74:1 [A Maskil of Asaph.] O God, why do you cast us off forever Why does your anger smoke against the sheep of your pasture 74:2 Remember your congregation, which you have purchased of old, which you have redeemed to be the tribe of your heritage! Remember Mount Zion, where you have dwelt. 74:3 Direct your steps to the perpetual ruins; the enemy has destroyed everything in the sanctuary! 74:4 Your foes have roared in the midst of your meeting place; they set up their own signs for signs. 74:5 They were like those who swing axes in a forest of trees. 74:6 And all its carved wood they broke down with hatchets and hammers. 74:7 They set your sanctuary on fire; they profaned the dwelling place of your name, bringing it down to the ground. 74:8 They said to themselves, "We will utterly subdue them"; they burned all the meeting places of God in the land. 74:9 We do not see our signs; there is no longer any prophet, and there is none among us who knows how long. 74:10 How long, O God, is the foe to scoff Is the enemy to revile your name forever 74:11 Why do you hold back your hand, your right hand Take it from the fold of your garment and destroy them! 74:12 Yet God my King is from of old, working salvation in the midst of the earth. 74:13 You divided the sea by your might; you broke the heads of the sea monsters on the waters. 74:14 You crushed the heads of Leviathan; you gave him as food for the creatures of the wilderness. 74:15 You split open springs and brooks; you dried up ever-flowing streams. 74:16 Yours is the day, yours also the night; you have established the heavenly lights and the sun. 74:17 You have fixed all the boundaries of the earth; you have made summer and winter. 74:18 Remember this, O LORD, how the enemy scoffs, and a foolish people reviles your name. 74:19 Do not deliver the soul of your dove to the wild beasts; do not forget the life of your poor forever. 74:20 Have regard for the covenant, for the dark places of the land are full of the habitations of violence. 74:21 Let not the downtrodden turn back in shame; let the poor and needy praise your name. 74:22 Arise, O God, defend your cause; remember how the foolish scoff at you all the day! 74:23 Do not forget the clamor of your foes, the uproar of those who rise against you, which goes up continually!