Read Psalms 74

World English Bible · 23 verses

1. ¹ A contemplation by Asaph. God, why have you rejected us forever? Why does your anger smolder against the sheep of your pasture?This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
2. ² Remember your congregation, which you purchased of old, which you have redeemed to be the tribe of your inheritance: Mount Zion, in which you have lived.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
3. ³ Lift up your feet to the perpetual ruins, all the evil that the enemy has done in the sanctuary.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
4. ⁴ Your adversaries have roared in the middle of your assembly. They have set up their standards as signs.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
5. ⁵ They behaved like men wielding axes, cutting through a thicket of trees.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
6. ⁶ Now they break all its carved work down with hatchet and hammers.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
7. ⁷ They have burned your sanctuary to the ground. They have profaned the dwelling place of your Name.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
8. ⁸ They said in their heart, “We will crush them completely.” They have burned up all the places in the land where God was worshiped.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
9. ⁹ We see no miraculous signs. There is no longer any prophet, neither is there among us anyone who knows how long.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
10. ¹⁰ How long, God, shall the adversary reproach? Shall the enemy blaspheme your name forever?This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
11. ¹¹ Why do you draw back your hand, even your right hand? Take it from your chest and consume them!This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
12. ¹² Yet God is my King of old, working salvation throughout the earth.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
13. ¹³ You divided the sea by your strength. You broke the heads of the sea monsters in the waters.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
14. ¹⁴ You broke the heads of Leviathan in pieces. You gave him as food to people and desert creatures.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
15. ¹⁵ You opened up spring and stream. You dried up mighty rivers.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
16. ¹⁶ The day is yours, the night is also yours. You have prepared the light and the sun.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
17. ¹⁷ You have set all the boundaries of the earth. You have made summer and winter.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
18. ¹⁸ Remember this, that the enemy has mocked you, Yahweh. Foolish people have blasphemed your name.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
19. ¹⁹ Don’t deliver the soul of your dove to wild beasts. Don’t forget the life of your poor forever.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
20. ²⁰ Honor your covenant, for haunts of violence fill the dark places of the earth.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
21. ²¹ Don’t let the oppressed return ashamed. Let the poor and needy praise your name.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
22. ²² Arise, God! Plead your own cause. Remember how the foolish man mocks you all day.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
23. ²³ Don’t forget the voice of your adversaries. The tumult of those who rise up against you ascends continually.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.

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