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Psalm 74 KJV — Psalm 74

1 O God, why hast thou cast us off for ever? why doth thine anger smoke against the sheep of thy pasture? KJV — Psalm 74:1

2 Remember thy congregation, which thou hast purchased of old; the rod of thine inheritance, which thou hast redeemed; this mount Zion, wherein thou hast dwelt. KJV — Psalm 74:2

3 Lift up thy feet unto the perpetual desolations; even all that the enemy hath done wickedly in the sanctuary. KJV — Psalm 74:3

4 Thine enemies roar in the midst of thy congregations; they set up their ensigns for signs. KJV — Psalm 74:4

5 A man was famous according as he had lifted up axes upon the thick trees. KJV — Psalm 74:5

6 But now they break down the carved work thereof at once with axes and hammers. KJV — Psalm 74:6

7 They have cast fire into thy sanctuary, they have defiled by casting down the dwelling place of thy name to the ground. KJV — Psalm 74:7

8 They said in their hearts, Let us destroy them together: they have burned up all the synagogues of God in the land. KJV — Psalm 74:8

9 We see not our signs: there is no more any prophet: neither is there among us any that knoweth how long. KJV — Psalm 74:9

10 O God, how long shall the adversary reproach? shall the enemy blaspheme thy name for ever? KJV — Psalm 74:10

11 Why withdrawest thou thy hand, even thy right hand? pluck it out of thy bosom. KJV — Psalm 74:11

12 For God is my King of old, working salvation in the midst of the earth. KJV — Psalm 74:12

13 Thou didst divide the sea by thy strength: thou brakest the heads of the dragons in the waters. KJV — Psalm 74:13

14 Thou brakest the heads of leviathan in pieces, and gavest him to be meat to the people inhabiting the wilderness. KJV — Psalm 74:14

15 Thou didst cleave the fountain and the flood: thou driedst up mighty rivers. KJV — Psalm 74:15

16 The day is thine, the night also is thine: thou hast prepared the light and the sun. KJV — Psalm 74:16

17 Thou hast set all the borders of the earth: thou hast made summer and winter. KJV — Psalm 74:17

18 Remember this, that the enemy hath reproached, O LORD, and that the foolish people have blasphemed thy name. KJV — Psalm 74:18

19 O deliver not the soul of thy turtledove unto the multitude of the wicked: forget not the congregation of thy poor for ever. KJV — Psalm 74:19

20 Have respect unto the covenant: for the dark places of the earth are full of the habitations of cruelty. KJV — Psalm 74:20

21 O let not the oppressed return ashamed: let the poor and needy praise thy name. KJV — Psalm 74:21

22 Arise, O God, plead thine own cause: remember how the foolish man reproacheth thee daily. KJV — Psalm 74:22

23 Forget not the voice of thine enemies: the tumult of those that rise up against thee increaseth continually. KJV — Psalm 74:23