Psalms 74
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Psalms 74
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| Maschil of Asaph. O God, why hast thou cast [us] off for ever? Why doth thine anger smoke against the sheep of thy pasture? | Maschil. Of Asaph. Of God, why have you put us away from you for ever? why is the fire of your wrath smoking against the sheep who are your care? |
| Remember thy congregation, which thou hast gotten of old, Which thou hast redeemed to be the tribe of thine inheritance; [And] mount Zion, wherein thou hast dwelt. | Keep in mind your band of worshippers, for whom you gave payment in the days which are past, whom you took for yourself as the people of your heritage; even this mountain of Zion, which has been your resting-place. |
| Lift up thy feet unto the perpetual ruins, All the evil that the enemy hath done in the sanctuary. | Go up and see the unending destruction; all the evil which your haters have done in the holy place; |
| Thine adversaries have roared in the midst of thine assembly; They have set up their ensigns for signs. | Sending out their voices like lions among your worshippers; they have put up their signs to be seen. |
| They seemed as men that lifted up Axes upon a thicket of trees. | They are cutting down, like a man whose blade is lifted up against the thick trees. |
| And now all the carved work thereof They break down with hatchet and hammers. | Your doors are broken down with hammers and iron blades. |
| They have set thy sanctuary on fire; They have profaned the dwelling-place of thy name [by casting it] to the ground. | They have put on fire your holy place; they have made the place of your name unclean, pulling it down to the earth. |
| They said in their heart, Let us make havoc of them altogether: They have burned up all the synagogues of God in the land. | They have said in their hearts, Let us put an end to them all together; they have given over to the fire all God's places of worship in the land. |
| We see not our signs: There is no more any prophet; Neither is there among us any that knoweth how long. | We do not see our signs: there is no longer any prophet, or anyone among us to say how long. |
| How long, O God, shall the adversary reproach? Shall the enemy blaspheme thy name for ever? | O God, how long will those who are against us say cruel things? will the hater go on looking down on your name for ever? |
| Why drawest thou back thy hand, even thy right hand? [Pluck it] out of thy bosom [and] consume [them]. | Why are you keeping back your hand, and covering your right hand in your robe? |
| Yet God is my King of old, Working salvation in the midst of the earth. | For from the past God is my King, working salvation in the earth. |
| Thou didst divide the sea by thy strength: Thou brakest the heads of the sea-monsters in the waters. | The sea was parted in two by your strength; the heads of the great sea-beasts were broken. |
| Thou brakest the heads of leviathan in pieces; Thou gavest him to be food to the people inhabiting the wilderness. | The heads of the great snake were crushed by you; you gave them as food to the fishes of the sea. |
| Thou didst cleave fountain and flood: Thou driedst up mighty rivers. | You made valleys for fountains and springs; you made the ever-flowing rivers dry. |
| The day is thine, the night also is thine: Thou hast prepared the light and the sun. | The day is yours and the night is yours: you made the light and the sun. |
| Thou hast set all the borders of the earth: Thou hast made summer and winter. | By you all the limits of the earth were fixed; you have made summer and winter. |
| Remember this, that the enemy hath reproached, O Jehovah, And that a foolish people hath blasphemed thy name. | Keep this in mind, O Lord, that your haters have said cruel things, and that your name has been looked down on by a people of evil behaviour. |
| Oh deliver not the soul of thy turtle-dove unto the wild beast: Forget not the life of thy poor for ever. | O give not the soul of your dove to the hawk; let not the life of the poor go out of your memory for ever. |
| Have respect unto the covenant; For the dark places of the earth are full of the habitations of violence. | Keep in mind your undertaking; for the dark places of the earth are full of pride and cruel acts. |
| Oh let not the oppressed return ashamed: Let the poor and needy praise thy name. | O let not the crushed be turned back in shame; let the low man and the poor give praise to your name. |
| Arise, O God, plead thine own cause: Remember how the foolish man reproacheth thee all the day. | Up! O God, be the judge of your cause; keep in mind the bitter things which the man of evil behaviour says against you every day. |
| Forget not the voice of thine adversaries: The tumult of those that rise up against thee ascendeth continually. | Keep in mind the voice of your haters; the outcry of those who come against you goes up every day. |
