# Psalms 74

- Translation: Berean Standard Bible
- Canonical: https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/psalms/74
- License: Scripture: Berean Standard Bible (BSB), public domain. Source: Scriptoria (scriptoria.digital).

*A Maskil of Asaph.*

## Text

[1] Why have You rejected us forever, O God?
Why does Your anger smolder
against the sheep of Your pasture? [2] Remember Your congregation,
which You purchased long ago
and redeemed as the tribe of Your inheritance—
Mount Zion where You dwell. [3] Turn Your steps to the everlasting ruins,
to everything in the sanctuary the enemy has destroyed. [4] Your foes have roared within Your meeting place;
they have unfurled their banners as signs, [5] like men wielding axes in a thicket of trees [6] and smashing all the carvings with hatchets and picks. [7] They have burned Your sanctuary to the ground;
they have defiled the dwelling place of Your Name. [8] They said in their hearts,
“We will crush them completely.”
They burned down every place
where God met us in the land. [9] There are no signs for us to see.
There is no longer any prophet.
And none of us knows how long this will last. [10] How long, O God, will the enemy taunt You?
Will the foe revile Your name forever? [11] Why do You withdraw Your strong right hand?
Stretch it out to destroy them! [12] Yet God is my King from ancient times,
working salvation on the earth. [13] You divided the sea by Your strength;
You smashed the heads of the dragons of the sea; [14] You crushed the heads of Leviathan;
You fed him to the creatures of the desert. [15] You broke open the fountain and the flood;
You dried up the ever-flowing rivers. [16] The day is Yours, and also the night;
You established the moon and the sun. [17] You set all the boundaries of the earth;
You made the summer and winter. [18] Remember how the enemy has mocked You, O LORD,
how a foolish people has spurned Your name. [19] Do not deliver the soul of Your dove to beasts;
do not forget the lives of Your afflicted forever. [20] Consider Your covenant,
for haunts of violence fill the dark places of the land. [21] Do not let the oppressed retreat in shame;
may the poor and needy praise Your name. [22] Rise up, O God; defend Your cause!
Remember how the fool mocks You all day long. [23] Do not disregard the clamor of Your adversaries,
the uproar of Your enemies that ascends continually.

## Places in this chapter

- **Mount Zion** — https://scriptoria.digital/en/atlas/mount-zion

## Each verse

- Psalms 74:1 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/psalms/74/1
- Psalms 74:2 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/psalms/74/2
- Psalms 74:3 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/psalms/74/3
- Psalms 74:4 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/psalms/74/4
- Psalms 74:5 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/psalms/74/5
- Psalms 74:6 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/psalms/74/6
- Psalms 74:7 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/psalms/74/7
- Psalms 74:8 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/psalms/74/8
- Psalms 74:9 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/psalms/74/9
- Psalms 74:10 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/psalms/74/10
- Psalms 74:11 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/psalms/74/11
- Psalms 74:12 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/psalms/74/12
- Psalms 74:13 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/psalms/74/13
- Psalms 74:14 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/psalms/74/14
- Psalms 74:15 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/psalms/74/15
- Psalms 74:16 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/psalms/74/16
- Psalms 74:17 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/psalms/74/17
- Psalms 74:18 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/psalms/74/18
- Psalms 74:19 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/psalms/74/19
- Psalms 74:20 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/psalms/74/20
- Psalms 74:21 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/psalms/74/21
- Psalms 74:22 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/psalms/74/22
- Psalms 74:23 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/psalms/74/23