Psalm 74:1-23 AMP

[1] O God, why have You rejected us forever? Why does Your anger smoke against the sheep of Your pasture? [2] Remember Your congregation, which You have purchased of old, Which You have redeemed to be the tribe of Your inheritance; Remember Mount Zion, where You have dwelt. [3] Turn your footsteps [quickly] toward the perpetual ruins; The enemy has damaged everything within the sanctuary. [4] In the midst of Your meeting place Your enemies have roared [with their battle cry]; They have set up their own emblems for signs [of victory]. [5] It seems as if one had lifted up An axe in a forest of trees [to set a record of destruction]. [6] And now all the carved work [of the meeting place] They smash with hatchets and hammers. [7] They have burned Your sanctuary to the ground; They have profaned the dwelling place of Your name. [8] They said in their heart, “Let us completely subdue them.” They have burned all the meeting places of God in the land. [9] We do not see our symbols; There is no longer any prophet [to guide us], Nor does any among us know for how long. [10] O God, how long will the adversary scoff? Is the enemy to revile Your name forever? [11] Why do You withdraw Your hand, even Your right hand [from judging the enemy]? Remove Your hand from Your chest, destroy them! [12] Yet God is my King of old, Working salvation in the midst of the earth. [13] You divided the [Red] Sea by Your strength; You broke the heads of the sea monsters in the waters. [14] You crushed the heads of Leviathan (Egypt); You gave him as food for the creatures of the wilderness. [15] You broke open fountains and streams; You dried up ever-flowing rivers. [16] The day is Yours, the night also is Yours; You have established and prepared the [heavenly] light and the sun. [17] You have defined and established all the borders of the earth [the divisions of land and sea and of the nations]; You have made summer and winter. [18] Remember this, O LORD, the enemy has scoffed, And a foolish and impious people has spurned Your name. [19] Oh, do not hand over the soul of your turtledove to the wild beast; Do not forget the life of Your afflicted forever. [20] Consider the covenant [You made with Abraham], For the dark places of the land are full of the habitations of violence. [21] Let not the oppressed return dishonored; Let the afflicted and needy praise Your name. [22] Arise, O God, plead Your own cause; Remember how the foolish man scoffs at You all day long. [23] Do not forget the [clamoring] voices of Your adversaries, The uproar of those who rise against You, which ascends continually [to Your ears].