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New Testament
Psalm 74
Psalm 74
The Destruction of the Temple
Introductory Plea
1Why do you stay angry to the end, O God?
Why does your anger smoke against the flock in your pasture?
2Remember your community that you purchased long ago,
the tribe that you redeemed to be your possession.
Remember Mount Zion where you dwell.
3March toward the perpetual ruins.
March against all the evil done by the enemy in the sanctuary.
The Destruction
4Your foes roared in the middle of your appointed place.
They set up their battle standards as signs.
5They looked like men swinging axes in a thicket of trees.
6Yes, they even chopped up all the carved paneling
with their hatchets and hammers.
7They delivered your sanctuary to the fire.
They defiled the dwelling place for your Name
by throwing it to the ground.
8They said in their hearts, “We will crush them completely!”
They burned all the appointed places of God in the land.
Deserted?
9We do not see any signs to guide us.
There is no longer a prophet,
and none of us knows how long this will go on.
10How long will the foe scoff, O God?
Will the enemy insult your name forever?
11Why do you hold back your hand, even your right hand?
God's Past Goodness
12But you, O God, are my king from long ago,
the one who works salvation right here on earth.
13It was you who shattered the sea by your power.
You broke the heads of the great sea monsters.
You gave him as food to the people who live in the desert.
15It was you who opened up a spring and a seasonal stream.
You dried up the rivers that flow year-round.
16The day belongs to you, and the night is also yours.
You set the moon and sun in place.
17It was you who laid out all the boundaries of the earth.
Summer and winter—you shaped them.
Plea for Relief
18Remember this—the enemy scoffs, Lord,
and a foolish people has insulted your name.
19Do not surrender the life of your turtledove to a wild animal.
Do not forget the life of your afflicted ones forever.
20Pay attention to the covenant,
because dens of violence fill the dark places in the land.
21Do not let the oppressed turn back in disgrace.
Let the poor and needy praise your name.
22Rise up, O God, and prosecute your case.
Remember how the fools mocked you all day long.
23Do not forget the sound of your foes,
the uproar of those who rise against you, which goes up continually.