Psalms 74:1-15

¹A Psalme to give instruction, committed to Asaph. O God, why hast thou put vs away for euer? why is thy wrath kindled against the sheepe of thy pasture?

²Thinke vpon thy Congregation, which thou hast possessed of olde, and on the rod of thine inheritance, which thou hast redeemed, and on this mount Zion, wherein thou hast dwelt.

³Lift vp thy strokes, that thou mayest for euer destroy euery enemie that doeth euill to the Sanctuarie.

⁴Thine aduersaries roare in the middes of thy Congregation, and set vp their banners for signes.

⁵He that lifted the axes vpon the thicke trees, was renowmed, as one, that brought a thing to perfection:

⁶But nowe they breake downe the carued worke thereof with axes and hammers.

⁷They haue cast thy Sanctuarie into the fire, and rased it to the grounde, and haue defiled the dwelling place of thy Name.

⁸They saide in their hearts, Let vs destroy them altogether: they haue burnt all the Synagogues of God in the land.

⁹We see not our signes: there is not one Prophet more, nor any with vs that knoweth howe long.

¹⁰O God, howe long shall the aduersarie reproche thee? shall the enemie blaspheme thy Name for euer?

¹¹Why withdrawest thou thine hand, euen thy right hand? drawe it out of thy bosome, and consume them.

¹²Euen God is my King of olde, working saluation in the middes of the earth.

¹³Thou didest deuide the sea by thy power: thou brakest the heads of the dragons in the waters.

¹⁴Thou brakest the head of Liuiathan in pieces, and gauest him to be meate for the people in wildernesse.

¹⁵Thou brakest vp the fountaine and riuer: thou dryedst vp mightie riuers.