Psalm 73:23-74:8

New International Version

²³Yet I am always with you;
    you hold me by my right hand.^(A)
²⁴You guide^(B) me with your counsel,^(C)
    and afterward you will take me into glory.
²⁵Whom have I in heaven but you?^(D)
    And earth has nothing I desire besides you.^(E)
²⁶My flesh and my heart^(F) may fail,^(G)
    but God is the strength^(H) of my heart
    and my portion^(I) forever.

²⁷Those who are far from you will perish;^(J)
    you destroy all who are unfaithful^(K) to you.
²⁸But as for me, it is good to be near God.^(L)
    I have made the Sovereign Lord my refuge;^(M)
    I will tell of all your deeds.^(N)

Psalm 74

A maskil^[a] of Asaph.

¹O God, why have you rejected^(O) us forever?^(P)
    Why does your anger smolder against the sheep of your pasture?^(Q)
²Remember the nation you purchased^(R) long ago,^(S)
    the people of your inheritance,^(T) whom you redeemed^(U)—
    Mount Zion,^(V) where you dwelt.^(W)
³Turn your steps toward these everlasting ruins,^(X)
    all this destruction the enemy has brought on the sanctuary.

⁴Your foes roared^(Y) in the place where you met with us;
    they set up their standards^(Z) as signs.
⁵They behaved like men wielding axes
    to cut through a thicket of trees.^(AA)
⁶They smashed all the carved^(AB) paneling
    with their axes and hatchets.
⁷They burned your sanctuary to the ground;
    they defiled^(AC) the dwelling place^(AD) of your Name.^(AE)
⁸They said in their hearts, “We will crush^(AF) them completely!”
    They burned^(AG) every place where God was worshiped in the land.