Psalms 74
Berean Standard BibleTranslation
Berean Standard Bible
Douay-Rheims Bible, American Edition (1899)
1Why have You rejected us forever, O God? Why does Your anger smolder against the sheep of Your pasture?
1Unto the end, corrupt not, a psalm of a canticle for Asaph.
2Remember Your congregation, which You purchased long ago and redeemed as the tribe of Your inheritance— Mount Zion where You dwell.
2We will praise thee, O God: we will praise, and we will call upon thy name. We will relate thy wondrous works:
3Turn Your steps to the everlasting ruins, to everything in the sanctuary the enemy has destroyed.
3When I shall take a time, I will judge justices.
4Your foes have roared within Your meeting place; they have unfurled their banners as signs,
4The earth is melted, and all that dwell therein: I have established the pillars thereof.
5like men wielding axes in a thicket of trees
5I said to the wicked: Do not act wickedly: and to the sinners: Lift not up the horn.
6and smashing all the carvings with hatchets and picks.
6Lift not up your horn on high: speak not iniquity against God.
7They have burned Your sanctuary to the ground; they have defiled the dwelling place of Your Name.
7For neither from the east, nor from the west, nor from the desert hills:
8They said in their hearts, “We will crush them completely.” They burned down every place where God met us in the land.
8For God is the judge. One he putteth down, and another he lifteth up:
9There are no signs for us to see. There is no longer any prophet. And none of us knows how long this will last.
9For in the hand of the Lord there is a cup of strong wine full of mixture. And he hath poured it out from this to that: but the dregs thereof are not emptied: all the sinners of the earth shall drink.
10How long, O God, will the enemy taunt You? Will the foe revile Your name forever?
10But I will declare for ever: I will sing to the God of Jacob.
11Why do You withdraw Your strong right hand? Stretch it out to destroy them!
11And I will break all the horns of sinners: but the horns of the just shall be exalted.
12Yet God is my King from ancient times, working salvation on the earth.
no verse 12 in this text
13You divided the sea by Your strength; You smashed the heads of the dragons of the sea;
no verse 13 in this text
14You crushed the heads of Leviathan; You fed him to the creatures of the desert.
no verse 14 in this text
15You broke open the fountain and the flood; You dried up the ever-flowing rivers.
no verse 15 in this text
16The day is Yours, and also the night; You established the moon and the sun.
no verse 16 in this text
17You set all the boundaries of the earth; You made the summer and winter.
no verse 17 in this text
18Remember how the enemy has mocked You, O LORD, how a foolish people has spurned Your name.
no verse 18 in this text
19Do not deliver the soul of Your dove to beasts; do not forget the lives of Your afflicted forever.
no verse 19 in this text
20Consider Your covenant, for haunts of violence fill the dark places of the land.
no verse 20 in this text
21Do not let the oppressed retreat in shame; may the poor and needy praise Your name.
no verse 21 in this text
22Rise up, O God; defend Your cause! Remember how the fool mocks You all day long.
no verse 22 in this text
23Do not disregard the clamor of Your adversaries, the uproar of Your enemies that ascends continually.
no verse 23 in this text
Tip: use the ← and → keys to turn chapters.