Psalm 74-75

Jubilee Bible 2000

Maschil of Asaph.

¹ ¶ O God, why hast thou cast us off for ever? Why does thine anger smoke against the sheep of thy pasture?

² Remember thy congregation, which thou hast purchased of old; the rod of thine inheritance, which thou hast redeemed, this Mount Zion, in which thou hast dwelt.

³ Lift up thy feet unto the eternal desolations, unto every enemy who has done wickedly in the sanctuary.

⁴ Thine enemies have roared in the midst of thy assemblies; they set up their own banners for signs.

⁵ Renowned, as one on the way to heaven, he who lifted up axes upon the thick trees for the work of the sanctuary.

⁶ But now they break down all the carved work thereof with axes and hammers.

⁷ They have set fire to thy sanctuaries; they have defiled the tabernacle of thy name in the earth.

⁸ They said in their hearts, Let us destroy them at once; they have burned up all the meeting places of the people of God in the earth.

⁹ We no longer see our own banners; there is no longer any prophet: neither is there among us any that knows. How long shall this be?

¹⁰ O God, how long shall the adversary reproach? Shall the enemy blaspheme thy name for ever?

¹¹ Why dost thou withdraw thy hand, even thy right hand? Why dost thou hide it in thy bosom.

¹² ¶ For God is my King from of old, he who works saving health in the midst of the earth.

¹³ Thou didst divide the sea by thy strength; thou didst break the heads of the dragons in the waters.

¹⁴ Thou didst break the heads of leviathan in pieces and didst give him to be food to the people inhabiting the wilderness.

¹⁵ Thou didst cleave the fountain and the river; thou didst dry up mighty rivers.

¹⁶ The day is thine, the night also is thine; thou hast prepared the light and the sun.

¹⁷ Thou hast set all the borders of the earth; thou hast made summer and winter.

¹⁸ ¶ Remember this, that the enemy has spoken against the LORD and that the foolish people have blasphemed thy name.

¹⁹ O deliver not the soul of thy turtledove unto the beasts; forget not the congregation of thy poor for ever.

²⁰ Have respect unto the covenant; for the dark places of the earth are full of the habitations of violence.

²¹ O let not the oppressed return ashamed; the poor and destitute shall praise thy name.

²² Arise, O God, plead thine own cause; remember how the foolish man reproaches thee daily.

²³ Forget not the voices of thine enemies; the tumult of those that rise up against thee increases continually.

To the Overcomer upon, Do not destroy, A Psalm or Song of Asaph.

¹ ¶ Unto thee, O God, do we give thanks, unto thee do we give thanks, for that thy name is near, thy wondrous works declare.

² When I shall receive the congregation, I will judge uprightly.

³ The earth and all its inhabitants are dissolved; I bore up the pillars of it. Selah.

⁴ I said unto the fools, Do not deal foolishly and to the wicked, Do not lift up the horn:

⁵ Do not lift up your horn on high; speak not with a stiff neck.

⁶ ¶ For promotion comes neither from the east, nor from the west, nor from the desert.

⁷ But God is the judge; he puts down one and sets up another.

⁸ For the cup is in the hand of the LORD, and the wine is red; it is full of mixture; and he pours out of the same; yea, the dregs thereof, shall wring out and swallow up all the wicked of the earth.

⁹ But I will declare for ever; I will sing praises to the God of Jacob.

¹⁰ And I will cut off all the horns of the wicked, but the horns of the righteous shall be exalted.