Psalm 74 :: King James Version (KJV)

An Appeal against the Devastation of the Land by the Enemy.

Psa 74:1[[Maschil of Asaph.]] O God, why hast thou cast us off for ever? why doth thine anger smoke against the sheep of thy pasture?

Psa 74:2

Psa 74:2Remember thy congregation, which thou hast purchased of old; the rod of thine inheritance, which thou hast redeemed; this mount Zion, wherein thou hast dwelt.

Psa 74:3

Psa 74:3Lift up thy feet unto the perpetual desolations; even all that the enemy hath done wickedly in the sanctuary.

Psa 74:4

Psa 74:4Thine enemies roar in the midst of thy congregations; they set up their ensigns for signs.

Psa 74:5

Psa 74:5A man was famous according as he had lifted up axes upon the thick trees.

Psa 74:6

Psa 74:6But now they break down the carved work thereof at once with axes and hammers.

Psa 74:7

Psa 74:7They have cast fire into thy sanctuary, they have defiled by casting down the dwelling place of thy name to the ground.

Psa 74:8

Psa 74:8They said in their hearts, Let us destroy them together: they have burned up all the synagogues of God in the land.

Psa 74:9

Psa 74:9We see not our signs: there is no more any prophet: neither is there among us any that knoweth how long.

Psa 74:10

Psa 74:10O God, how long shall the adversary reproach? shall the enemy blaspheme thy name for ever?

Psa 74:11

Psa 74:11Why withdrawest thou thy hand, even thy right hand? pluck it out of thy bosom.

Psa 74:12

Psa 74:12For God is my King of old, working salvation in the midst of the earth.

Psa 74:13

Psa 74:13Thou didst divide the sea by thy strength: thou brakest the heads of the dragons in the waters.

Psa 74:14

Psa 74:14Thou brakest the heads of leviathan in pieces, and gavest him to be meat to the people inhabiting the wilderness.

Psa 74:15

Psa 74:15Thou didst cleave the fountain and the flood: thou driedst up mighty rivers.

Psa 74:16

Psa 74:16The day is thine, the night also is thine: thou hast prepared the light and the sun.

Psa 74:17

Psa 74:17Thou hast set all the borders of the earth: thou hast made summer and winter.

Psa 74:18

Psa 74:18Remember this, that the enemy hath reproached, O LORD, and that the foolish people have blasphemed thy name.

Psa 74:19

Psa 74:19O deliver not the soul of thy turtledove unto the multitude of the wicked: forget not the congregation of thy poor for ever.

Psa 74:20

Psa 74:20Have respect unto the covenant: for the dark places of the earth are full of the habitations of cruelty.

Psa 74:21

Psa 74:21O let not the oppressed return ashamed: let the poor and needy praise thy name.

Psa 74:22

Psa 74:22Arise, O God, plead thine own cause: remember how the foolish man reproacheth thee daily.

Psa 74:23

Psa 74:23Forget not the voice of thine enemies: the tumult of those that rise up against thee increaseth continually.

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Psalm 74 :: King James Version (KJV)

An Appeal against the Devastation of the Land by the Enemy.

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