Psalm 74Psalms74

Berean Standard BibleKing James Version

1. Why Have You Rejected Us Forever?

   (Psalm 79:1–13; Jeremiah 52:1–11)

2. 1BSBA Maskil of Asaph. Why have You rejected us forever, O God? Why does Your anger smolder against the sheep of Your pasture?KJVKJV: Maschil of Asaph. O God, why hast thou cast us off for ever? why doth thine anger smoke against the sheep of thy pasture?
3. 2BSBRemember Your congregation, which You purchased long ago and redeemed as the tribe of Your inheritance—Mount Zion, where You dwell.KJVKJV: Remember thy congregation, which thou hast purchased of old; the rod of thine inheritance, which thou hast redeemed; this mount Zion, wherein thou hast dwelt.
4. 3BSBTurn Your steps to the everlasting ruins, to everything in the sanctuary the enemy has destroyed.KJVKJV: Lift up thy feet unto the perpetual desolations; even all that the enemy hath done wickedly in the sanctuary.
5. 4BSBYour foes have roared within Your meeting place; they have unfurled their banners as signs,KJVKJV: Thine enemies roar in the midst of thy congregations; they set up their ensigns for signs.
6. 5BSBlike men wielding axes in a thicket of treesKJVKJV: A man was famous according as he had lifted up axes upon the thick trees.
7. 6BSBand smashing all the carvings with hatchets and picks.KJVKJV: But now they break down the carved work thereof at once with axes and hammers.
8. 7BSBThey have burned Your sanctuary to the ground; they have defiled the dwelling place of Your Name.KJVKJV: They have cast fire into thy sanctuary, they have defiled by casting down the dwelling place of thy name to the ground.
9. 8BSBThey said in their hearts, “We will crush them completely.” They burned down every place where God met us in the land.KJVKJV: They said in their hearts, Let us destroy them together: they have burned up all the synagogues of God in the land.
10. 9BSBThere are no signs for us to see. There is no longer any prophet. And none of us knows how long this will last.KJVKJV: We see not our signs: there is no more any prophet: neither is there among us any that knoweth how long.
11. 10BSBHow long, O God, will the enemy taunt You? Will the foe revile Your name forever?KJVKJV: O God, how long shall the adversary reproach? shall the enemy blaspheme thy name for ever?
12. 11BSBWhy do You withdraw Your strong right hand? Stretch it out to destroy them!KJVKJV: Why withdrawest thou thy hand, even thy right hand? pluck it out of thy bosom.
13. 12BSBYet God is my King from ancient times, working salvation on the earth.KJVKJV: For God is my King of old, working salvation in the midst of the earth.
14. 13BSBYou divided the sea by Your strength; You smashed the heads of the dragons of the sea;KJVKJV: Thou didst divide the sea by thy strength: thou brakest the heads of the dragons in the waters.
15. 14BSBYou crushed the heads of Leviathan; You fed him to the creatures of the desert.KJVKJV: Thou brakest the heads of leviathan in pieces, and gavest him to be meat to the people inhabiting the wilderness.
16. 15BSBYou broke open the fountain and the flood; You dried up the ever-flowing rivers.KJVKJV: Thou didst cleave the fountain and the flood: thou driedst up mighty rivers.
17. 16BSBThe day is Yours, and also the night; You established the moon and the sun.KJVKJV: The day is thine, the night also is thine: thou hast prepared the light and the sun.
18. 17BSBYou set all the boundaries of the earth; You made the summer and winter.KJVKJV: Thou hast set all the borders of the earth: thou hast made summer and winter.
19. 18BSBRemember how the enemy has mocked You, O LORD, how a foolish people has spurned Your name.KJVKJV: Remember this, that the enemy hath reproached, O LORD, and that the foolish people have blasphemed thy name.
20. 19BSBDo not deliver the soul of Your dove to beasts; do not forget the lives of Your afflicted forever.KJVKJV: O deliver not the soul of thy turtledove unto the multitude of the wicked: forget not the congregation of thy poor for ever.
21. 20BSBConsider Your covenant, for haunts of violence fill the dark places of the land.KJVKJV: Have respect unto the covenant: for the dark places of the earth are full of the habitations of cruelty.
22. 21BSBDo not let the oppressed retreat in shame; may the poor and needy praise Your name.KJVKJV: O let not the oppressed return ashamed: let the poor and needy praise thy name.
23. 22BSBRise up, O God; defend Your cause! Remember how the fool mocks You all day long.KJVKJV: Arise, O God, plead thine own cause: remember how the foolish man reproacheth thee daily.
24. 23BSBDo not disregard the clamor of Your adversaries, the uproar of Your enemies that ascends continually.KJVKJV: Forget not the voice of thine enemies: the tumult of those that rise up against thee increaseth continually.