Psalm 74 — Legacy Standard Bible

Yet God Is My King

A ¹Maskil of Asaph.

Why, O God? Have You ^arejected us forever?Why does Your anger ^bsmoke against the ^csheep of Your ²pasture?²Remember Your congregation, which You have ^apurchased of old,Which You have ^bredeemed to be the ^ctribe of Your inheritance;And this Mount ^dZion, where You have dwelt.³Lift up Your steps toward the ^aperpetual ruins;The enemy ^bhas damaged everything within the sanctuary.⁴Your adversaries have ^aroared in the midst of Your meeting place;They have set up their ^bown signs ^cfor signs.⁵Each seems like one who lifts up¹An ^aaxe against the undergrowth of trees.⁶And now its ^acarved work altogetherThey smash with hatchet and ¹hammers.⁷They have ^aset Your sanctuary on fire;By bringing it to the ground, they have ^bdefiled the dwelling place of Your name.⁸They ^asaid in their heart, “Let us ¹completely ²subdue them.”They have burned all the meeting places of God in the land.⁹We do not see our ^asigns;There is ^bno longer any prophet,Nor is there any among us who knows ^chow long.¹⁰How long, O God, will the adversary ^areproach?Will the enemy ^bspurn Your name forever?¹¹Why ^ado You turn back Your hand, even Your right hand?From within Your bosom, ^bdestroy them!¹²Yet God is ^amy King from of old,Who works deeds of ¹salvation in the midst of the earth.¹³You ^adivided the sea by Your strength;You ^bbroke the heads of the ^csea monsters ¹in the waters.¹⁴You crushed the heads of ¹^,^aLeviathan;You gave him as food for the ²creatures ^bof the desert.¹⁵¹You ^asplit open spring and river;²You ^bdried up ever-flowing rivers.¹⁶Yours is the day, Yours also is the night;¹You have ^aestablished the ²light and the sun.¹⁷¹You have ^acaused all the boundaries of the earth to stand firm;²You have formed ^bsummer and winter.¹⁸Remember this, O Yahweh, that the enemy has ^areproached,And a ^bwickedly foolish people has spurned Your name.¹⁹Do not deliver the soul of Your ^aturtledove to the wild beast;^bDo not forget the life of Your afflicted forever.²⁰Look to the ^acovenant;For the ^bdark places of the land are full of the haunts of violence.²¹Let not the ^aoppressed return dishonored;Let the ^bafflicted and needy praise Your name.²²Arise, O God, and ^aplead Your own cause;Remember ¹how the ^bwicked fool reproaches You all day long.²³Do not forget the voice of Your ^aadversaries,The ^brumbling of those who rise against You which ascends continually.