{"book":"Psalms","slug":"psalms","ch":74,"genre":"poetry","sub":"The Book of Psalms","prev":"psalms/73","next":"psalms/75","verses":[{"v":1,"t":"1 Why have You rejected us forever, O God? Why does Your anger smolder against the sheep of Your pasture?","f":["Maskil is probably a musical or liturgical term; used for Psalms 32, 42, 44–45, 52–55, 74, 78, 88–89, and 142."],"lines":[{"style":"indent1stline","t":"1 Why have You rejected us forever, O God?"},{"style":"indent2","t":"Why does Your anger smolder"},{"style":"indent2","t":"against the sheep of Your pasture?"}],"h":"Why Have You Rejected Us Forever?","style":"pshdg"},{"v":2,"t":"Remember Your congregation, which You purchased long ago and redeemed as the tribe of Your inheritance — Mount Zion, where You dwell.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"Remember Your congregation,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"which You purchased long ago"},{"style":"indent1","t":"and redeemed as the tribe of Your inheritance —"},{"style":"indent2","t":"Mount Zion, where You dwell."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":3,"t":"Turn Your steps to the everlasting ruins, to everything in the sanctuary the enemy has destroyed.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"Turn Your steps to the everlasting ruins,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"to everything in the sanctuary the enemy has destroyed."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":4,"t":"Your foes have roared within Your meeting place; they have unfurled their banners as signs,","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1stline","t":"Your foes have roared within Your meeting place;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"they have unfurled their banners as signs,"}],"style":"indent1stline"},{"v":5,"t":"like men wielding axes in a thicket of trees","f":[],"style":"indent1"},{"v":6,"t":"and smashing all the carvings with hatchets and picks.","f":[],"style":"indent2"},{"v":7,"t":"They have burned Your sanctuary to the ground; they have defiled the dwelling place of Your Name.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"They have burned Your sanctuary to the ground;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"they have defiled the dwelling place of Your Name."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":8,"t":"They said in their hearts,“ We will crush them completely.” They burned down every place where God met us in the land.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1stline","t":"They said in their hearts,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"“ We will crush them completely.”"},{"style":"indent1","t":"They burned down every place"},{"style":"indent2","t":"where God met us in the land."}],"style":"indent1stline"},{"v":9,"t":"There are no signs for us to see. There is no longer any prophet. And none of us knows how long this will last.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"There are no signs for us to see."},{"style":"indent2","t":"There is no longer any prophet."},{"style":"indent2","t":"And none of us knows how long this will last."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":10,"t":"How long, O God, will the enemy taunt You? Will the foe revile Your name forever?","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"How long, O God, will the enemy taunt You?"},{"style":"indent2","t":"Will the foe revile Your name forever?"}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":11,"t":"Why do You withdraw Your strong right hand? Stretch it out to destroy them!","f":["Literally From the midst of Your bosom destroy them! or From the midst of Your bosom remove it!"],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"Why do You withdraw Your strong right hand?"},{"style":"indent2","t":"Stretch it out to destroy them!"}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":12,"t":"Yet God [is] my King from ancient times, working salvation on the earth.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1stline","t":"Yet God [is] my King from ancient times,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"working salvation on the earth."}],"style":"indent1stline"},{"v":13,"t":"You divided the sea by Your strength; You smashed the heads of the dragons of the sea;","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"You divided the sea by Your strength;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"You smashed the heads of the dragons of the sea;"}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":14,"t":"You crushed the heads of Leviathan; You fed him to the creatures of the desert.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"You crushed the heads of Leviathan;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"You fed him to the creatures of the desert."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":15,"t":"You broke open the fountain and the flood; You dried up the ever-flowing rivers.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"You broke open the fountain and the flood;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"You dried up the ever-flowing rivers."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":16,"t":"The day is Yours, and also the night; You established the moon and the sun.","f":["Literally the light"],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"The day is Yours, and also the night;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"You established the moon and the sun."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":17,"t":"You set all the boundaries of the earth; You made the summer and winter.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"You set all the boundaries of the earth;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"You made the summer and winter."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":18,"t":"Remember how the enemy has mocked You, O LORD, how a foolish people has spurned Your name.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1stline","t":"Remember how the enemy has mocked You, O LORD,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"how a foolish people has spurned Your name."}],"style":"indent1stline"},{"v":19,"t":"Do not deliver the soul of Your dove to beasts; do not forget the lives of Your afflicted forever.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"Do not deliver the soul of Your dove to beasts;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"do not forget the lives of Your afflicted forever."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":20,"t":"Consider Your covenant, for haunts of violence fill the dark places of the land.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"Consider Your covenant,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"for haunts of violence fill the dark places of the land."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":21,"t":"Do not let the oppressed retreat in shame; may the poor and needy praise Your name.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"Do not let the oppressed retreat in shame;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"may the poor and needy praise Your name."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":22,"t":"Rise up, O God; defend Your cause! Remember how the fool mocks You all day long.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1stline","t":"Rise up, O God; defend Your cause!"},{"style":"indent2","t":"Remember how the fool mocks You all day long."}],"style":"indent1stline"},{"v":23,"t":"Do not disregard the clamor of Your adversaries, the uproar of Your enemies that ascends continually.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"Do not disregard the clamor of Your adversaries,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"the uproar of Your enemies that ascends continually."}],"style":"indent1"}],"superscription":"A Maskil of Asaph."}