Psalm 74-76

English Standard Version

Arise, O God, Defend Your Cause

A Maskil^[a] of ^(A)Asaph.

74 O God, why do you ^(B)cast us off forever?
    Why does your anger ^(C)smoke against ^(D)the sheep of your pasture?
²^(E)Remember your congregation, which you have ^(F)purchased of old,
    which you have ^(G)redeemed to be ^(H)the tribe of your heritage!
    Remember Mount Zion, ^(I)where you have dwelt.
³Direct your steps to ^(J)the perpetual ruins;
    the enemy has destroyed everything in the sanctuary!

⁴Your foes have ^(K)roared in the midst of your meeting place;
    ^(L)they set up their ^(M)own signs for ^(N)signs.
⁵They were like those who swing ^(O)axes
    in a forest of trees.^[b]
⁶And all its ^(P)carved wood
    they broke down with hatchets and hammers.
⁷They ^(Q)set your sanctuary on fire;
    they ^(R)profaned ^(S)the dwelling place of your name,
    bringing it down to the ground.
⁸They ^(T)said to themselves, “We will utterly subdue them”;
    they burned all the meeting places of God in the land.

⁹We do not see our ^(U)signs;
    ^(V)there is no longer any prophet,
    and there is none among us who knows how long.
¹⁰How long, O God, ^(W)is the foe to scoff?
    Is the enemy to revile your name forever?
¹¹Why ^(X)do you hold back your hand, your right hand?
    Take it from the fold of your garment^[c] and destroy them!

¹²Yet ^(Y)God my King is from of old,
    working salvation in the midst of the earth.
¹³You ^(Z)divided the sea by your might;
    you ^(AA)broke the heads of ^(AB)the sea monsters^[d] on the waters.
¹⁴You crushed the heads of ^(AC)Leviathan;
    you gave him as food for the creatures of the wilderness.
¹⁵You ^(AD)split open springs and brooks;
    you ^(AE)dried up ever-flowing streams.
¹⁶Yours is the day, yours also the night;
    you have established ^(AF)the heavenly lights and the sun.
¹⁷You have ^(AG)fixed all the boundaries of the earth;
    you have made ^(AH)summer and winter.

¹⁸^(AI)Remember this, O Lord, how the enemy scoffs,
and ^(AJ)a foolish people reviles your name.
¹⁹Do not deliver the soul of your ^(AK)dove to the wild beasts;
^(AL)do not forget the life of your poor forever.

²⁰Have regard for ^(AM)the covenant,
for ^(AN)the dark places of the land are full of the habitations of violence.
²¹Let not ^(AO)the downtrodden ^(AP)turn back in shame;
let ^(AQ)the poor and needy praise your name.

²²Arise, O God, ^(AR)defend your cause;
^(AS)remember how the foolish scoff at you all the day!
²³Do not forget the clamor of your foes,
^(AT)the uproar of those who rise against you, which goes up continually!

God Will Judge with Equity

To the choirmaster: according to ^(AU)Do Not Destroy. ^(AV)A Psalm of Asaph. A Song.

75 We give thanks to you, O God;
we give thanks, for your name is ^(AW)near.
We^[e] recount your wondrous deeds.

²“At ^(AX)the set time that I appoint
    I will judge ^(AY)with equity.
³When the earth ^(AZ)totters, and all its inhabitants,
    it is I who keep steady its ^(BA)pillars. Selah
⁴I say to the boastful, ‘Do not boast,’
    and to the wicked, ^(BB)‘Do not lift up your horn;
⁵do not lift up your horn on high,
    or speak with haughty neck.’”

⁶For not from the east or from the west
    and not from the wilderness comes ^(BC)lifting up,
⁷but it is ^(BD)God who executes judgment,
    ^(BE)putting down one and lifting up another.
⁸^(BF)For in the hand of the Lord there is ^(BG)a cup
    with foaming wine, ^(BH)well mixed,
and he pours out from it,
    and all the wicked of the earth
    shall ^(BI)drain it down to the dregs.

⁹But I will declare it forever;
I will sing praises to the God of Jacob.
¹⁰^(BJ)All the horns of the wicked I will cut off,
^(BK)but the horns of the righteous shall be lifted up.

Who Can Stand Before You?

To the choirmaster: with ^(BL)stringed instruments. A Psalm of ^(BM)Asaph. A Song.

76 In Judah God is ^(BN)known;
    his name is great in Israel.
²His ^(BO)abode has been established in ^(BP)Salem,
    his ^(BQ)dwelling place in Zion.
³There he ^(BR)broke the flashing arrows,
    the shield, the sword, and the weapons of war. Selah

⁴Glorious are you, more majestic
    ^(BS)than the mountains full of ^(BT)prey.
⁵^(BU)The stouthearted were stripped of their spoil;
    ^(BV)they sank into sleep;
all the men of war
    were unable to use their hands.
⁶At your rebuke, O God of Jacob,
    both ^(BW)rider and horse lay stunned.

⁷^(BX)But you, you are to be feared!
    Who can ^(BY)stand before you
    when once your anger is roused?
⁸From the heavens you uttered judgment;
    ^(BZ)the earth feared and was still,
⁹when God ^(CA)arose to establish judgment,
    to save all the humble of the earth. Selah

¹⁰Surely ^(CB)the wrath of man shall praise you;
    the remnant^[f] of wrath you will put on like a belt.
¹¹^(CC)Make your vows to the Lord your God and perform them;
    let all around him ^(CD)bring gifts
    to him who ^(CE)is to be feared,
¹²who ^(CF)cuts off the spirit of princes,
    who ^(CG)is to be feared by the kings of the earth.

Footnotes

Psalm 74:1 Probably a musical or liturgical term
Psalm 74:5 The meaning of the Hebrew is uncertain
Psalm 74:11 Hebrew from your bosom
Psalm 74:13 Or the great sea creatures
Psalm 75:1 Hebrew They
Psalm 76:10 Or extremity

Revelation 5

English Standard Version

The Scroll and the Lamb

5 Then I saw in the right hand of him who was seated on the throne ^(A)a scroll written within and on the back, ^(B)sealed with seven seals. ²And ^(C)I saw a mighty angel proclaiming with a loud voice, “Who is worthy to open the scroll and break its seals?” ³And no one in heaven or on earth or under the earth was able to open the scroll or to look into it, ⁴and I began to weep loudly because no one was found worthy to open the scroll or to look into it. ⁵And one of the elders said to me, “Weep no more; behold, ^(D)the Lion ^(E)of the tribe of Judah, ^(F)the Root of David, has conquered, so that he can open the scroll and its seven seals.”

⁶And between the throne and the four living creatures and among the elders I saw ^(G)a Lamb standing, as though it had been slain, with seven horns and with ^(H)seven eyes, which are ^(I)the seven spirits of God sent out into all the earth. ⁷And he went and took the scroll from the right hand of him who was seated on the throne. ⁸And when he had taken the scroll, the four living creatures and the twenty-four elders ^(J)fell down before the Lamb, ^(K)each holding a harp, and ^(L)golden bowls full of incense, ^(M)which are the prayers of the saints. ⁹And they sang ^(N)a new song, saying,

“Worthy are you to take the scroll
    and to open its seals,
for ^(O)you were slain, and by your blood ^(P)you ransomed people for God
    from ^(Q)every tribe and language and people and nation,
¹⁰and you have made them ^(R)a kingdom and priests to our God,
    and they shall reign on the earth.”

¹¹Then I looked, and I heard around the throne and the living creatures and the elders the voice of many angels, numbering ^(S)myriads of myriads and thousands of thousands, ¹²saying with a loud voice,

^(T)“Worthy is the Lamb who was slain,
to receive power and wealth and wisdom and might
and honor and glory and blessing!”

¹³And I heard ^(U)every creature in heaven and on earth and under the earth and in the sea, and all that is in them, saying,

“To him who sits on the throne and to the Lamb
be blessing and honor and glory and might forever and ever!”

¹⁴And the four living creatures ^(V)said, “Amen!” and the elders ^(W)fell down and worshiped.