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74:1  O God, why hast Thou cast us off for ever? Why doth 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, wherein Thou hast dwelt.
74:3  Lift up Thy feet unto the perpetual desolations, even all that the enemy hath done wickedly in the sanctuary.
74:4  Thine enemies roar in the midst of Thy congregations; they set up their ensigns for signs.
74:5  Once a man was famous according as he had lifted up axes upon the thick trees,
74:6  but now they break down the carved work thereof at once with axes and hammers.
74:7  They have cast fire into Thy sanctuary; they have defiled by casting down to the ground the dwelling place of Thy name.
74:8  They said in their hearts, “Let us destroy them together!” They have burned up all the synagogues of God in the land.
74:9  We see not our signs; there is no more any prophet; neither is there among us any that knoweth how long.
74:10  O God, how long shall the adversary reproach? Shall the enemy blaspheme Thy name for ever?
74:11  Why withdrawest Thou Thy hand, even Thy right hand? Pluck it out of Thy bosom!
74:12  For God is my King of old, working salvation in the midst of the earth.
74:13  Thou didst divide the sea by Thy strength; Thou breakest the heads of the dragons in the waters.
74:14  Thou breakest the heads of Leviathan in pieces, and gavest him to be meat to the people inhabiting the wilderness.
74:15  Thou didst cleave the fountain and the flood; Thou driedst 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 hath reproached, O Lord, and that the foolish people have blasphemed Thy name.
74:19  O deliver not the soul of Thy turtledove unto the multitude of the wicked; 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 cruelty.
74:21  O let not the oppressed return ashamed; let the poor and needy praise Thy name.
74:22  Arise, O God, plead Thine own cause; remember how the foolish man reproacheth Thee daily.
74:23  Forget not the voice of Thine enemies; the tumult of those that rise up against Thee increaseth continually.