Psalm 74 :: New American Standard Bible 1995 (NASB95)

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

Psa 74:1A [fn]Maskil of Asaph.
O God, why have You rejected us forever?
Why does Your anger smoke against the sheep of Your [fn]pasture?

Psa 74:2

Psa 74:2Remember Your congregation, which You have purchased of old,
Which You have redeemed to be the tribe of Your inheritance;
And this Mount Zion, where You have dwelt.

Psa 74:3

Psa 74:3 [fn]Turn Your footsteps toward the perpetual ruins;
The enemy has damaged everything within the sanctuary.

Psa 74:4

Psa 74:4Your adversaries have roared in the midst of Your meeting place;
They have set up their own [fn]standards for signs.

Psa 74:5

Psa 74:5It seems as if one had lifted up
His [fn]axe in a [fn]forest of trees.

Psa 74:6

Psa 74:6And now [fn]all its carved work
They smash with hatchet and [fn]hammers.

Psa 74:7

Psa 74:7They have [fn]burned Your sanctuary [fn]to the ground;
They have defiled the dwelling place of Your name.

Psa 74:8

Psa 74:8They said in their heart, “Let us [fn]completely [fn]subdue them.”
They have burned all the meeting places of God in the land.

Psa 74:9

Psa 74:9We do not see our signs;
There is no longer any prophet,
Nor is there any among us who knows how long.

Psa 74:10

Psa 74:10How long, O God, will the adversary revile,
And the enemy spurn Your name forever?

Psa 74:11

Psa 74:11Why do You withdraw Your hand, even Your right hand?
From within Your bosom, destroy them!

Psa 74:12

Psa 74:12Yet God is my king from of old,
Who works deeds of deliverance in the midst of the earth.

Psa 74:13

Psa 74:13 [fn]You divided the sea by Your strength;
[fn]You broke the heads of the sea monsters [fn]in the waters.

Psa 74:14

Psa 74:14 [fn]You crushed the heads of [fn]Leviathan;
[fn]You gave him as food for the [fn]creatures of the wilderness.

Psa 74:15

Psa 74:15 [fn]You broke open springs and torrents;
[fn]You dried up ever-flowing streams.

Psa 74:16

Psa 74:16Yours is the day, Yours also is the night;
[fn]You have prepared the [fn]light and the sun.

Psa 74:17

Psa 74:17 [fn]You have established all the boundaries of the earth;
[fn]You have [fn]made summer and winter.

Psa 74:18

Psa 74:18Remember this, [fn]O LORD, that the enemy has reviled,
And a foolish people has spurned Your name.

Psa 74:19

Psa 74:19Do not deliver the soul of Your turtledove to the wild beast;
Do not forget the life of Your afflicted forever.

Psa 74:20

Psa 74:20Consider the covenant;
For the dark places of the land are full of the habitations of violence.

Psa 74:21

Psa 74:21Let not the oppressed return dishonored;
Let the afflicted and needy praise Your name.

Psa 74:22

Psa 74:22Arise, O God, and plead Your own cause;
Remember [fn]how the foolish man reproaches You all day long.

Psa 74:23

Psa 74:23Do not forget the voice of Your adversaries,
The uproar of those who rise against You which ascends continually.

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NASB95 Footnotes

(74:1)

Possibly, Contemplative, or Didactic, or Skillful Psalm

Or, pasturing

Literally: Lift up

Literally: signs

Literally: axes

Literally: thicket

Literally: altogether

(74:6)

Or, axes

(74:7)

Literally: set on fire

(74:7)

Or, To the ground they...

(74:8)

Literally: altogether

Or, oppress

Or, You Yourself

Literally: on

Or, You Yourself

Or, sea monster

Literally: people

Or, You Yourself

Or, You Yourself

Or, luminary

Or, You Yourself

Or, formed

Or, that the enemy has reviled the LORD

(74:22)

Literally: Your reproach from the foolish man

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