Psalms 74:1-13

¹God, why have you abandoned/rejected us? Will you keep rejecting us forever RHQ? Why are you angry with us, since we are like sheep in your pasture and you are like our shepherd? MET, RHQ

²Do not forget your people whom you chose long ago, the people whom you freed from being slaves in Egypt and caused to become your tribe. Do not forget Jerusalem, which was ◄your home/where you dwelt► on this earth.

³Walk along and see where everything has been totally ruined; our enemies have destroyed everything in the sacred temple.

⁴Your enemies shouted triumphantly in this sacred place; they erected their banners to show they had defeated us.

⁵They cut down all the engraved objects in the temple like woodsmen cut down trees.

⁶Then they smashed all the carved wood with their axes and hammers.

⁷Then they burned your temple to the ground; they caused that place where you were worshiped to be unfit for people to worship in.

⁸They said to themselves, “We will destroy the Israelis completely,” and they also burned down all the other places where we gathered to worship God.

⁹All our sacred symbols (OR, miracles) are gone; there are no prophets now/anymore, and no one knows how long this situation will continue.

¹⁰God, how long will our enemies make fun of you RHQ? Will they insult you MTY forever RHQ?

¹¹Why do you refuse to help MTY, RHQ us? Why do you keep your hand inside your cloak instead of using it to destroy our enemies RHQ?

¹²God, you have been our king all the time since we came out of Egypt HYP, and you have enabled us to defeat our enemies in the land of Israel.

¹³By your power you caused the Red Sea to divide; it was as though you smashed the heads of the rulers of Egypt who were like huge sea dragons MET.