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74:1 A Maskil of Asaph. O God, why dost thou cast us off for ever? Why does thy anger smoke against the sheep of thy pasture? 74:2 Remember thy congregation, which thou hast gotten of old, which thou hast redeemed to be the tribe of thy heritage! Remember Mount Zion, where thou hast dwelt. 74:3 Direct thy steps to the perpetual ruins;the enemy has destroyed everything in the sanctuary! 74:4 Thy foes have roared in the midst of thy holy place;they set up their own signs for signs. 74:5 At the upper entrance they hacked the wooden trellis with axes. 74:6 And then all its carved wood they broke down with hatchets and hammers. 74:7 They set thy sanctuary on fire;to the ground they desecrated the dwelling place of thy name. 74:8 They said to themselves, 'We will utterly subdue them';they burned all the meeting places of God in the land. 74:9 We do not see our signs;there is no longer any prophet, and there is none among us who knows how long. 74:10 How long, O God, is the foe to scoff? Is the enemy to revile thy name for ever? 74:11 Why dost thou hold back thy hand, why dost thou keep thy right hand in thy bosom? 74:12 Yet God my King is from of old, working salvation in the midst of the earth. 74:13 Thou didst divide the sea by thy might;thou didst break the heads of the dragons on the waters. 74:14 Thou didst crush the heads of Leviathan, thou didst give him as food for the creatures of the wilderness. 74:15 Thou didst cleave open springs and brooks;thou didst dry up ever-flowing streams. 74:16 Thine is the day, thine also the night;thou hast established the luminaries and the sun. 74:17 Thou hast fixed all the bounds of the earth;thou hast made summer and winter. 74:18 Remember this, O LORD, how the enemy scoffs, and an impious people reviles thy name. 74:19 Do not deliver the soul of thy dove to the wild beasts;do not forget the life of thy poor for ever. 74:20 Have regard for thy covenant;for the dark places of the land are full of the habitations of violence. 74:21 Let not the downtrodden be put to shame;let the poor and needy praise thy name. 74:22 Arise, O God, plead thy cause;remember how the impious scoff at thee all the day! 74:23 Do not forget the clamor of thy foes, the uproar of thy adversaries which goes up continually!