| Chapter 74 |
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An Instruction of Asaph. Why, O God, hast Thou cast off for ever? Thine anger smoketh against the flock of Thy pasture. --
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Remember Thy company. Thou didst purchase of old, Thou didst redeem the rod of Thy inheritance, This mount Zion -- Thou didst dwell in it. --
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Lift up Thy steps to the perpetual desolations, Everything the enemy did wickedly in the sanctuary. --
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Roared have thine adversaries, In the midst of Thy meeting-places, They have set their ensigns as ensigns. --
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He is known as one bringing in on high Against a thicket of wood -- axes. --
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And now, its carvings together With axe and hatchet they break down, --
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They have sent into fire Thy sanctuary, to the earth they polluted the tabernacle of Thy name, --
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They said in their hearts, 'Let us oppress them together,' They did burn all the meeting-places of God in the land. --
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Our ensigns we have not seen, There is no more a prophet, Nor with us is one knowing how long. --
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Till when, O God, doth an adversary reproach? Doth an enemy despise thy name for ever? --
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Why dost Thou turn back Thy hand, Even Thy right hand? From the midst of Thy bosom remove [it]. --
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And God [is] my king of old, Working salvation in the midst of the earth. --
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Thou hast broken by Thy strength a sea-[monster], Thou hast shivered Heads of dragons by the waters, --
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Thou hast broken the heads of leviathan, Thou makest him food, For the people of the dry places. --
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Thou hast cleaved a fountain and a stream, Thou hast dried up perennial flowings. --
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Thine [is] the day, also Thine [is] the night, Thou hast prepared a light giver -- the sun. --
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Thou hast set up all the borders of earth, Summer and winter Thou hast formed them. --
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Remember this -- an enemy reproached Jehovah, And a foolish people have despised Thy name. --
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Give not up to a company, The soul of Thy turtle-dove, The company of Thy poor ones forget not for ever. --
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Look attentively to the covenant, For the dark places of earth, Have been full of habitations of violence. --
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Let not the oppressed turn back ashamed, Let the poor and needy praise Thy name, --
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Arise, O God, plead Thy plea, Remember Thy reproach from a fool all the day. --
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Forget not the voice of Thine adversaries, The noise of Thy withstanders is going up continually! --
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