Psalms 74 A Psalm of instruction, of Asaph. Why have You rejected us, O God, forever? Why has Your wrath been kindled against the sheep of Your pasture?

CAB⁽ⁱ⁾ ¹ A Psalm of instruction, of Asaph. Why have You rejected us, O God, forever? Why has Your wrath been kindled against the sheep of Your pasture? ² Remember Your congregation which You have purchased from the beginning; You ransomed the rod of Your inheritance, this Mount Zion where You have dwelt. ³ Lift up Your hands against their pride continually; because of all that the enemy has done wickedly in Your holy places. ⁴ And they that hate You have boasted in the midst of Your feast; they have set up their standards for signs, ⁵ ignorantly as it were in the entrance above; ⁶ they cut down its doors at once with axes as in a wood of trees; they have broken it down with hatchet and stone cutter. ⁷ They have burned Your sanctuary with fire to the ground; they have profaned the habitation of Your name. ⁸ They have said in their heart, even all their kindred together, Come, let us abolish the feasts of the Lord from the earth. ⁹ We have not seen our signs; there is no longer a prophet; and God will not know us anymore. ¹⁰ How long, O God, shall the enemy reproach? Shall the enemy provoke Your name forever? ¹¹ Why do You turn away Your hand, and Your right hand from the midst of Your bosom forever? ¹² But God is our King of old; He has wrought salvation in the midst of the earth. ¹³ You established the sea in Your might, You broke to pieces the heads of the dragons in the water. ¹⁴ You broke to pieces the heads of the dragon; You gave him as meat to the Ethiopian nations. ¹⁵ You broke open the fountains and torrents; You dried up mighty rivers. ¹⁶ The day is Yours, and the night is Yours; You have prepared the sun and the moon. ¹⁷ You have made all the borders of the earth; You have made summer and spring. ¹⁸ Remember this Your creation; an enemy has reproached the Lord, and a foolish people have provoked Your name. ¹⁹ Deliver not to the wild beasts a soul that gives praise to You: forget not forever the souls of Your poor. ²⁰ Look upon Your covenant; for the dark places of the earth are filled with the habitations of iniquity. ²¹ Let not the afflicted and ashamed one be rejected; the poor and needy shall praise Your name. ²² Arise, O God, plead Your cause; remember Your reproaches that come from the foolish one all the day. ²³ Forget not the voice of Your enemies; let the pride of them that hate You continually ascend before You.