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Psalm 74 :: Bible in Basic English (BBE)

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 74:1 - <Maschil. Of Asaph.> Of God, why have you put us away from you for ever? why is the fire of your wrath smoking against the sheep who are your care?
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 74:2 - Keep in mind your band of worshippers, for whom you gave payment in the days which are past, whom you took for yourself as the people of your heritage; even this mountain of Zion, which has been your resting-place.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 74:3 - Go up and see the unending destruction; all the evil which your haters have done in the holy place;
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 74:4 - Sending out their voices like lions among your worshippers; they have put up their signs to be seen.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 74:5 - They are cutting down, like a man whose blade is lifted up against the thick trees.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 74:6 - Your doors are broken down with hammers and iron blades.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 74:7 - They have put on fire your holy place; they have made the place of your name unclean, pulling it down to the earth.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 74:8 - They have said in their hearts, Let us put an end to them all together; they have given over to the fire all God's places of worship in the land.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 74:9 - We do not see our signs: there is no longer any prophet, or anyone among us to say how long.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 74:10 - O God, how long will those who are against us say cruel things? will the hater go on looking down on your name for ever?
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 74:11 - Why are you keeping back your hand, and covering your right hand in your robe?
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 74:12 - For from the past God is my King, working salvation in the earth.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 74:13 - The sea was parted in two by your strength; the heads of the great sea-beasts were broken.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 74:14 - The heads of the great snake were crushed by you; you gave them as food to the fishes of the sea.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 74:15 - You made valleys for fountains and springs; you made the ever-flowing rivers dry.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 74:16 - The day is yours and the night is yours: you made the light and the sun.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 74:17 - By you all the limits of the earth were fixed; you have made summer and winter.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 74:18 - Keep this in mind, O Lord, that your haters have said cruel things, and that your name has been looked down on by a people of evil behaviour.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 74:19 - O give not the soul of your dove to the hawk; let not the life of the poor go out of your memory for ever.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 74:20 - Keep in mind your undertaking; for the dark places of the earth are full of pride and cruel acts.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 74:21 - O let not the crushed be turned back in shame; let the low man and the poor give praise to your name.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 74:22 - Up! O God, be the judge of your cause; keep in mind the bitter things which the man of evil behaviour says against you every day.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 74:23 - Keep in mind the voice of your haters; the outcry of those who come against you goes up every day.
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The Bible in Basic English was translated by Professor Samuel Henry Hooke (1874-1968)
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