PSALM 74

74:1 Maschil of Asaph. Why, O God, hast Thou cast us off for ever? Why doth Thine anger smoke against the flock 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. 74:3 Lift up Thy steps because of the perpetual ruins, even all the evil that the enemy hath done in the sanctuary. 74:4 Thine adversaries have roared in the midst of Thy meeting-place; they have set up their own signs for signs. 74:5 It seemed as when men wield upwards axes in a thicket of trees. 74:6 And now all the carved work thereof together they strike down with hatchet and hammers. 74:7 They have set Thy sanctuary on fire; they have profaned the dwelling-place of Thy name even to the ground. 74:8 They said in their heart: 'Let us make havoc of them altogether'; they have burned up 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. 74:10 How long, O God, shall the adversary reproach? Shall the enemy blaspheme Thy name for ever? 74:11 Why withdrawest Thou Thy hand, even Thy right hand? Draw it out of Thy bosom and consume them. 74:12 Yet God is my King of old, working salvation in the midst of the earth. 74:13 Thou didst break the sea in pieces by Thy strength; Thou didst shatter the heads of the sea-monsters in the waters. 74:14 Thou didst crush the heads of leviathan, Thou gavest him to be food to the folk inhabiting the wilderness.

74:15 Thou didst cleave fountain and brook; Thou driedst up ever-flowing rivers. 74:16 Thine is the day, Thine also the night; Thou hast established luminary and sun. 74:17 Thou hast set all the borders of the earth; Thou hast made summer and winter. 74:18 Remember this, how the enemy hath reproached the Lord, and how a base people have blasphemed Thy name. 74:19 O deliver not the soul of Thy turtle-dove unto the wild beast; forget not the life of Thy poor for ever. 74:20 Look upon the covenant; for the dark places of the land are full of the habitations of violence. 74:21 O let not the oppressed turn back in confusion; let the poor and needy praise Thy name. 74:22 Arise, O God, plead Thine own cause; remember Thy reproach all the day at the hand of the base man. 74:23 Forget not the voice of Thine adversaries, the tumult of those that rise up against Thee which ascendeth continually.

Hebrew Transliteration 74:1 maskiyl le'sph lmh 'elohiym znacht lnetsach ye`shan'appekha betso'n mar`iythekha 74:2 zekhor `adhthekha qniyth qedhem g'altshbheth nachalthekha hartsiyyon zeh shkhant bo 74:3 hriymh phe`meykhalemashu'oth netsach kol-hra` 'oybh baqqodhesh 74:4 sh'aghu tsorereykhabeqerebh mo`adhekha smu 'othothm 'othoth 74:5 yivvdha` kembhiy' lem`lhbisabhkh-`ts qardummoth

74:6 ve`th [v][`atth] pittucheyh ychadhbekhashiyl vekhylappoth yahalomun 74:7 shilchu bh'sh miqdshekha l'retschillelu mishkan-shemekha 74:8 'mru bhelibbm niynm ychadh srphu khol-mo`adhy-'l b'rets 74:9 'othothynu lo' r'iynu 'yn-`odh nbhiy'velo'-'ittnu yodha` `adh-mh 74:10 `adh-mthay 'elohiym yechreph tsryen'ts 'oybh shimkha lnetsach 74:11 lmmh thshiybh ydhkha viymiynekhamiqqerebh choqekha [chyqkha] khallh 74:12 v'lohiym malkiy miqqedhempo`l yeshu`oth beqerebh h'rets 74:13 'atth phorart bhe`zzkha ymshibbart r'shy thanniyniym `alhammyim 74:14 'atth ritsatst r'shylivythn tittenennu ma'akhl le`m letsiyyiym 74:15 'atth bhqa`tma`yn vnchal 'atth hobhasht naharoth 'ythn 74:16 lekha yom 'aph-lekhalylh 'atth hakhiynoth m'or vshmesh 74:17 'atth hitsabht kol-gebhuloth'rets qayits vchoreph 'atth yetsartm 74:18 zekhr-zo'th 'oybh chrphAdonay ve`am nbhl ni'atsu shemekha 74:19 'al-tittn lechayyath nepheshtorekha chayyath `aniyyeykha 'al-tishkach lnetsach 74:20 habbth labberiythkiy ml'u machashakky-'erets ne'oth chms 74:21 'al-yshobh dakh nikhlm`niy ve'ebhyon yehalelu shemekha 74:22 qumh 'elohiym riybhh riybhekhazekhor cherpthkha minniy-nbhl kolhayyom 74:23 'al-tishkach qol.tsorereykha she'on qmeykha `oleh thmiydh