The Book of Psalms 74

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1 O God why hast thou cast us off for ever why doth thine anger smoke against the sheep of thy pasture ⚑

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 ⚑

3 Lift up thy feet unto the perpetual desolations even all that the enemy hath done wickedly in the sanctuary ⚑

4 Thine enemies roar in the midst of thy congregations they set up their ensigns for signs ⚑

5 A man was famous according as he had lifted up axes upon the thick trees ⚑

6 But now they break down the carved work thereof at once with axes and hammers ⚑

7 They have cast fire into thy sanctuary they have defiled by casting down the dwelling place of thy name to the ground ⚑

8 They said in their hearts Let us destroy them together they have burned up all the synagogues of God in the land ⚑

9 We see not our signs there is no more any prophet neither is there among us any that knoweth how long ⚑

10 O God how long shall the adversary reproach shall the enemy blaspheme thy name for ever ⚑

11 Why withdrawest thou thy hand even thy right hand pluck it out of thy bosom ⚑

12 For God is my King of old working salvation in the midst of the earth ⚑

13 Thou didst divide the sea by thy strength thou brakest the heads of the dragons in the waters ⚑

14 Thou brakest the heads of leviathan in pieces and gavest him to be meat to the people inhabiting the wilderness ⚑

15 Thou didst cleave the fountain and the flood thou driedst up mighty rivers ⚑

16 The day is thine the night also is thine thou hast prepared the light and the sun ⚑

17 Thou hast set all the borders of the earth thou hast made summer and winter ⚑

18 Remember this that the enemy hath reproached O LORD and that the foolish people have blasphemed thy name ⚑

19 O deliver not the soul of thy turtledove unto the multitude of the wicked forget not the congregation of thy poor for ever ⚑

20 Have respect unto the covenant for the dark places of the earth are full of the habitations of cruelty ⚑

21 O let not the oppressed return ashamed let the poor and needy praise thy name ⚑

22 Arise O God plead thine own cause remember how the foolish man reproacheth thee daily ⚑

23 Forget not the voice of thine enemies the tumult of those that rise up against thee increaseth continually ⚑

King James Version (1769) with Apocrypha · Crosswire Bible Society / eBible.org (standard text of 1769) · Public Domain

Cross-references: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge · public domain