Arise, O God, Defend Your Cause
A Maskil of Asaph.
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O God, why do you 1cast us off forever? Why does your anger 2smoke against 3the sheep of your pasture?
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4Remember your congregation, which you have 5purchased of old, which you have 6redeemed to be 7the tribe of your heritage! Remember Mount Zion, 8where you have dwelt.
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Direct your steps to 9the perpetual ruins; the enemy has destroyed everything in the sanctuary!
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Your foes have 10roared in the midst of your meeting place; 11they set up their 12own signs for 13signs.
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And all its 15carved wood they broke down with hatchets and hammers.
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They 16set your sanctuary on fire; they 17profaned 18the dwelling place of your name, bringing it down to the ground.
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They 19said to themselves, "We will utterly subdue them"; they burned all the meeting places of God in the land.
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We do not see our 20signs; 21there is no longer any prophet, and there is none among us who knows how long.
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How long, O God, 22is the foe to scoff? Is the enemy to revile your name forever?
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Why 23do you hold back your hand, your right hand? Take it from the fold of your garmentb and destroy them!
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Yet 24God my King is from of old, working salvation in the midst of the earth.
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You crushed the heads of 28Leviathan; you gave him as food for the creatures of the wilderness.
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Yours is the day, yours also the night; you have established 31the heavenly lights and the sun.
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Do not deliver the soul of your 36dove to the wild beasts; 37do not forget the life of your poor forever.
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Have regard for 38the covenant, for 39the dark places of the land are full of the habitations of violence.
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Do not forget the clamor of your foes, 45the uproar of those who rise against you, which goes up continually!
Herramientas de Estudio para Psalm 74
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