New American Standard Bible 1995

Psalms 74:2-8

2Rememberזְכֹ֤רze.KhorH2142Your congregationעֲדָתְךָ֨׀'a.da.te.KhaH5712, which You havepurchasedקָ֘נִ֤יתָka.Ni.taH7069of oldקֶּ֗דֶםKe.demH6924, Which You haveredeemedגָּ֭אַלְתָּGa.'al.taH1350to be thetribeשֵׁ֣בֶטShe.vetH7626of Your inheritanceנַחֲלָתֶ֑ךָna.cha.la.Te.khaH5159; AndthisH2088Mountהַר־har-H2022Zionצִ֝יּ֗וֹןtzi.YonH6726,whereH2088You have dweltשָׁכַ֬נְתָּsha.Khan.taH7931.

3Turnהָרִ֣ימָהha.Ri.mahH7311Your footstepsפְ֭עָמֶיךָFe.'a.mei.khaH6471toward theperpetualנֶ֑צַחNe.tzachH5331ruinsלְמַשֻּׁא֣וֹתle.ma.shu.'otH4876;The enemyH340has damagedהֵרַ֖עhe.Ra'H7489everythingכָּל־kol-H3605within the sanctuaryבַּקֹּֽדֶשׁ׃ba.Ko.deshH6944.

4Your adversariesצֹ֭רְרֶיךָTzo.re.rei.khaH6887haveroaredשָׁאֲג֣וּsha.'a.GuH7580in the midstבְּקֶ֣רֶבbe.Ke.revH7130of Your meetingH4150placeמוֹעֲדֶ֑ךָmo.'a.De.khaH4150;They have setשָׂ֖מוּSa.muH7760up their ownstandardsאוֹתֹתָ֣ם'o.to.TamH226for signsאֹתֽוֹת׃'o.TotH226.

5It seemsיִ֭וָּדַעYi.va.da'H3045as if one had liftedכְּמֵבִ֣יאke.me.Vi'H935up Hisaxeקַרְדֻּמּֽוֹת׃kar.du.MotH7134in aforestH5441of treesעֵ֝֗ץ'EtzH6086.

6And nowוְ֭עַתָּהVe.'a.tahH6258allיָּ֑חַדYa.chadH3162itscarvedH6603workH6603They smashיַהֲלֹמֽוּן׃ya.ha.lo.MunH1986with hatchetבְּכַשִּׁ֥ילbe.kha.ShilH3781andhammersוְ֝כֵֽילַפֹּ֗תve.khei.la.PotH3597.

7They haveburnedשִׁלְח֣וּ בָ֭אֵשׁshil.Chu Va.'eshH7971 H784Your sanctuaryמִקְדָּשֶׁ֑ךָmik.da.She.chaH4720to the groundלָ֝אָ֗רֶץla.'A.retzH776; They havedefiledחִלְּל֥וּchi.le.LuH2490the dwellingמִֽשְׁכַּן־mish.kan-H4908placeH4908of Your nameשְׁמֶֽךָ׃she.Me.khaH8034.

8Theysaidאָמְר֣וּ'a.me.RuH559in their heartבְ֭לִבָּםVe.li.bomH3820, “Let uscompletelyיָ֑חַדYa.chadH3162subdueנִינָ֣םni.NamH3238them.”They have burnedשָׂרְפ֖וּsa.re.FuH8313allכָל־khol-H3605the meetingH4150placesH4150of Godאֵ֣ל'elH410in the landבָּאָֽרֶץ׃ba.'A.retzH776.

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