King James Version · full chapter
Psalm 74
23 verses · King James Version
- 1O God, why hast thou cast us off for ever? why doth thine anger smoke against the sheep of thy pasture?Compare translations of Psalms 74:1
- 2Remember thy congregation, which thou hast purchased of old; the rod of thine inheritance, which thou hast redeemed; this mount Zion, wherein thou hast dwelt.Compare translations of Psalms 74:2
- 3Lift up thy feet unto the perpetual desolations; even all that the enemy hath done wickedly in the sanctuary.Compare translations of Psalms 74:3
- 4Thine enemies roar in the midst of thy congregations; they set up their ensigns for signs.Compare translations of Psalms 74:4
- 5A man was famous according as he had lifted up axes upon the thick trees.Compare translations of Psalms 74:5
- 6But now they break down the carved work thereof at once with axes and hammers.Compare translations of Psalms 74:6
- 7They have cast fire into thy sanctuary, they have defiled by casting down the dwelling place of thy name to the ground.Compare translations of Psalms 74:7
- 8They said in their hearts, Let us destroy them together: they have burned up all the synagogues of God in the land.Compare translations of Psalms 74:8
- 9We see not our signs: there is no more any prophet: neither is there among us any that knoweth how long.Compare translations of Psalms 74:9
- 10O God, how long shall the adversary reproach? shall the enemy blaspheme thy name for ever?Compare translations of Psalms 74:10
- 11Why withdrawest thou thy hand, even thy right hand? pluck it out of thy bosom.Compare translations of Psalms 74:11
- 12For God is my King of old, working salvation in the midst of the earth.Compare translations of Psalms 74:12
- 13Thou didst divide the sea by thy strength: thou brakest the heads of the dragons in the waters.Compare translations of Psalms 74:13
- 14Thou brakest the heads of leviathan in pieces, and gavest him to be meat to the people inhabiting the wilderness.Compare translations of Psalms 74:14
- 15Thou didst cleave the fountain and the flood: thou driedst up mighty rivers.Compare translations of Psalms 74:15
- 16The day is thine, the night also is thine: thou hast prepared the light and the sun.Compare translations of Psalms 74:16
- 17Thou hast set all the borders of the earth: thou hast made summer and winter.Compare translations of Psalms 74:17
- 18Remember this, that the enemy hath reproached, O LORD, and that the foolish people have blasphemed thy name.Compare translations of Psalms 74:18
- 19O deliver not the soul of thy turtledove unto the multitude of the wicked: forget not the congregation of thy poor for ever.Compare translations of Psalms 74:19
- 20Have respect unto the covenant: for the dark places of the earth are full of the habitations of cruelty.Compare translations of Psalms 74:20
- 21O let not the oppressed return ashamed: let the poor and needy praise thy name.Compare translations of Psalms 74:21
- 22Arise, O God, plead thine own cause: remember how the foolish man reproacheth thee daily.Compare translations of Psalms 74:22
- 23Forget not the voice of thine enemies: the tumult of those that rise up against thee increaseth continually.Compare translations of Psalms 74:23