| Chapter 74 |
1 | An Instruction of Asaph. Why, O God, hast Thou cast off for ever? Thine anger smoketh against the flock of Thy pasture.
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2 | Remember Thy company. Thou didst purchase of old, Thou didst redeem the rod of Thy inheritance, This mount Zion -- Thou didst dwell in it.
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3 | Lift up Thy steps to the perpetual desolations, Everything the enemy did wickedly in the sanctuary.
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4 | Roared have thine adversaries, In the midst of Thy meeting-places, They have set their ensigns as ensigns.
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5 | He is known as one bringing in on high Against a thicket of wood -- axes.
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6 | And now, its carvings together With axe and hatchet they break down,
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7 | They have sent into fire Thy sanctuary, to the earth they polluted the tabernacle of Thy name,
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8 | They said in their hearts, 'Let us oppress them together,' They did burn all the meeting-places of God in the land.
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9 | Our ensigns we have not seen, There is no more a prophet, Nor with us is one knowing how long.
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10 | Till when, O God, doth an adversary reproach? Doth an enemy despise thy name for ever?
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11 | Why dost Thou turn back Thy hand, Even Thy right hand? From the midst of Thy bosom remove [it].
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12 | And God [is] my king of old, Working salvation in the midst of the earth.
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13 | Thou hast broken by Thy strength a sea-[monster], Thou hast shivered Heads of dragons by the waters,
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14 | Thou hast broken the heads of leviathan, Thou makest him food, For the people of the dry places.
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15 | Thou hast cleaved a fountain and a stream, Thou hast dried up perennial flowings.
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16 | Thine [is] the day, also Thine [is] the night, Thou hast prepared a light giver -- the sun.
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17 | Thou hast set up all the borders of earth, Summer and winter Thou hast formed them.
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18 | Remember this -- an enemy reproached Jehovah, And a foolish people have despised Thy name.
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19 | Give not up to a company, The soul of Thy turtle-dove, The company of Thy poor ones forget not for ever.
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20 | Look attentively to the covenant, For the dark places of earth, Have been full of habitations of violence.
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21 | Let not the oppressed turn back ashamed, Let the poor and needy praise Thy name,
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22 | Arise, O God, plead Thy plea, Remember Thy reproach from a fool all the day.
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23 | Forget not the voice of Thine adversaries, The noise of Thy withstanders is going up continually!
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