Psalm 74

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