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74:1  A maskil of Asaph. Why, O God, have you cast us off forever? Why does your anger blaze forth against the sheep of your pasture?
74:2  Remember the people that you purchased long ago, the tribe that you redeemed as your own possession, and Mount Zion that you chose as your dwelling.
74:3  Direct now your steps to the endless ruins, toward the sanctuary destroyed by the enemy.
74:4  Your foes exulted triumphantly in the place of your assembly and set up their memorial emblems.
74:5  They set upon it with their axes as if it were a thicket of trees.
74:6  And then, with hatchets and hammers, they bludgeoned all the carved work.
74:7  They set your sanctuary ablaze; they razed and defiled the dwelling place of your name.
74:8  They said to themselves, “We will utterly crush them,” and they burned every shrine of God in the land.
74:9  Now we see no signs, there are no longer any prophets, and none of us knows how long this will last.
74:10  How long, O God, will the foe mock you? Will the enemy blaspheme your name forever?
74:11  Why do you hold back your right hand? Take it out from your robe and destroy them.
74:12  Yet you, O God, are my King from of old, working deeds of salvation throughout the earth.
74:13  By your power you split the sea in two and shattered the heads of the dragons in the waters.
74:14  You crushed the heads of Leviathan and gave him as food for the wild beasts.
74:15  You opened up springs and torrents and turned flowing rivers into dry land.
74:16  Yours is the day, and yours also is the night, for you set in place both sun and moon.
74:17  You fixed all the boundaries of the earth and created both summer and winter.
74:18  Remember, O Lord, how the enemy has mocked you, how a foolish people has blasphemed your name.
74:19  Do not surrender the soul of your dove to wild beasts; do not forget forever the life of your poor.
74:20  Have regard for your covenant! For the land is filled with darkness, and the pastures are haunts of violence.
74:21  Do not let the oppressed turn back in shame; let the poor and needy bless your name.
74:22  Rise up, O God, and defend your cause; remember how fools mock you all day long.
74:23  Do not ignore the outbursts of your enemies, the unceasing tumult of your foes.