Psalms 74:1 - Prayer Tents

74O GOD, why do You cast us off forever? Why does Your anger burn {and} smoke against the sheep of Your pasture?H4905H623H430H2186H5331H639H6225H6629H4830 2[Earnestly] remember Your congregation which You have acquired of old, which You have redeemed to be the tribe of Your heritage; remember Mount Zion, where You have dwelt.H2142H5712H7069H6924H7626H5159H1350H2022H6726H7931 3Direct Your feet [quickly] to the perpetual ruins {and} desolations; the foe has devastated {and} desecrated everything in the sanctuary.H7311H6471H5331H4876H341H7489H6944 4In the midst of Your Holy Place Your enemies have roared [with their battle cry]; they set up their own [idol] emblems for signs [of victory].H6887H7580H7130H4150H7760H226H226 5They seemed like men who lifted up axes upon a thicket of trees to make themselves a record.H3045H935H4605H7134H5442H6086 6And then all the carved wood of the Holy Place they broke down with hatchets and hammers.H1986H6603H3162H3781H3597 7They have set Your sanctuary on fire; they have profaned the dwelling place of Your Name by casting it to the ground.H7971H784H4720H2490H4908H8034H776 8They said in their hearts, Let us make havoc [of such places] altogether. They have burned up all God's meetinghouses in the land.H559H3820H3238H3162H8313H4150H410H776 9We do not see our symbols; there is no longer any prophet, neither does any among us know for how long.H7200H226H5030H3045H5704 10O God, how long is the adversary to scoff {and} reproach? Is the enemy to blaspheme {and} revile Your name forever?H430H6862H2778H341H5006H8034H5331 11Why do You hold back Your hand, even Your right hand? Draw it out of Your bosom {and} consume them [make an end of them]!H7725H3027H3225H3615H7130H2436H2436 12Yet God is my King of old, working salvation in the midst of the earth.H430H4428H6924H6466H3444H7130H776 13You did divide the [Red] Sea by Your might; You broke the heads of the [Egyptian] dragons in the waters.H6565H3220H5797H7665H7218H8577H4325 14You crushed the heads of Leviathan (Egypt); You did give him as food for the creatures inhabiting the wilderness.H7533H7218H3882H5414H3978H5971H6728 15You did cleave open [the rock bringing forth] fountains and streams; You dried up mighty, ever-flowing rivers (the Jordan).H1234H4599H5158H3001H386H5104 16The day is Yours, the night also is Yours; You have established the [starry] light and the sun.H3117H3915H3559H3974H8121 17You have fixed all the borders of the earth [the divisions of land and sea and of the nations]; You have made summer and winter. [Acts17:26.]H5324H1367H776H3335H7019H2779 18[Earnestly] remember how the enemy has scoffed, O Lord, {and} reproached You, and how a foolish {and} impious people has blasphemed Your name.H2142H341H2778H3068H5036H5971H5006H8034 19Oh, do not deliver the life of your turtledove to the wild beast (to the greedy multitude); forget not the life [of the multitude] of Your poor forever.H5414H5315H8449H2416H7911H2416H6041H5331 20Have regard for the covenant [You made with Abraham], for the dark places of the land are full of the habitations of violence.H5027H1285H4285H776H4390H4999H2555 21Oh, let not the downtrodden return in shame; let the oppressed and needy praise Your name.H1790H7725H3637H6041H34H1984H8034 22Arise, O God, plead Your own cause; remember [earnestly] how the foolish {and} impious man scoffs {and} reproaches You day after day {and} all day long.H6965H430H7378H7379H2142H5036H2781H3117 23Do not forget the [clamoring] voices of Your adversaries, the tumult of those who rise up against You, which ascends continually.H7911H6963H6887H7588H6965H5927H8548