Psalm 74:1-23 ASV

[1] O God, why hast thou cast us off for ever? Why doth thine anger smoke against the sheep of thy pasture? [2] Remember thy congregation, which thou hast gotten of old, Which thou hast redeemed to be the tribe of thine inheritance; And mount Zion, wherein thou hast dwelt. [3] Lift up thy feet unto the perpetual ruins, All the evil that the enemy hath done in the sanctuary. [4] Thine adversaries have roared in the midst of thine assembly; They have set up their ensigns for signs. [5] They seemed as men that lifted up Axes upon a thicket of trees. [6] And now all the carved work thereof They break down with hatchet and hammers. [7] They have set thy sanctuary on fire; They have profaned the dwelling-place of thy name by casting it to the ground. [8] They said in their heart, Let us make havoc of them altogether: They have burned up all the synagogues of God in the land. [9] We see not our signs: There is no more any prophet; Neither is there among us any that knoweth how long. [10] How long, O God, shall the adversary reproach? Shall the enemy blaspheme thy name for ever? [11] Why drawest thou back thy hand, even thy right hand? Pluck it out of thy bosom and consume them. [12] Yet God is my King of old, Working salvation in the midst of the earth. [13] Thou didst divide the sea by thy strength: Thou brakest the heads of the sea-monsters in the waters. [14] Thou brakest the heads of leviathan in pieces; Thou gavest him to be food to the people inhabiting the wilderness. [15] Thou didst cleave fountain and flood: Thou driedst up mighty rivers. [16] The day is thine, the night also is thine: Thou hast prepared the light and the sun. [17] Thou hast set all the borders of the earth: Thou hast made summer and winter. [18] Remember this, that the enemy hath reproached, O Jehovah, And that a foolish people hath blasphemed thy name. [19] Oh deliver not the soul of thy turtle-dove unto the wild beast: Forget not the life of thy poor for ever. [20] Have respect unto the covenant; For the dark places of the earth are full of the habitations of violence. [21] Oh let not the oppressed return ashamed: Let the poor and needy praise thy name. [22] Arise, O God, plead thine own cause: Remember how the foolish man reproacheth thee all the day. [23] Forget not the voice of thine adversaries: The tumult of those that rise up against thee ascendeth continually.