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Psalms 74:1
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God, why have you rejected us forever? Why does your anger smolder against the sheep of your pasture?
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Psalms 74:2
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Remember your congregation, which you purchased of old, Which you have redeemed to be the tribe of your inheritance; Mount Tziyon, in which you have lived.
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Psalms 74:3
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Lift up your feet to the perpetual ruins, All the evil that the enemy has done in the sanctuary.
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Psalms 74:4
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Your adversaries have roared in the midst of your assembly. They have set up their standards as signs.
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Psalms 74:5
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They behaved like men wielding axes, Cutting through a thicket of trees.
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Psalms 74:6
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Now all its carved work They break down with hatchet and hammers.
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Psalms 74:7
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They have burned your sanctuary to the ground. They have profaned the dwelling place of your Name.
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Psalms 74:8
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They said in their heart, "We will crush them completely." They have burned up all the places in the land where God was worshiped.
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Psalms 74:9
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We see no miraculous signs. There is no longer any prophet, Neither is there among us anyone who knows how long.
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Psalms 74:10
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How long, God, shall the adversary reproach? Shall the enemy blaspheme your name forever?
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Psalms 74:11
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Why do you draw back your hand, even your right hand? Take it out of your pocket and consume them!
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Psalms 74:12
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Yet God is my King of old, Working salvation in the midst of the earth.
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Psalms 74:13
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You divided the sea by your strength. You broke the heads of the sea monsters in the waters.
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Psalms 74:14
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You broke the heads of Livyatan in pieces. You gave him as food to people and desert creatures.
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Psalms 74:15
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You opened up spring and stream. You dried up mighty rivers.
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Psalms 74:16
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The day is yours, the night is also yours. You have prepared the light and the sun.
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Psalms 74:17
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You have set all the boundaries of the earth. You have made summer and winter.
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Psalms 74:18
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Remember this, that the enemy has mocked you, LORD. Foolish people have blasphemed your name.
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Psalms 74:19
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Don't deliver the soul of your dove to wild beasts. Don't forget the life of your poor forever.
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Psalms 74:20
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Honor your covenant, For haunts of violence fill the dark places of the earth.
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Psalms 74:21
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Don't let the oppressed return ashamed. Let the poor and needy praise your name.
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Psalms 74:22
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Arise, God! Plead your own cause. Remember how the foolish man mocks you all day.
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Psalms 74:23
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Don't forget the voice of your adversaries. The tumult of those who rise up against you ascends continually. Psalm 75 For the Chief Musician. To the tune "Do Not Destroy." A Psalm by Asaf. A song.
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