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74:1  A maskil of Asaph. Why, God, have you cast us off forever? Why does your anger burn against the sheep of your pasture?
74:2  Remember your people, whom you acquired of old, the tribe you redeemed as your own heritage, Mount Zion where you dwell.
74:3  Direct your steps toward the utter destruction, everything the enemy laid waste in the sanctuary.
74:4  Your foes roared triumphantly in the place of your assembly; they set up their own tokens of victory.
74:5  They hacked away like a forester gathering boughs, swinging his ax in a thicket of trees.
74:6  They smashed all its engraved work, struck it with ax and pick.
74:7  They set your sanctuary on fire, profaned your name’s abode by razing it to the ground.
74:8  They said in their hearts, “We will destroy them all! Burn all the assembly-places of God in the land!”
74:9  Even so we have seen no signs for us, there is no prophet any more, no one among us who knows for how long.
74:10  How long, O God, will the enemy jeer? Will the enemy revile your name forever?
74:11  Why draw back your hand, why hold back your right hand within your bosom?
74:12  Yet you, God, are my king from of old, winning victories throughout the earth.
74:13  You stirred up the sea by your might; you smashed the heads of the dragons on the waters.
74:14  You crushed the heads of Leviathan, gave him as food to the sharks.
74:15  You opened up springs and torrents, brought dry land out of the primeval waters.
74:16  Yours the day and yours the night too; you set the moon and sun in place.
74:17  You fixed all the limits of the earth; summer and winter you made.
74:18  Remember how the enemy has jeered, Lord, how a foolish people has reviled your name.
74:19  Do not surrender to wild animals those who praise you; do not forget forever the life of your afflicted.
74:20  Look to your covenant, for the recesses of the land are full of the haunts of violence.
74:21  Let not the oppressed turn back in shame; may the poor and needy praise your name.
74:22  Arise, God, defend your cause; remember the constant jeering of the fools.
74:23  Do not forget the clamor of your foes, the unceasing uproar of your enemies.