Psalms 74-Recovery Version

【RCV】Psalms 74

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Why, O God, have You cast us off forever? Why does Your anger smoke against the sheep of Your pasture?
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Remember Your assembly, which You have purchased of old, Which You have redeemed as the tribe of Your inheritance, And Mount Zion, where You dwell.
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Lift up Your steps unto the perpetual ruins; The enemy has damaged everything in the sanctuary.
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Your adversaries have roared in the midst of Your assembly place; They have set up their symbols as signs.
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It looked like when men bring up axes On the thicket of the trees.
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And now they have struck down with hatchet and hammer Its carved work altogether.
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They have set fire to Your sanctuary; They have defiled the dwelling place of Your name to the ground.
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They said in their heart, Let us oppress them completely. They have burned down all God's assembly places in the land.
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We do not see our signs; there is no longer a prophet, Nor is there anyone among us who knows how long.
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How long, O God, will the adversary reproach? Will the enemy despise Your name forever?
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Why do You withdraw Your hand, even Your right hand? Bring it forth from the midst of Your bosom; destroy them .
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But God is my King of old, Accomplishing salvation in the midst of the earth.
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You divided the sea by Your strength; You broke the heads of the sea serpents on the waters.
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You crushed the heads of the leviathan; You gave him as food to the creatures of the desert.
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You broke open the fountain and the torrent; You dried up the ever-flowing streams.
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The day is Yours; the night also is Yours; You prepared the moon and the sun.
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You established all the borders of the earth: You formed the summer and the winter.
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Remember this: The enemy has reproached Jehovah, And a foolish people has despised Your name.
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Do not give the soul of Your turtledove to the wild beast; Do not forget the life of Your poor forever.
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Regard the covenant, For the dark places of the earth are full of the habitations of violence.
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Do not let him who is oppressed return ashamed. May the poor and needy praise Your name.
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Arise, O God; contend for Your own cause; Remember how the foolish man reproaches You all day long.
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Do not forget the voice of Your adversaries; The roar of those who rise up against You goes up continually.

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