the needy praise Your name.
74:22 Arise, God, and plead Your own cause;
Remember ①how the foolish person taunts You all day long.
▷ ①Lit Your reproach from the foolish man
74:23 Do not forget the voice of Your adversaries,
The uproar of those who rise against You, which ascends continually.