Psalm 74

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Psalm 74 Text (WEB) God, why have you rejected us forever? Why does your anger smolder against the sheep of your pasture? Remember your congregation, which you purchased of old, which you have redeemed to be the tribe of your inheritance; Mount Zion, in which you have lived. Lift up your feet to the perpetual ruins, all the evil that the enemy has done in the sanctuary. Your adversaries have roared in the midst of your assembly. They have set up their standards as signs. They behaved like men wielding axes, cutting through a thicket of trees. Now they break all its carved work down with hatchet and hammers. They have burned your sanctuary to the ground. They have profaned the dwelling place of your Name. They said in their heart, "We will crush them completely." They have burned up all the places in the land where God was worshiped. We see no miraculous signs. There is no longer any prophet, neither is there among us anyone who knows how long. How long, God, shall the adversary reproach? Shall the enemy blaspheme your name forever? Why do you draw back your hand, even your right hand? Take it out of your pocket and consume them! Yet God is my King of old, working salvation in the midst of the earth. You divided the sea by your strength. You broke the heads of the sea monsters in the waters. You broke the heads of Leviathan in pieces. You gave him as food to people and desert creatures. You opened up spring and stream. You dried up mighty rivers. The day is yours, the night is also yours. You have prepared the light and the sun. You have set all the boundaries of the earth. You have made summer and winter. Remember this, that the enemy has mocked you, Yahweh. Foolish people have blasphemed your name. Don't deliver the soul of your dove to wild beasts. Don't forget the life of your poor forever. Honor your covenant, for haunts of violence fill the dark places of the earth. Don't let the oppressed return ashamed. Let the poor and needy praise your name. Arise, God! Plead your own cause. Remember how the foolish man mocks you all day. Don't forget the voice of your adversaries. The tumult of those who rise up against you ascends continually. For the Chief Musician. To the tune of "Do Not Destroy." A Psalm by Asaph. A song.
Psalm 74 Text (Hebrew) משכיל לאסף למה אלהים זנחת לנצח יעשן אפך בצאן מרעיתך׃ זכר עדתכ קנית קדם גאלת שבט נחלתך הר־ציון זה שכנת בו׃ הרימה פעמיך למשאות נצח כל־הרע אויב בקדש׃ שאגו צרריך בקרב מועדך שמו אותתם אתות׃ יודע כמביא למעלה בסבך־עץ קרדמות׃ פתוחיה יחד בכשיל וכילפת יהלמון׃ שלחו באש מקדשך לארץ חללו משכן־שמך׃ אמרו בלבם נינם יחד שרפו כל־מועדי־אל בארץ׃ אותתינו לא ראינו אין־עוד נביא ולא־אתנו ידע עד־מה׃ עד־מתי אלהים יחרף צר ינאץ אויב שמך לנצח׃ למה תשיב ידך וימינך מקרב כלה׃ ואלהים מלכי מקדם פעל ישועות בקרב הארץ׃ אתה פוררת בעזך ים שברת ראשי תנינים על־המים׃ אתה רצצת ראשי לויתן תתננו מאכל לעם לציים׃ אתה בקעת מעין ונחל אתה הובשת נהרות איתן׃ לך יום אף־לך לילה אתה הכינות מאור ושמש׃ אתה הצבת כל־גבולות ארץ קיץ וחרף אתה יצרתם׃ זכר־זאת אויב חרף יהוה ועם נבל נאצו שמך׃ אל־תתן לחית נפש תורך חית ענייך אל־תשכח לנצח׃ הבט לברית כי מלאו מחשכי־ארץ נאות חמס׃ אל־ישב דך נכלם עני ואביון יהללו שמך׃ קומה אלהים ריבה ריבך זכר חרפתך מני־נבל כל־היום׃ אל־תשכח קול צרריך שאון קמיך עלה תמיד׃
Psalm 74 Text (Greek) συνεσεως τω ασαφ ινα τι απωσω ο θεος εις τελος ωργισθη ο θυμος σου επι προβατα νομης μνησθητι της συναγωγης σου ης εκτησω απ' αρχης ελυτρωσω ραβδον κληρονομιας σου ορος σιων τουτο ο κατεσκηνωσας εν επαρον τας χειρας σου επι τας υπερηφανιας αυτων εις τελος οσα επονηρευσατο ο εχθρος εν τοις αγιοις και ενεκαυχησαντο οι μισουντες σε εν μεσω της εορτης σου εθεντο τα σημεια αυτων σημεια και ουκ ως εις την εισοδον ως εν δρυμω ξυλων αξιναις εξεκοψαν τας θυρας αυτης επι το αυτο εν πελεκει και λαξευτηριω κατερραξαν ενεπυρισαν εν πυρι το αγιαστηριον σου εις την γην εβεβηλωσαν το σκηνωμα του ονοματος ειπαν εν τη καρδια αυτων η συγγενεια αυτων επι το αυτο δευτε και κατακαυσωμεν πασας τας εορτας του θεου απο της τα σημεια ημων ουκ ειδομεν ουκ εστιν ετι προφητης και ημας ου γνωσεται εως ποτε ο θεος ονειδιει ο εχθρος παροξυνει ο υπεναντιος το ονομα σου εις ινα τι αποστρεφεις την χειρα σου και την δεξιαν σου εκ μεσου του κολπου σου εις ο δε θεος βασιλευς ημων προ αιωνος ειργασατο σωτηριαν εν μεσω της συ εκραταιωσας εν τη δυναμει σου την θαλασσαν συ συνετριψας τας κεφαλας των δρακοντων επι του συ συνεθλασας τας κεφαλας του δρακοντος εδωκας αυτον βρωμα λαοις τοις συ διερρηξας πηγας και χειμαρρους συ εξηρανας ποταμους ση εστιν η ημερα και ση εστιν η νυξ συ κατηρτισω φαυσιν και συ εποιησας παντα τα ορια της γης θερος και εαρ συ επλασας μνησθητι ταυτης εχθρος ωνειδισεν τον κυριον και λαος αφρων παρωξυνεν το ονομα μη παραδως τοις θηριοις ψυχην εξομολογουμενην σοι των ψυχων των πενητων σου μη επιλαθη εις επιβλεψον εις την διαθηκην σου οτι επληρωθησαν οι εσκοτισμενοι της γης οικων μη αποστραφητω τεταπεινωμενος κατησχυμμενος πτωχος και πενης αινεσουσιν το ονομα αναστα ο θεος δικασον την δικην σου μνησθητι των ονειδισμων σου των υπο αφρονος ολην την μη επιλαθη της φωνης των ικετων σου η υπερηφανια των μισουντων σε ανεβη δια παντος προς
Psalm 74 Text (Latin) Intellectus Asaph. Ut quid, Deus, repulisti in finem, iratus est furor tuus super oves pascuæ tuæ ? Memor esto congregationis tuæ, quam possedisti ab initio. Redemisti virgam hæreditatis tuæ, mons Sion, in quo habitasti in eo. Leva manus tuas in superbias eorum in finem. Quanta malignatus est inimicus in sancto ! Et gloriati sunt qui oderunt te in medio solemnitatis tuæ ; posuerunt signa sua, signa ; et non cognoverunt sicut in exitu super summum. Quasi in silva lignorum securibus exciderunt januas ejus in idipsum ; in securi et ascia dejecerunt eam. Incenderunt igni sanctuarium tuum, in terra polluerunt tabernaculum nominis tui. Dixerunt in corde suo cognatio eorum simul : quiescere faciamus omnes dies festos Dei a terra. Signa nostra non vidimus ; jam non est propheta ; et nos non cognoscet amplius. Usquequo, Deus, improperabit inimicus ? irritat adversarius nomen tuum in finem ? Ut quid avertis manum tuam, et dexteram tuam de medio sinu tuo in finem ? Deus autem rex noster ante sæcula, operatus est salutem in medio terræ. Tu confirmasti in virtute tua mare ; contribulasti capita draconum in aquis. Tu confregisti capita draconis ; dedisti eum escam populis Æthiopum. Tu dirupisti fontes et torrentes ; tu siccasti fluvios Ethan. Tuus est dies, et tua est nox ; tu fabricatus es auroram et solem. Tu fecisti omnes terminos terræ ; æstatem et ver tu plasmasti ea. Memor esto hujus, inimicus improperavit Domino, et populus insipiens incitavit nomen tuum. Ne tradas bestiis animas confitentes tibi, et animas pauperum tuorum ne obliviscaris in finem. Respice in testamentum tuum, quia repleti sunt qui obscurati sunt terræ domibus iniquitatum. Ne avertatur humilis factus confusus ; pauper et inops laudabunt nomen tuum. Exsurge, Deus, judica causam tuam ; memor esto improperiorum tuorum, eorum quæ ab insipiente sunt tota die. Ne obliviscaris voces inimicorum tuorum : superbia eorum qui te oderunt ascendit semper.
Psalm 74 Text (KJV) O God, why hast thou cast us off for ever? why doth thine anger smoke against the sheep of thy pasture? 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. Lift up thy feet unto the perpetual desolations; even all that the enemy hath done wickedly in the sanctuary. Thine enemies roar in the midst of thy congregations; they set up their ensigns for signs. A man was famous according as he had lifted up axes upon the thick trees. But now they break down the carved work thereof at once with axes and hammers. They have cast fire into thy sanctuary, they have defiled by casting down the dwelling place of thy name to the ground. They said in their hearts, Let us destroy them together: they have burned up all the synagogues of God in the land. We see not our signs: there is no more any prophet: neither is there among us any that knoweth how long. O God, how long shall the adversary reproach? shall the enemy blaspheme thy name for ever? Why withdrawest thou thy hand, even thy right hand? pluck it out of thy bosom. For God is my King of old, working salvation in the midst of the earth. Thou didst divide the sea by thy strength: thou brakest the heads of the dragons in the waters. Thou brakest the heads of leviathan in pieces, and gavest him to be meat to the people inhabiting the wilderness. Thou didst cleave the fountain and the flood: thou driedst up mighty rivers. The day is thine, the night also is thine: thou hast prepared the light and the sun. Thou hast set all the borders of the earth: thou hast made summer and winter. Remember this, that the enemy hath reproached, O LORD, and that the foolish people have blasphemed thy name. O deliver not the soul of thy turtledove unto the multitude of the wicked: forget not the congregation of thy poor for ever. Have respect unto the covenant: for the dark places of the earth are full of the habitations of cruelty. O let not the oppressed return ashamed: let the poor and needy praise thy name. Arise, O God, plead thine own cause: remember how the foolish man reproacheth thee daily. Forget not the voice of thine enemies: the tumult of those that rise up against thee increaseth continually.

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