PSALM Chapter 74 (GNB)
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74:1
Why have you abandoned us like this, O God? Will you be angry with your own
people forever? |
74:2
Remember your people, whom you chose for yourself long ago, whom you brought
out of slavery to be your own tribe. Remember Mount Zion, where once you
lived. |
74:3
Walk over these total ruins; our enemies have destroyed everything in the
Temple. |
74:4
Your enemies have shouted in triumph in your Temple; they have placed their
flags there as signs of victory. |
74:5
They looked like woodsmen cutting down trees with their axes. |
74:6
They smashed all the wooden panels with their axes and sledge hammers. |
74:7
They wrecked your Temple and set it on fire; they desecrated the place where
you are worshiped. |
74:8
They wanted to crush us completely; they burned down every holy place in the
land. |
74:9
All our sacred symbols are gone; there are no prophets left, and no one knows
how long this will last. |
74:10
How long, O God, will our enemies laugh at you? Will they insult your name
forever? |
74:11
Why have you refused to help us? Why do you keep your hands behind you? |
74:12
But you have been our king from the beginning, O God; you have saved us many
times. |
74:13
With your mighty strength you divided the sea and smashed the heads of the
sea monsters; |
74:14
you crushed the heads of the monster Leviathan and fed his body to desert
animals. |
74:15
You made springs and fountains flow; you dried up large rivers. |
74:16
You created the day and the night; you set the sun and the moon in their
places; |
74:17
you set the limits of the earth; you made summer and winter. |
74:18
But remember, O LORD, that your enemies laugh at you, that they are godless
and despise you. |
74:19
Don't abandon your helpless people to their cruel enemies; don't forget your
persecuted people! |
74:20
Remember the covenant you made with us. There is violence in every dark
corner of the land. |
74:21
Don't let the oppressed be put to shame; let those poor and needy people
praise you. |
74:22
Rouse yourself, God, and defend your cause! Remember that godless people laugh
at you all day long. |
74:23
Don't forget the angry shouts of your enemies, the continuous noise made by
your foes. |
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