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