74:1 O God, why hast thou cast (us) off for ever? Why doth thine anger smoke against the sheep of thy pasture?
74:1 {A Maskil of Asaph.} O God, why hast Thou rejected [us] forever? Why does Thine 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 thine inheritance; (And) mount Zion, wherein thou hast dwelt.
74:2 Remember Thy congregation, which Thou hast purchased of old, Which Thou hast redeemed to be the tribe of Thine inheritance; [And] this Mount Zion, where Thou hast dwelt.

74:3 Lift up thy feet unto the perpetual ruins, All the evil that the enemy hath done in the sanctuary.
74:3 Turn Thy footsteps toward the perpetual ruins; The enemy has damaged everything within the sanctuary.

74:4 Thine adversaries have roared in the midst of thine assembly; They have set up their ensigns for signs.
74:4 Thine adversaries have roared in the midst of Thy meeting place; They have set up their own standards for signs.

74:5 They seemed as men that lifted up Axes upon a thicket of trees.
74:5 It seems as if one had lifted up [His] axe in a forest of trees.

74:6 And now all the carved work thereof They break down with hatchet and hammers.
74:6 And now all its carved work They smash with hatchet and hammers.

74:7 They have set thy sanctuary on fire; They have profaned the dwelling-place of thy name (by casting it) to the ground.
74:7 They have burned Thy sanctuary to the ground; They have defiled the dwelling place of Thy name.

74:8 They said in their heart, Let us make havoc of them altogether: They have burned up all the synagogues of God in the land.
74:8 They said in their heart, "Let us completely subdue them." They have burned all the meeting places of God in the land.

74:9 We see not our signs: There is no more any prophet; Neither is there among us any that knoweth how long.
74:9 We do not see our signs; There is no longer any prophet, Nor is there any among us who knows how long.

74:10 How long, O God, shall the adversary reproach? Shall the enemy blaspheme thy name for ever?
74:10 How long, O God, will the adversary revile, [And] the enemy spurn Thy name forever?

74:11 Why drawest thou back thy hand, even thy right hand? (Pluck it) out of thy bosom (and) consume (them).
74:11 Why dost Thou withdraw Thy hand, even Thy right hand? From within Thy bosom, destroy [them]!

74:12 Yet God is my King of old, Working salvation in the midst of the earth.
74:12 Yet God is my king from of old, Who works deeds of deliverance in the midst of the earth.

74:13 Thou didst divide the sea by thy strength: Thou brakest the heads of the sea-monsters in the waters.
74:13 Thou didst divide the sea by Thy strength; Thou didst break the heads of the sea monsters in the waters.

74:14 Thou brakest the heads of leviathan in pieces; Thou gavest him to be food to the people inhabiting the wilderness.
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 fountain and flood: Thou driedst up mighty rivers.
74:15 Thou didst break open springs and torrents; Thou didst dry up ever-flowing streams.

74:16 The day is thine, the night also is thine: Thou hast prepared the light and the sun.
74:16 Thine is the day, Thine also is the night; Thou hast prepared the light and the sun.

74:17 Thou hast set all the borders of the earth: Thou hast made summer and winter.
74:17 Thou hast established all the boundaries of the earth; Thou hast made summer and winter.

74:18 Remember this, that the enemy hath reproached, O Jehovah, And that a foolish people hath blasphemed thy name.
74:18 Remember this, O LORD, that the enemy has reviled; And a foolish people has spurned Thy name.

74:19 Oh deliver not the soul of thy turtle-dove unto the wild beast: Forget not the life of thy poor for ever.
74:19 Do not deliver the soul of Thy turtledove to the wild beast; Do not forget the life of Thine afflicted forever.

74:20 Have respect unto the covenant; For the dark places of the earth are full of the habitations of violence.
74:20 Consider the covenant; For the dark places of the land are full of the habitations of violence.

74:21 Oh let not the oppressed return ashamed: Let the poor and needy praise thy name.
74:21 Let not the oppressed return dishonored; Let the afflicted and needy praise Thy name.

74:22 Arise, O God, plead thine own cause: Remember how the foolish man reproacheth thee all the day.
74:22 Do arise, O God, [and] plead Thine own cause; Remember how the foolish man reproaches Thee all day long.

74:23 Forget not the voice of thine adversaries: The tumult of those that rise up against thee ascendeth continually.
74:23 Do not forget the voice of Thine adversaries, The uproar of those who rise against Thee which ascends continually.