Psalm 74
	
	74:0  A Maskil of Asaph. 

	74:1  God, why have you rejected us forever?
		    Why does your anger smoke against the sheep of 				      your pasture?	

	74:2  Remember your congregation, which you have 			                purchased of old,
		    which you have redeemed to be the tribe of your 			            heritage!
		   And this Mount Zion, where you have dwelt.

	74:3  Step toward the permanent ruins; 
		    the enemy has destroyed everything in the 				           sanctuary!

	74:4  Your enemies roared in the midst of your meeting 				 place. 
		    they set up their battle flags.

	74:5  They are like one swinging axes in a forest of 				            trees.

	74:6  And now they tear down all its carved work 
		    with axe and hammers.

	74:7  They set on fire your sanctuary burning it to the 				      ground,
		    they profaned the dwelling place of your name.

	74:8  They said in their heart, “Let’s completely subdue 				them.” 
		    They have burned all the meeting places of God in 				 the land.

	74:9  We do not see our signs; 
		    There is no longer any prophet, 
 		    nor is there anyone among us who knows how 			    	    long this will last. 
	
	74:10 How long, God, will the enemy taunt? 
		     Is the enemy to revile your name forever?

	74:11 Why do you hold back your hand, your right hand?
			Take it from the fold of your garment and destroy 			        them!

	74:12 Yet God my King is from of old,
			working salvation in the midst of the earth.

	74:13 You yourself divided the sea by your might;
			you broke the heads of the sea monsters on the 				       waters.

	74:14 You yourself crushed the heads of Leviathan;
			you gave him as food for the creatures of the 						  wilderness.

	74:15 You split open springs and brooks;
			you dried up ever-flowing streams.

	74:16 Yours is the day, yours also the night;
			you have established the heavenly light 				  			  and the sun.

	74:17 You have set up all the boundaries of the earth;
			 you have made summer and winter.

	74:18 Remember this LORD, the enemy taunts 
		     and a foolish people reviles your name.

	74:19 Do not give the life of your dove to the wild 					 	  beasts;
		     do not forget the life of your poor forever.

	74:20 Consider the covenant; 
			For the dark places of the land are full of violence. 				They are places of violence.

	74:21 Let not the oppressed turn back in shame;
		     let the poor and needy praise your name.

	74:22 Arise, God, defend your cause;
		     remember your taunts from the fool all the day!
	
	74:23 Do not forget the voice of your adversaries, 
		     the uproar of those who rise against you, which 			            goes up continually!