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74:1  A maskil by Asaph. Why do you stay angry to the end, O God? Why does your anger smoke against the flock in your pasture?
74:2  Remember your community that you purchased long ago, the tribe that you redeemed to be your possession. Remember Mount Zion where you dwell.
74:3  March toward the perpetual ruins. March against all the evil done by the enemy in the sanctuary.
74:4  Your foes roared in the middle of your appointed place. They set up their battle standards as signs.
74:5  They looked like men swinging axes in a thicket of trees.
74:6  Yes, they even chopped up all the carved paneling with their hatchets and hammers.
74:7  They delivered your sanctuary to the fire. They defiled the dwelling place for your Name by throwing it to the ground.
74:8  They said in their hearts, “We will crush them completely!” They burned all the appointed places of God in the land.
74:9  We do not see any signs to guide us. There is no longer a prophet, and none of us knows how long this will go on.
74:10  How long will the foe scoff, O God? Will the enemy insult your name forever?
74:11  Why do you hold back your hand, even your right hand? Take it out of your pocket and finish them off!
74:12  But you, O God, are my king from long ago, the one who works salvation right here on earth.
74:13  It was you who shattered the sea by your power. You broke the heads of the great sea monsters.
74:14  It was you who crushed the heads of Leviathan. You gave him as food to the people who live in the desert.
74:15  It was you who opened up a spring and a seasonal stream. You dried up the rivers that flow year-round.
74:16  The day belongs to you, and the night is also yours. You set the moon and sun in place.
74:17  It was you who laid out all the boundaries of the earth. Summer and winter—you shaped them.
74:18  Remember this—the enemy scoffs, Lord, and a foolish people has insulted your name.
74:19  Do not surrender the life of your turtledove to a wild animal. Do not forget the life of your afflicted ones forever.
74:20  Pay attention to the covenant, because dens of violence fill the dark places in the land.
74:21  Do not let the oppressed turn back in disgrace. Let the poor and needy praise your name.
74:22  Rise up, O God, and prosecute your case. Remember how the fools mocked you all day long.
74:23  Do not forget the sound of your foes, the uproar of those who rise against you, which goes up continually.