| Chapter 74 |
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Maschil of Asaph. O God, why hast thou cast [us] off for ever? Why doth thine anger smoke against the sheep of thy pasture? -
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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. -
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Lift up thy feet unto the perpetual ruins, All the evil that the enemy hath done in the sanctuary. -
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Thine adversaries have roared in the midst of thine assembly; They have set up their ensigns for signs. -
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They seemed as men that lifted up Axes upon a thicket of trees. -
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And now all the carved work thereof They break down with hatchet and hammers. -
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They have set thy sanctuary on fire; They have profaned the dwelling-place of thy name [by casting it] to the ground. -
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They said in their heart, Let us make havoc of them altogether: They have burned up all the synagogues of God in the land. -
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We see not our signs: There is no more any prophet; Neither is there among us any that knoweth how long. -
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How long, O God, shall the adversary reproach? Shall the enemy blaspheme thy name for ever? -
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Why drawest thou back thy hand, even thy right hand? [Pluck it] out of thy bosom [and] consume [them]. -
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Yet God is my King of old, Working salvation in the midst of the earth. -
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Thou didst divide the sea by thy strength: Thou brakest the heads of the sea-monsters in the waters. -
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Thou brakest the heads of leviathan in pieces; Thou gavest him to be food to the people inhabiting the wilderness. -
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Thou didst cleave fountain and flood: Thou driedst up mighty rivers. -
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The day is thine, the night also is thine: Thou hast prepared the light and the sun. -
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Thou hast set all the borders of the earth: Thou hast made summer and winter. -
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Remember this, that the enemy hath reproached, O Jehovah, And that a foolish people hath blasphemed thy name. -
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Oh deliver not the soul of thy turtle-dove unto the wild beast: Forget not the life of thy poor for ever. -
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Have respect unto the covenant; For the dark places of the earth are full of the habitations of violence. -
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Oh let not the oppressed return ashamed: Let the poor and needy praise thy name. -
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Arise, O God, plead thine own cause: Remember how the foolish man reproacheth thee all the day. -
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Forget not the voice of thine adversaries: The tumult of those that rise up against thee ascendeth continually. -
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