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74:1  Maschil of Asaph. O God, why hast thou cast us off for ever? Why does thine anger smoke against the sheep of thy pasture?
74:2  Remember thy congregation, which thou hast purchased of old; the rod of thine inheritance, which thou hast redeemed, this Mount Zion, in which thou hast dwelt.
74:3  Lift up thy feet unto the eternal desolations, unto every enemy who has done wickedly in the sanctuary.
74:4  Thine enemies have roared in the midst of thy assemblies; they set up their own banners for signs.
74:5  Renowned, as one on the way to heaven, he who lifted up axes upon the thick trees for the work of the sanctuary.
74:6  But now they break down all the carved work thereof with axes and hammers.
74:7  They have set fire to thy sanctuaries; they have defiled the tabernacle of thy name in the earth.
74:8  They said in their hearts, Let us destroy them at once; they have burned up all the meeting places of the people of God in the earth.
74:9  We no longer see our own banners; there is no longer any prophet: neither is there among us any that knows. How long shall this be?
74:10  O God, how long shall the adversary reproach? Shall the enemy blaspheme thy name for ever?
74:11  Why dost thou withdraw thy hand, even thy right hand? Why dost thou hide it in thy bosom.
74:12  For God is my King from of old, he who works saving health in the midst of the earth.
74:13  Thou didst divide the sea by thy strength; thou didst break the heads of the dragons in the waters.
74:14  Thou didst break the heads of leviathan in pieces and didst give him to be food to the people inhabiting the wilderness.
74:15  Thou didst cleave the fountain and the river; thou didst dry up mighty rivers.
74:16  The day is thine, the night also is thine; thou hast prepared the light and the sun.
74:17  Thou hast set all the borders of the earth; thou hast made summer and winter.
74:18  Remember this, that the enemy has spoken against the LORD and that the foolish people have blasphemed thy name.
74:19  O deliver not the soul of thy turtledove unto the beasts; forget not the congregation of thy poor for ever.
74:20  Have respect unto the covenant; for the dark places of the earth are full of the habitations of violence.
74:21  O let not the oppressed return ashamed; the poor and destitute shall praise thy name.
74:22  Arise, O God, plead thine own cause; remember how the foolish man reproaches thee daily.
74:23  Forget not the voices of thine enemies; the tumult of those that rise up against thee increases continually.