Berean Standard Bible

Psalms 74

(Psalm 79:1–13; Jeremiah 52:1–11)

1WhyH4100 have You rejected us foreverH2186 H5331, O GodH430?Why does Your angerH639 smolderH6225against the sheepH6629 of Your pastureH4830?2RememberH2142 Your congregationH5712,which You purchasedH7069 long agoH6924and redeemedH1350 as the tribeH7626 of Your inheritanceH5159—MountH2022 ZionH6726 H2088, where You dwellH7931.3TurnH7311 Your stepsH6471 to the everlastingH5331 ruinsH4876,to everythingH3605 in the sanctuaryH6944 the enemyH341 has destroyedH7489.

4Your foesH6887 have roaredH7580 withinH7130 Your meeting placeH4150;they have unfurledH7760 their bannersH226 as signsH226,5like menH3045 wieldingH935 axesH7134 in a thicketH5442 of treesH6086 6andH6258 smashingH1986 allH3162 the carvingsH6603 with hatchetsH3781 and picksH3597.7They have burnedH7971 H784 Your sanctuaryH4720 to the groundH776;they have defiledH2490 the dwelling placeH4908 of Your NameH8034.

8They saidH559 in their heartsH3820,“We will crush themH3238 completelyH3162.”They burned downH8313 everyH3605 placeH4150where God met usH410 in the landH776.9There are noH3808 signsH226 for us to seeH7200.There is noH369 longerH5750 any prophetH5030.And noneH3808 of usH854 knowsH3045 how longH5704 this will lastH4100.10How longH5704 H4970, O GodH430, will the enemyH6862 taunt YouH2778?Will the foeH341 revileH5006 Your nameH8034 foreverH5331?11WhyH4100 do You withdrawH7725 Your strongH3027 right handH3225?Stretch it outH7130 H2706 to destroy themH3615!1

12Yet GodH430 is my KingH4428 from ancient timesH6924,workingH6466 salvationH3444 onH7130 the earthH776.13YouH859 dividedH6565 the seaH3220 by Your strengthH5797;You smashedH7665 the headsH7218 of the dragonsH8577 ofH5921 the seaH4325;14YouH859 crushedH7533 the headsH7218 of LeviathanH3882;You fed himH5414 H3978 to the creaturesH5971 of the desertH6728.15YouH859 broke openH1234 the fountainH4599 and the floodH5158;YouH859 dried upH3001 the ever-flowingH386 riversH5104.16The dayH3117 is Yours, and alsoH637 the nightH3915;YouH859 establishedH3559 the moonH3974 2 and the sunH8121.17YouH859 setH5324 allH3605 the boundariesH1367 of the earthH776;YouH859 madeH3335 the summerH7019 and winterH2779.

18RememberH2142 howH2063 the enemyH341 has mocked YouH2778, O LORDH3068,how a foolishH5036 peopleH5971 has spurnedH5006 Your nameH8034.19Do notH408 deliverH5414 the soulH5315 of Your doveH8449 to beastsH2416;do notH408 forgetH7911 the livesH2416 of Your afflictedH6041 foreverH5331.20ConsiderH5027 Your covenantH1285,forH3588 hauntsH5116 of violenceH2555 fillH4390 the dark placesH4285 of the landH776.21Do notH408 let the oppressedH1790 retreatH7725 in shameH3637;may the poorH6041 and needyH34 praiseH1984 Your nameH8034.

22Rise upH6965, O GodH430; defendH7378 Your causeH7379!RememberH2142 howH4480 the foolH5036 mocks YouH2781 allH3605 day longH3117.23Do notH408 disregardH7911 the clamorH6963 of Your adversariesH6887,the uproarH7588 of Your enemiesH6965 that ascendsH5927 continuallyH8548.

1. Psalms 74:11 Literally From the midst of Your bosom destroy them! or From the midst of Your bosom remove it! ↩
2. Psalms 74:16 Literally the light ↩