1 Why, God? Have you rejected us forever? Your anger is burning against the sheep of your pasture. ISV — Psalm 74:1
2 Remember your community, whom you purchased long ago, the tribe whom you redeemed for your possession. Remember b74:2 The Heb. lacks Remember Mount Zion, where you live. ISV — Psalm 74:2
3 Hurry! Look at the permanent ruins— every calamity the enemy brought upon the Holy Place. ISV — Psalm 74:3
4 Those who are opposing you roar where we were meeting with you; they unfurl their war banners as signs. ISV — Psalm 74:4
5 As one blazes a trail through a forest with an ax, ISV — Psalm 74:5
6 now they’re tearing down all its carved work with hatchets and hammers. ISV — Psalm 74:6
7 They burned your sanctuary to the ground, desecrating your dwelling place. ISV — Psalm 74:7
8 They say to themselves, “We’ll crush them completely;” They burned down all the meeting places of God in the land. ISV — Psalm 74:8
9 We see no signs for us; there is no longer a prophet, and no one among us knows the future. c74:9 Lit. knows when ISV — Psalm 74:9
10 God, how long will the adversary scorn while the enemy despises your name endlessly? ISV — Psalm 74:10
11 Why do you not withdraw your hand— your right hand—from your bosom and destroy them? d74:11 The Heb. lacks them ISV — Psalm 74:11
12 But God is my king from ancient times, who brings acts of deliverance throughout the earth. ISV — Psalm 74:12
13 You split the sea by your own power. You shattered the heads of sea monsters in the water. ISV — Psalm 74:13
14 You crushed the heads of Leviathan. You set it as food for desert creatures. e74:14 Or people ISV — Psalm 74:14
15 You opened both the spring and the river; you dried up flowing rivers. ISV — Psalm 74:15
16 Yours is the day, and yours is the night; you established the moon and the sun. ISV — Psalm 74:16
17 You set all the boundaries of the earth; you made summer and winter. ISV — Psalm 74:17
18 Remember this: The enemy scorns the LORD and a foolish people despises your name. ISV — Psalm 74:18
19 Don’t hand over the life of your dove to beasts; do not continuously forget your afflicted ones. ISV — Psalm 74:19
20 Pay attention to your covenant, for the dark regions of the earth are full of violence. ISV — Psalm 74:20
21 Don’t let the oppressed return in humiliation. The poor and needy will praise your name. ISV — Psalm 74:21
22 Get up, God, and prosecute your case— remember that you’re being scorned by fools all day long. ISV — Psalm 74:22
23 Don’t ignore the shout of those opposing you, The uproar of those who rebel against you continuously. ISV — Psalm 74:23