(KJV) Psalm 74¹

⥃Why Have You Rejected Us Forever? ^{[ Psalms 79:1–13 † Jeremiah 52:1–11 ]}

Maschil of Asaph.

[1] O God², why hast thou cast [us] off for ever? [why] doth thine anger smoke³ against the sheep⁴ of thy pasture? [2] Remember thy congregation, [which] thou hast purchased⁵ of old; the rod⁶ of thine⁷ inheritance, [which] thou hast redeemed⁸; this mount⁹ Zion, wherein thou hast dwelt. [3] Lift¹⁰ up thy feet unto the perpetual¹¹ desolations; [even] all¹² [that] the enemy hath done wickedly in the sanctuary. [4] Thine¹³ enemies roar in the midst of thy congregations; they set¹⁴ up their ensigns [for] signs. [5] [A man] was famous according as he had lifted up axes upon the thick trees.¹⁵ [6] But now they break down the carved work thereof at once with axes and hammers.¹⁶ [7] They have cast fire into thy sanctuary¹⁷, they have defiled¹⁸ [by casting down] the dwelling¹⁹ place of thy name to the ground. [8] They said²⁰ in their hearts, Let us destroy²¹ them together: they have burned up all the synagogues²² of God in the land. [9] We see²³ not our signs: [there is] no more²⁴ any prophet: neither [is there] among us any that knoweth how long. [10] O God, how long shall the adversary reproach? shall the enemy blaspheme thy name for ever?²⁵ [11] Why withdrawest²⁶ thou thy hand, even thy right hand? pluck [it] out²⁷ of thy bosom. [12] For God²⁸ [is] my King of old, working²⁹ salvation in the midst of the earth. [13] Thou didst divide³⁰ the sea by thy strength: thou brakest³¹ the heads of the dragons³² in the waters. [14] Thou brakest the heads of leviathan³³ in pieces, [and] gavest him [to be] meat³⁴ to the people inhabiting the wilderness. [15] Thou didst cleave³⁵ the fountain and the flood³⁶: thou driedst up mighty rivers³⁷. [16] The day³⁸ [is] thine, the night also [is] thine: thou hast prepared³⁹ the light and the sun. [17] Thou hast set⁴⁰ all the borders of the earth: thou hast made summer⁴¹ and winter. [18] Remember⁴² this, [that] the enemy hath reproached, O Lord, and [that] the foolish⁴³ people have blasphemed thy name. [19] O deliver not the soul of thy turtledove⁴⁴ unto the multitude [of the wicked]: forget⁴⁵ not the congregation of thy poor for ever. [20] Have⁴⁶ respect unto the covenant: for the dark⁴⁷ places of the earth are full of the habitations⁴⁸ of cruelty. [21] O let not⁴⁹ the oppressed return ashamed: let the poor⁵⁰ and needy praise thy name. [22] Arise⁵¹, O God, plead thine own cause: remember⁵² how the foolish man reproacheth thee daily. [23] Forget⁵³ not the voice of thine enemies: the tumult⁵⁴ of those that rise up against thee increaseth⁵⁵ continually.