ULT PSA Chapter 74

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74 A maschil of Asaph.

74 A Maskil of Asaph. Why God, have you rejected us forever?

Why does your nose smoke against the sheep of your pasture?

2 Remember your congregation, whom you aquired in ancient times,

which you have redeemed to be the tribe of your inheritance;

This Mount Zion, where you have dwelt.

3 Lift up your feet to the perpetual ruins;

all the evil that the enemy has done in the sanctuary.

4 Your adversaries have roared in the middle of your meeting place;

they have set up their signs as signs.

5 It is perceived like one bringing on high, axes against a forest of trees.

6 And now, with axe and hammers,

they break down all its engravings.

7 They have set your sanctuary on fire to the ground;

they have profaned the dwelling place of your name.

8 They said in their hearts, “We will oppress them altogether.”

They have burned all of the meeting places of God in the land.

9 We do not see signs for us;

there is no longer any prophet,

and there is no one among us knowing how long this will last.

10 Until when, God, will the adversary reproach?

Will the enemy treat your name with contempt forever?

11 Why do you withdraw your hand, your right hand?

Take it from within the fold of your garment and destroy them.

12 Yet God is my king from ancient times,

working acts of salvation in the midst of the earth.

13 You divided the sea by your strength;

you smashed the heads of the sea monsters in the waters.

14 You crushed the heads of leviathan;

you fed him to those living in the wilderness.

15 You broke open springs and streams;

you dried up flowing rivers.

16 The day is yours, and the night is yours also;

you set the sun and moon in place.

17 You have set all the borders of the earth;

you have made summer and winter.

18 Call to mind how the enemy hurled insults at you, Yahweh,

and that a foolish people has blasphemed your name.

19 Do not give the life of your dove to a wild animal.

Do not forget forever the life of your oppressed people.

20 Remember your covenant,

for the dark regions of the land are full of places of violence.

21 Do not let the oppressed be turned back in shame;

let the poor and oppressed praise your name.

22 Arise, God; defend your own honor;

call to mind how fools insult you all day long.

23 Do not forget the voice of your adversaries

or the uproar of those who continually defy you.