Psalm 74-78

English Standard Version

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

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

¹² Yet ^(Y)God my King is from of old,
    working salvation in the midst of the earth.
¹³ You ^(Z)divided the sea by your might;
    you ^(AA)broke the heads of ^(AB)the sea monsters^[d] on the waters.
¹⁴ You crushed the heads of ^(AC)Leviathan;
    you gave him as food for the creatures of the wilderness.
¹⁵ You ^(AD)split open springs and brooks;
    you ^(AE)dried up ever-flowing streams.
¹⁶ Yours is the day, yours also the night;
    you have established ^(AF)the heavenly lights and the sun.
¹⁷ You 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.
¹⁹ Do not deliver the soul of your ^(AK)dove to the wild beasts;
    ^(AL)do not forget the life of your poor forever.

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

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

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

⁶ For not from the east or from the west
    and not from the wilderness comes ^(BC)lifting up,
⁷ but 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.

⁹ But 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.

⁴ Glorious 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.
⁶ At 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?
⁸ From the heavens you uttered judgment;
    ^(BZ)the earth feared and was still,
⁹ when God ^(CA)arose to establish judgment,
    to save all the humble of the earth. Selah

¹⁰ Surely ^(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,
¹² who ^(CF)cuts off the spirit of princes,
    who ^(CG)is to be feared by the kings of the earth.

⁴ You hold my eyelids open;
    I am so ^(CP)troubled that I cannot speak.
⁵ I consider ^(CQ)the days of old,
    the years long ago.
⁶ I said,^[g] “Let me remember my ^(CR)song in the night;
    let me ^(CS)meditate in my heart.”
    Then my spirit made a diligent search:
⁷ “Will the Lord ^(CT)spurn forever,
    and never again ^(CU)be favorable?
⁸ Has his steadfast love forever ceased?
    Are his ^(CV)promises at an end for all time?
^9 (CW)Has God forgotten to be gracious?
    ^(CX)Has he in anger shut up his compassion?” Selah

¹⁰ Then I said, “I will appeal to this,
    to the years of the ^(CY)right hand of the Most High.”^[h]

¹¹ I will remember the deeds of the Lord;
    yes, I will ^(CZ)remember your wonders of old.
¹² I will ponder all your ^(DA)work,
    and meditate on your ^(DB)mighty deeds.
¹³ Your way, O God, is ^(DC)holy.
    ^(DD)What god is great like our God?
¹⁴ You are the God who ^(DE)works wonders;
    you have ^(DF)made known your might among the peoples.
¹⁵ You ^(DG)with your arm redeemed your people,
    the children of Jacob and Joseph. Selah

¹⁶ When ^(DH)the waters saw you, O God,
    when the waters saw you, they were afraid;
    indeed, the deep trembled.
¹⁷ The clouds poured out water;
    the skies ^(DI)gave forth thunder;
    your ^(DJ)arrows flashed on every side.
^18 (DK)The crash of your thunder was in the whirlwind;
    ^(DL)your lightnings lighted up the world;
    the earth ^(DM)trembled and shook.
¹⁹ Your ^(DN)way was through the sea,
    your path through the great waters;
    yet your footprints ^(DO)were unseen.^[i]
20 You ^(DP)led your people like a flock
    by the hand of Moses and Aaron.

⁵ He established ^(DY)a testimony in ^(DZ)Jacob
    and appointed a law in ^(EA)Israel,
which he commanded our fathers
    to teach to their children,
⁶ that ^(EB)the next generation might know them,
    the children yet unborn,
and arise and tell them to their children,
⁷     so that they should set their hope in God
and not forget ^(EC)the works of God,
    but ^(ED)keep his commandments;
⁸ and that they should not be ^(EE)like their fathers,
    ^(EF)a stubborn and rebellious generation,
a generation ^(EG)whose heart was not steadfast,
    whose spirit was not faithful to God.

⁹ The Ephraimites, armed with^[k] the bow,
    ^(EH)turned back on the day of battle.
¹⁰ They ^(EI)did not keep God's covenant,
    but refused to walk according to his law.
¹¹ They ^(EJ)forgot his works
    and ^(EK)the wonders that he had shown them.
¹² In the sight of their fathers ^(EL)he performed wonders
    in the land of Egypt, in ^(EM)the fields of Zoan.
¹³ He ^(EN)divided the sea and let them pass through it,
    and made the waters ^(EO)stand like a heap.
^14 (EP)In the daytime he led them with a cloud,
    and all the night with a fiery light.
¹⁵ He ^(EQ)split rocks in the wilderness
    and gave them drink abundantly as from the deep.
¹⁶ He made streams come out of ^(ER)the rock
    and caused waters to flow down like rivers.

¹⁷ Yet they sinned still more against him,
    ^(ES)rebelling against the Most High in the desert.
¹⁸ They ^(ET)tested God in their heart
    by demanding the food they craved.
¹⁹ They spoke against God, saying,
    ^(EU)“Can God ^(EV)spread a table in the wilderness?
^20 (EW)He struck the rock so that water gushed out
    and streams overflowed.
Can he also give bread
    or provide meat for his people?”

²¹ Therefore, when the Lord heard, he was full of wrath;
    ^(EX)a fire was kindled against Jacob;
    his anger rose against Israel,
²² because they ^(EY)did not believe in God
    and did not trust his saving power.
²³ Yet he commanded the skies above
    and ^(EZ)opened the doors of heaven,
²⁴ and he ^(FA)rained down on them manna to eat
    and gave them ^(FB)the grain of heaven.
²⁵ Man ate of the bread of ^(FC)the angels;
    he sent them food ^(FD)in abundance.
²⁶ He ^(FE)caused the east wind to blow in the heavens,
    and by his power he led out the south wind;
²⁷ he rained meat on them like ^(FF)dust,
    winged birds like ^(FG)the sand of the seas;
²⁸ he ^(FH)let them fall in the midst of their camp,
    all around their dwellings.
²⁹ And they ^(FI)ate and were well filled,
    for he gave them what they ^(FJ)craved.
³⁰ But before they had satisfied their craving,
    ^(FK)while the food was still in their mouths,
³¹ the anger of God rose against them,
    and he killed ^(FL)the strongest of them
    and laid low ^(FM)the young men of Israel.

³² In spite of all this, they ^(FN)still sinned;
    ^(FO)despite his wonders, they did not believe.
³³ So he made ^(FP)their days ^(FQ)vanish like^[l] a breath,^[m]
    and their years in terror.
³⁴ When he killed them, they ^(FR)sought him;
    they repented and sought God earnestly.
³⁵ They remembered that God was their ^(FS)rock,
    the Most High God their ^(FT)redeemer.
³⁶ But they ^(FU)flattered him with their mouths;
    they ^(FV)lied to him with their tongues.
³⁷ Their ^(FW)heart was not ^(FX)steadfast toward him;
    they were not faithful to his covenant.
³⁸ Yet he, being ^(FY)compassionate,
    ^(FZ)atoned for their iniquity
    and did not destroy them;
he restrained his anger often
    and did not stir up all his wrath.
³⁹ He ^(GA)remembered that they were but ^(GB)flesh,
    ^(GC)a wind that passes and comes not again.
⁴⁰ How often they ^(GD)rebelled against him in the wilderness
    and ^(GE)grieved him in ^(GF)the desert!
⁴¹ They ^(GG)tested God again and again
    and provoked ^(GH)the Holy One of Israel.
⁴² They ^(GI)did not remember his power^[n]
    or the day when he redeemed them from the foe,
^43 (GJ)when he performed his ^(GK)signs in Egypt
    and his ^(GL)marvels in ^(GM)the fields of Zoan.
⁴⁴ He ^(GN)turned their rivers to blood,
    so that they could not drink of their streams.
⁴⁵ He sent among them swarms of ^(GO)flies, which devoured them,
    and ^(GP)frogs, which destroyed them.
⁴⁶ He gave their crops to ^(GQ)the destroying locust
    and the fruit of their labor to the locust.
⁴⁷ He destroyed their vines with ^(GR)hail
    and their sycamores with frost.
⁴⁸ He gave over their ^(GS)cattle to the hail
    and their flocks to thunderbolts.
⁴⁹ He let loose on them his burning anger,
    wrath, indignation, and distress,
    a company of ^(GT)destroying angels.
⁵⁰ He made a path for his anger;
    he did not spare them from death,
    but gave their lives over to the plague.
⁵¹ He struck down every ^(GU)firstborn in Egypt,
    the firstfruits of their strength in the tents of ^(GV)Ham.
⁵² Then he led out his people ^(GW)like sheep
    and guided them in the wilderness like a flock.
^53 (GX)He led them in safety, so that they ^(GY)were not afraid,
    but ^(GZ)the sea overwhelmed their enemies.
⁵⁴ And he brought them to his ^(HA)holy land,
    ^(HB)to the mountain which his right hand had ^(HC)won.
⁵⁵ He ^(HD)drove out nations before them;
    he ^(HE)apportioned them for a possession
    and settled the tribes of Israel in their tents.

⁵⁶ Yet they ^(HF)tested and ^(HG)rebelled against the Most High God
    and did not keep his testimonies,
⁵⁷ but turned away and acted treacherously like their fathers;
    they twisted like ^(HH)a deceitful bow.
⁵⁸ For they ^(HI)provoked him to anger with their ^(HJ)high places;
    they ^(HK)moved him to jealousy with their ^(HL)idols.
⁵⁹ When God heard, he was full of ^(HM)wrath,
    and he utterly rejected Israel.
⁶⁰ He ^(HN)forsook his dwelling at ^(HO)Shiloh,
    the tent where he dwelt among mankind,
⁶¹ and delivered his ^(HP)power to captivity,
    his ^(HQ)glory to the hand of the foe.
⁶² He ^(HR)gave his people over to the sword
    and ^(HS)vented his wrath on his heritage.
^63 (HT)Fire devoured their young men,
    and their young women had no ^(HU)marriage song.
⁶⁴ Their ^(HV)priests fell by the sword,
    and their ^(HW)widows made no lamentation.
⁶⁵ Then the Lord ^(HX)awoke as from sleep,
    like a strong man shouting because of wine.
⁶⁶ And he ^(HY)put his adversaries to rout;
    he put them to everlasting shame.

⁶⁷ He rejected the tent of ^(HZ)Joseph;
    he did not choose the tribe of Ephraim,
⁶⁸ but he chose the tribe of Judah,
    Mount Zion, which he ^(IA)loves.
⁶⁹ He ^(IB)built his sanctuary like the high heavens,
    like the earth, which he has founded forever.
⁷⁰ He ^(IC)chose David his servant
    and took him from the sheepfolds;
⁷¹ from ^(ID)following the nursing ewes he brought him
    to ^(IE)shepherd Jacob his people,
    Israel his ^(IF)inheritance.
⁷² With ^(IG)upright heart he shepherded them
    and ^(IH)guided them with his skillful hand.