Psalms 74:1-10

¹“A psalm of Asaph.” O God! why hast thou cast us off for ever? Why doth thine anger smoke against the flock of thy pasture?

²Remember the people which thou didst purchase of old; Thine own inheritance, which thou didst redeem; That Mount Zion, where thou once didst dwell!

³Hasten thy steps to those utter desolations! Every thing in the sanctuary hath the enemy abused!

⁴Thine enemies roar in the place of thine assemblies; Their own symbols have they set up for signs.

⁵They appear like those who raise the axe against a thicket;

⁶They have broken down the carved work of thy temple with axes and hammers;

⁷They have cast fire into thy sanctuary; They have profaned, and cast to the ground, the dwelling-place of thy name.

⁸They said in their hearts, “Let us destroy them all together!” They have burned all God's places of assembly in the land.

⁹We no longer see our signs; There is no prophet among us, Nor any one that knoweth how long this desolation shall endure.

¹⁰How long, O God! shall the adversary revile? Shall the enemy blaspheme thy name for ever?