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A contemplation by Asaph.

[1] God, why have you rejected us forever?
Why does your anger smolder against the sheep of your pasture?
[2] Remember your congregation, which you purchased of old,
which you have redeemed to be the tribe of your inheritance:
Mount Zion, in which you have lived.
[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 assembly.
They have set up their standards as signs.
[5] They behaved like men wielding axes,
cutting through a thicket of trees.
[6] Now they break all its carved work down with hatchet and hammers.
[7] They have burned your sanctuary to the ground.
They have profaned the dwelling place of your Name.
[8] They said in their heart, “We will crush them completely.”
They have burned up all the places in the land where God was worshiped.
[9] We see no miraculous signs.
There is no longer any prophet,
neither is there among us anyone who knows how long.
[10] How long, God, shall the adversary reproach?
Shall the enemy blaspheme your name forever?
[11] Why do you draw back your hand, even your right hand?
Take it from your chest and consume them! [12] Yet God is my King of old,
working salvation throughout the earth.
[13] You divided the sea by your strength.
You broke the heads of the sea monsters in the waters.
[14] You broke the heads of Leviathan in pieces.
You gave him as food to people and desert creatures.
[15] You opened up spring and stream.
You dried up mighty rivers.
[16] The day is yours, the night is also yours.
You have prepared the light and the sun.
[17] You have set all the boundaries of the earth.
You have made summer and winter. [18] Remember this, that the enemy has mocked you, Yahweh.
Foolish people have blasphemed your name.
[19] Don’t deliver the soul of your dove to wild beasts.
Don’t forget the life of your poor forever.
[20] Honor your covenant,
for haunts of violence fill the dark places of the earth.
[21] Don’t let the oppressed return ashamed.
Let the poor and needy praise your name.
[22] Arise, God! Plead your own cause.
Remember how the foolish man mocks you all day.
[23] Don’t forget the voice of your adversaries.
The tumult of those who rise up against you ascends continually.
King James Version

Maschil H4905 (HiphPtc) of Asaph. H623

[1] O God, H430 why hast thou cast us off H2186 (QalPerf) for ever? H5331
Why doth thine anger H639 smoke H6225 (QalImpf) against the sheep H6629 of thy pasture? H4830
[2] Remember H2142 (QalImpv) thy congregation, H5712 which thou hast purchased H7069 (QalPerf) of old; H6924
The rod H7626§ of thine inheritance, H5159 which thou hast redeemed; H1350 (QalPerf)
This mount H2022 Zion, H6726 wherein thou hast dwelt. H7931 (QalPerf)
[3] Lift up H7311 (HiphImpv) thy feet H6471 unto the perpetual H5331 desolations; H4876
Even all that the enemy H341 (QalActPtc)
hath done wickedly H7489 (HiphPerf) in the sanctuary. H6944
[4] Thine enemies H6887 (QalActPtc) roar H7580 (QalPerf) in the midst H7130 of thy congregations; H4150
They set up H7760 (QalPerf) their ensigns H226 for signs. H226
[5] A man was famous H3045 (NiphImpf) according as he had lifted up H935 (HiphPtc) axes H7134 upon the thick H5442 trees. H6086
[6] But now they break down H1986 (QalImpf) the carved work H6603
Thereof at once H3162 with axes H3781 and hammers. H3597
[7] They have cast H7971 (PielPerf) fire H784 into thy sanctuary, H4720§
They have defiled H2490 (PielPerf) by casting down the dwelling place H4908 of thy name H8034 to the ground. H776
[8] They said H559 (QalPerf) in their hearts, H3820 Let us destroy H3238 (QalImpf)§ them together: H3162
They have burned up H8313 (QalPerf) all the synagogues H4150 of God H410 in the land. H776
[9] We see H7200 (QalPerf) not our signs: H226 There is no more any prophet: H5030
Neither is there among us any that knoweth H3045 (QalActPtc) how long. H5704
[10] O God, H430 how long shall the adversary H6862 reproach? H2778 (PielImpf)
Shall the enemy H341 (QalActPtc) blaspheme H5006 (PielImpf) thy name H8034 for ever? H5331
[11] Why withdrawest H7725 (HiphImpf) thou thy hand, H3027 even thy right hand? H3225
Pluck H3615 (PielImpv) it out of H7130 thy bosom. H2436 (Qere) [12] For God H430 is my King H4428 of old, H6924
Working H6466 (QalActPtc) salvation H3444 in the midst H7130 of the earth. H776
[13] Thou didst divide H6565 (PoelPerf)§ the sea H3220 by thy strength: H5797
Thou brakest H7665 (PielPerf) the heads H7218 of the dragons H8577§ in the waters. H4325
[14] Thou brakest H7533 (PielPerf) the heads H7218 of leviathan H3882 in pieces,
And gavest H5414 (QalImpf) him to be meat H3978 to the people H5971 inhabiting the wilderness. H6728
[15] Thou didst cleave H1234 (QalPerf) the fountain H4599 and the flood: H5158
Thou driedst up H3001 (HiphPerf) mighty H386 rivers. H5104§
[16] The day H3117 is thine, the night H3915 also is thine:
Thou hast prepared H3559 (HiphPerf) the light H3974 and the sun. H8121
[17] Thou hast set H5324 (HiphPerf) all the borders H1367 of the earth: H776
Thou hast made H3335 (QalPerf)§ summer H7019 and winter. H2779
[18] Remember H2142 (QalImpv) this, that the enemy H341 (QalActPtc) hath reproached, H2778 (PielPerf) O Lord, H3068
And that the foolish H5036 people H5971 have blasphemed H5006 (PielPerf) thy name. H8034
[19] O deliver H5414 (QalImpf) not the soul H5315 of thy turtledove H8449 unto the multitude H2416 of the wicked:
Forget H7911 (QalImpf) not the congregation H2416 of thy poor H6041 for ever. H5331
[20] Have respect H5027 (HiphImpv) unto the covenant: H1285
For the dark H4285 places of the earth H776 are full H4390 (QalPerf) of the habitations H4999 of cruelty. H2555
[21] O let not the oppressed H1790 return H7725 (QalImpf) ashamed: H3637 (NiphPtc)
Let the poor H6041 and needy H34 praise H1984 (PielImpf) thy name. H8034
[22] Arise, H6965 (QalImpv) O God, H430 plead H7378 (QalImpv) thine own cause: H7379
Remember H2142 (QalImpv) how the foolish man H5036 reproacheth H2781 thee daily. H3117
[23] Forget H7911 (QalImpf) not the voice H6963 of thine enemies: H6887 (QalActPtc)
The tumult H7588 of those that rise up H6965 (QalPtc) against thee increaseth H5927 (QalActPtc)§ continually. H8548

Footnotes

  1. § 74:2 Or, tribe
  2. § 74:7 Heb. they have sent thy sanctuary into the fire
  3. § 74:8 Heb. break
  4. § 74:13a Heb. break
  5. § 74:13b Or, whales
  6. § 74:15 Heb. rivers of strength
  7. § 74:17 Heb. made them
  8. § 74:23 Heb. ascendeth
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