Psalms 74:1-7

¹Maschil of Asaph. O God, why hast thou cast us off for ever? Why doth thine anger smoke against the sheep of thy pasture?

²Remember thy congregation, which thou hast gotten of old, Which thou hast redeemed to be the tribe of thine inheritance; And mount Zion, wherein thou hast dwelt.

³Lift up thy feet unto the perpetual ruins, All the evil that the enemy hath done in the sanctuary.

⁴Thine adversaries have roared in the midst of thine assembly; They have set up their ensigns for signs.

⁵They seemed as men that lifted up Axes upon a thicket of trees.

⁶And now all the carved work thereof They break down with hatchet and hammers.

⁷They have set thy sanctuary on fire; They have profaned the dwelling-place of thy name by casting it to the ground.