Psalms 74
aligned by seat — same row, same verse, whatever each bible numbers it
| v | JPS1917 |
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| 1 | Maschil of Asaph. Why, O God, hast Thou cast us off for ever? Why doth Thine anger smoke against the flock of Thy pasture? |
| 2 | Remember Thy congregation, which Thou hast gotten of old, Which Thou hast redeemed to be the tribe of Thine inheritance; And mount Zion, wherein Thou hast dwelt. |
| 3 | Lift up Thy steps because of the perpetual ruins, Even all the evil that the enemy hath done in the sanctuary. |
| 4 | Thine adversaries have roared in the midst of Thy meeting-place; They have set up their own signs for signs. |
| 5 | It seemed as when men wield upwards Axes in a thicket of trees. |
| 6 | And now all the carved work thereof together They strike down with hatchet and hammers. |
| 7 | They have set Thy sanctuary on fire; They have profaned the dwelling-place of Thy name even to the ground. |
| 8 | They said in their heart: 'Let us make havoc of them altogether'; They have burned up all the meeting-places 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 | How long, O God, shall the adversary reproach? Shall the enemy blaspheme Thy name for ever? |
| 11 | Why withdrawest Thou Thy hand, even Thy right hand? Draw it out of Thy bosom and consume them. |
| 12 | Yet God is my King of old, Working salvation in the midst of the earth. |
| 13 | Thou didst break the sea in pieces by Thy strength; Thou didst shatter the heads of the sea-monsters in the waters. |
| 14 | Thou didst crush the heads of leviathan, Thou gavest him to be food to the folk inhabiting the wilderness. |
| 15 | Thou didst cleave fountain and brook; Thou driedst up ever-flowing rivers. |
| 16 | Thine is the day, Thine also the night; Thou hast established luminary and sun. |
| 17 | Thou hast set all the borders of the earth; Thou hast made summer and winter. |
| 18 | Remember this, how the enemy hath reproached the LORD, And how a base people have blasphemed Thy name. |
| 19 | O deliver not the soul of Thy turtle-dove unto the wild beast; Forget not the life of Thy poor for ever. |
| 20 | Look upon the covenant; For the dark places of the land are full of the habitations of violence. |
| 21 | O let not the oppressed turn back in confusion; Let the poor and needy praise Thy name. |
| 22 | Arise, O God, plead Thine own cause; Remember Thy reproach all the day at the hand of the base man. |
| 23 | Forget not the voice of Thine adversaries, The tumult of those that rise up against Thee which ascendeth continually. |