Psalms 74

NEW JERUSALEM	NEW JERUSALEM
1 [Poem Of Asaph] God, why have you final y rejected us, your anger blazing against the flock you usedto pasture?	1 [Poem Of Asaph] God, why have you final y rejected us, your anger blazing against the flock you usedto pasture?
2 Remember the people you took to yourself long ago, your own tribe which you redeemed, and thisMount Zion where you came to live.	2 Remember the people you took to yourself long ago, your own tribe which you redeemed, and thisMount Zion where you came to live.
3 Come up to these endless ruins! The enemy have sacked everything in the sanctuary;	3 Come up to these endless ruins! The enemy have sacked everything in the sanctuary;
4 your opponents made uproar in the place of assemblies, they fixed their emblems over the entrance,emblems	4 your opponents made uproar in the place of assemblies, they fixed their emblems over the entrance,emblems
5 never known before. Their axes deep in the wood,	5 never known before. Their axes deep in the wood,
6 hacking at the panels, they battered them down with axe and pick;	6 hacking at the panels, they battered them down with axe and pick;
7 they set fire to your sanctuary, profanely rased to the ground the dwel ing-place of your name.	7 they set fire to your sanctuary, profanely rased to the ground the dwel ing-place of your name.
8 They said to themselves, 'Let us crush them at one stroke!' They burned down every sacred shrine inthe land.	8 They said to themselves, 'Let us crush them at one stroke!' They burned down every sacred shrine inthe land.
9 We see no signs, no prophet any more, and none of us knows how long it wil last.	9 We see no signs, no prophet any more, and none of us knows how long it wil last.
10 How much longer, God, will the enemy blaspheme? Is the enemy to insult your name for ever?	10 How much longer, God, will the enemy blaspheme? Is the enemy to insult your name for ever?
11 Why hold back your hand, keep your right hand hidden in the folds of your robe?	11 Why hold back your hand, keep your right hand hidden in the folds of your robe?
12 Yet, God, my king from the first, author of saving acts throughout the earth,	12 Yet, God, my king from the first, author of saving acts throughout the earth,
13 by your power you split the sea in two, and smashed the heads of the monsters on the waters.	13 by your power you split the sea in two, and smashed the heads of the monsters on the waters.
14 You crushed Leviathan's heads, gave him as food to the wild animals.	14 You crushed Leviathan's heads, gave him as food to the wild animals.
15 You released the springs and brooks, and turned primordial rivers into dry land.	15 You released the springs and brooks, and turned primordial rivers into dry land.
16 Yours is the day and yours the night, you caused sun and light to exist,	16 Yours is the day and yours the night, you caused sun and light to exist,
17 you fixed all the boundaries of the earth, you created summer and winter.	17 you fixed all the boundaries of the earth, you created summer and winter.
18 Remember, Yahweh, the enemy's blasphemy, a foolish people insults your name.	18 Remember, Yahweh, the enemy's blasphemy, a foolish people insults your name.
19 Do not surrender your turtledove to the beast; do not forget for ever the life of your oppressed people.	19 Do not surrender your turtledove to the beast; do not forget for ever the life of your oppressed people.
20 Look to the covenant! Al the hiding-places of the land are ful , haunts of violence.	20 Look to the covenant! Al the hiding-places of the land are ful , haunts of violence.
21 Do not let the downtrodden retreat in confusion, give the poor and needy cause to praise your name.	21 Do not let the downtrodden retreat in confusion, give the poor and needy cause to praise your name.
22 Arise, God, champion your own cause, remember how fools blaspheme you all day long!	22 Arise, God, champion your own cause, remember how fools blaspheme you all day long!
23 Do not forget the shouting of your enemies, the ever-mounting uproar of your adversaries.	23 Do not forget the shouting of your enemies, the ever-mounting uproar of your adversaries.