1 Maschil of Asaph. O God, why hast thou cast us off for ever? why doth thy anger smoke against the sheep of thy pasture? WBS — Psalm 74:1
2 Remember thy congregation, which thou hast purchased of old: the rod of thy inheritance, which thou hast redeemed; this mount Zion, in which thou hast dwelt. WBS — Psalm 74:2
3 Lift up thy feet to the perpetual desolations; even all that the enemy hath done wickedly in the sanctuary. WBS — Psalm 74:3
4 Thy enemies roar in the midst of thy congregations; they set up their ensigns for signs. WBS — Psalm 74:4
5 A man was famous according as he had lifted up axes upon the thick trees. WBS — Psalm 74:5
6 But now they break down the carved work of it at once with axes and hammers. WBS — Psalm 74:6
7 They have cast fire into thy sanctuary, they have defiled by casting down the dwelling-place of thy name to the ground. WBS — Psalm 74:7
8 They said in their hearts, Let us destroy them together: they have burned up all the synagogues of God in the land. WBS — Psalm 74:8
9 We see not our signs: there is no more any prophet: neither is there among us any that knoweth how long. WBS — Psalm 74:9
10 O God, how long shall the adversary reproach? shall the enemy blaspheme thy name for ever? WBS — Psalm 74:10
11 Why withdrawest thou thy hand, even thy right hand? pluck it out of thy bosom. WBS — Psalm 74:11
12 For God is my King of old, working salvation in the midst of the earth. WBS — Psalm 74:12
13 Thou didst divide the sea by thy strength: thou didst break the heads of the dragons in the waters. WBS — Psalm 74:13
14 Thou didst break the head of leviathan in pieces, and didst give him to be food to the people inhabiting the wilderness. WBS — Psalm 74:14
15 Thou didst cleave the fountain and the flood: thou didst dry up mighty rivers. WBS — Psalm 74:15
16 The day is thine, the night also is thine: thou hast prepared the light and the sun. WBS — Psalm 74:16
17 Thou hast set all the borders of the earth: thou hast made summer and winter. WBS — Psalm 74:17
18 Remember this, the enemy hath reproached, O LORD, and the foolish people have blasphemed thy name. WBS — Psalm 74:18
19 O deliver not the soul of thy turtle dove to the multitude of the wicked: forget not the congregation of thy poor for ever. WBS — Psalm 74:19
20 Have respect to the covenant: for the dark places of the earth are full of the habitations of cruelty. WBS — Psalm 74:20
21 O let not the oppressed return ashamed: let the poor and needy praise thy name. WBS — Psalm 74:21
22 Arise, O God, plead thy own cause: remember how the foolish man reproacheth thee daily. WBS — Psalm 74:22
23 Forget not the voice of thy enemies: the tumult of those that rise against thee increaseth continually. WBS — Psalm 74:23