Psalms 74:15-23 in English

¹⁵ Thou didst cleave fountain and flood: Thou driedst up mighty rivers.

¹⁶ The day is thine, the night also is thine: Thou hast prepared the light and the sun.

¹⁷ Thou hast set all the borders of the earth: Thou hast made summer and winter.

¹⁸ Remember this, that the enemy hath reproached, O Jehovah, And that a foolish people hath blasphemed thy name.

¹⁹ Oh deliver not the soul of thy turtle-dove unto the wild beast: Forget not the life of thy poor for ever.

²⁰ Have respect unto the covenant; For the dark places of the earth are full of the habitations of violence.

²¹ Oh let not the oppressed return ashamed: Let the poor and needy praise thy name.

²² Arise, O God, plead thine own cause: Remember how the foolish man reproacheth thee all the day.

²³ Forget not the voice of thine adversaries: The tumult of those that rise up against thee ascendeth continually.

¹⁵ Thou didst cleave the fountain and the flood: thou driedst up mighty rivers.

¹⁶ The day is thine, the night also is thine: thou hast prepared the light and the sun.

¹⁷ Thou hast set all the borders of the earth: thou hast made summer and winter.

¹⁸ Remember this, that the enemy hath reproached, O LORD, and that the foolish people have blasphemed thy name.

¹⁹ O deliver not the soul of thy turtledove unto the multitude of the wicked: forget not the congregation of thy poor for ever.

²⁰ Have respect unto the covenant: for the dark places of the earth are full of the habitations of cruelty.

²¹ O let not the oppressed return ashamed: let the poor and needy praise thy name.

²² Arise, O God, plead thine own cause: remember how the foolish man reproacheth thee daily.

²³ Forget not the voice of thine enemies: the tumult of those that rise up against thee increaseth continually.

¹⁵ Thou didst cleave the fountain and the flood: thou driedst up mighty rivers.

¹⁶ The day is thine, the night also is thine: thou hast prepared the light and the sun.

¹⁷ Thou hast set all the borders of the earth: thou hast made summer and winter.

¹⁸ Remember this, that the enemy hath reproached, O LORD, and that the foolish people have blasphemed thy name.

¹⁹ O deliver not the soul of thy turtledove unto the multitude of the wicked: forget not the congregation of thy poor for ever.

²⁰ Have respect unto the covenant: for the dark places of the earth are full of the habitations of cruelty.

²¹ O let not the oppressed return ashamed: let the poor and needy praise thy name.

²² Arise, O God, plead thine own cause: remember how the foolish man reproacheth thee daily.

²³ Forget not the voice of thine enemies: the tumult of those that rise up against thee increaseth continually.

¹⁵ Thou didst cleave fountain and flood: thou driedst up mighty rivers.

¹⁶ The day is thine, the night also is thine: thou hast prepared the light and the sun.

¹⁷ Thou hast set all the borders of the earth: thou hast made summer and winter.

¹⁸ Remember this, that the enemy hath reproached, O LORD, and that foolish people have blasphemed thy name.

¹⁹ O deliver not the soul of thy turtle-dove unto the wild beast: forget not the life of thy poor for ever.

²⁰ Have respect unto the covenant: for the dark places of the earth are full of the habitations of violence.

²¹ O let not the oppressed return ashamed: let the poor and needy praise thy name.

²² Arise, O God, plead thine own cause: remember how the foolish man reproacheth thee all the day.

²³ Forget not the voice of thine adversaries: the tumult of those that rise up against thee ascendeth continually.

¹⁵ You caused springs and streams to flow, and you also dried up rivers that had never dried up previously.

¹⁶ You created the days and the nights, and you put the sun and the moon in their places.

¹⁷ You determined where the oceans end and the land begins, and you created the summer/hot season and the winter/cold season.

¹⁸ Yahweh, do not forget that your enemies laugh at you, and that it is foolish people who despise you MTY.

¹⁹ Do not let your helpless people MET fall into the hands of their cruel enemies; do not forget your suffering/persecuted people.

²⁰ Do not forget the agreement that you made with us; remember that there are violent people in every dark place on the earth.

²¹ Do not allow your oppressed people to be disgraced; help those poor and needy people in order that they will again praise you MTY.

²² God, arise and defend yourself by defending your people! Do not forget that foolish people laugh at you ◄all day long/continually►!

²³ Do not forget that your enemies shout angrily at you; the uproar that they make while they oppose you never stops.

¹⁵ You opened up spring and stream. You dried up mighty rivers.

¹⁶ The day is yours, the night is also yours. You have prepared the light and the sun.

¹⁷ You have set all the boundaries of the earth. You have made summer and winter.

¹⁸ Remember this, that the enemy has mocked you, Yahweh. Foolish people have blasphemed your name.

¹⁹ Don’t deliver the soul of your dove to wild beasts. Don’t forget the life of your poor forever.

²⁰ Honor your covenant, for haunts of violence fill the dark places of the earth.

²¹ Don’t let the oppressed return ashamed. Let the poor and needy praise your name.

²² Arise, God! Plead your own cause. Remember how the foolish man mocks you all day.

²³ Don’t forget the voice of your adversaries. The tumult of those who rise up against you ascends continually.

¹⁵ You opened up spring and stream. You dried up mighty rivers.

¹⁶ The day is yours, the night is also yours. You have prepared the light and the sun.

¹⁷ You have set all the boundaries of the earth. You have made summer and winter.

¹⁸ Remember this, that the enemy has mocked you, Yahweh. Foolish people have blasphemed your name.

¹⁹ Don’t deliver the soul of your dove to wild beasts. Don’t forget the life of your poor forever.

²⁰ Honor your covenant, for haunts of violence fill the dark places of the earth.

²¹ Don’t let the oppressed return ashamed. Let the poor and needy praise your name.

²² Arise, God! Plead your own cause. Remember how the foolish man mocks you all day.

²³ Don’t forget the voice of your adversaries. The tumult of those who rise up against you ascends continually.

¹⁵ You opened up spring and stream. You dried up mighty rivers.

¹⁶ The day is yours, the night is also yours. You have prepared the light and the sun.

¹⁷ You have set all the boundaries of the earth. You have made summer and winter.

¹⁸ Remember this, that the enemy has mocked you, LORD. Foolish people have blasphemed your name.

¹⁹ Don’t deliver the soul of your dove to wild beasts. Don’t forget the life of your poor forever.

²⁰ Honour your covenant, for haunts of violence fill the dark places of the earth.

²¹ Don’t let the oppressed return ashamed. Let the poor and needy praise your name.

²² Arise, God! Plead your own cause. Remember how the foolish man mocks you all day.

²³ Don’t forget the voice of your adversaries. The tumult of those who rise up against you ascends continually.

¹⁵ You made valleys for fountains and springs; you made the ever-flowing rivers dry.

¹⁶ The day is yours and the night is yours: you made the light and the sun.

¹⁷ By you all the limits of the earth were fixed; you have made summer and winter.

¹⁸ Keep this in mind, O Lord, that your haters have said cruel things, and that your name has been looked down on by a people of evil behaviour.

¹⁹ O give not the soul of your dove to the hawk; let not the life of the poor go out of your memory for ever.

²⁰ Keep in mind your undertaking; for the dark places of the earth are full of pride and cruel acts.

²¹ O let not the crushed be turned back in shame; let the low man and the poor give praise to your name.

²² Up! O God, be the judge of your cause; keep in mind the bitter things which the man of evil behaviour says against you every day.

²³ Keep in mind the voice of your haters; the outcry of those who come against you goes up every day.

¹⁵ Thou didst cleave fountain and torrent, thou driedst up ever-flowing rivers.

¹⁶ The day is thine, the night also is thine; thou hast prepared the moon and the sun:

¹⁷ Thou hast set all the borders of the earth; summer and winter — thou didst form them.

¹⁸ Remember this, that an enemy hath reproached Jehovah, and a foolish people have contemned thy name.

¹⁹ Give not up the soul of thy turtle-dove unto the wild beast; forget not the troop of thine afflicted for ever.

²⁰ Have respect unto the covenant; for the dark places of the earth are full of the dwellings of violence.

²¹ Oh let not the oppressed one return ashamed; let the afflicted and needy praise thy name.

²² Rise up, O God, plead thine own cause: remember how the foolish man reproacheth thee all the day;

²³ Forget not the voice of thine adversaries: the tumult of those that rise up against thee ascendeth continually.

¹⁵ You were the one who made springs and rivers flow with water. You made permanent rivers dry up.

¹⁶ You created the day, and also the night; you made the moon and the sun.

¹⁷ You set the boundaries of the earth; you made summer and winter.

¹⁸ So keep in mind how the enemy ridiculed you, Lord, and how irreverent people insulted your reputation.

¹⁹ Don't let wild animals kill your turtledoves! Don't abandon your people forever!

²⁰ Remember your promises in the agreement, because the land is full of dark places and violence.

²¹ Don't let those who suffer be mistreated again. Let the poor and needy praise you for you who are.

²² Stand up, God, and plead your case. Don't forget how these foolish people insulted you all the time.

²³ Don't ignore what your enemies have said, for their loud accusations against you are getting worse and worse!

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

¹⁶ The day is thine, and the night is thine: thou hast prepared the light and the sunne.

¹⁷ Thou hast set all the borders of the earth: thou hast made summer and winter.

¹⁸ Remember this, that the enemie hath reproched the Lord, and the foolish people hath blasphemed thy Name.

¹⁹ Giue not the soule of thy turtle doue vnto the beast, and forget not the Congregation of thy poore for euer.

²⁰ Consider thy couenant: for the darke places of the earth are full of the habitations of the cruell.

²¹ Oh let not the oppressed returne ashamed, but let the poore and needie prayse thy Name.

²² Arise, O God: mainteine thine owne cause: remember thy dayly reproche by the foolish man.

²³ Forget not the voyce of thine enemies: for the tumult of them, that rise against thee, ascendeth continually.

¹⁵ Thou didst cleave fountain and brook; Thou driedst up ever-flowing rivers.

¹⁶ Thine is the day, Thine also the night; Thou hast established luminary and sun.

¹⁷ Thou hast set all the borders of the earth; Thou hast made summer and winter.

¹⁸ Remember this, how the enemy hath reproached the LORD, and how a base people have blasphemed Thy name.

¹⁹ O deliver not the soul of Thy turtle-dove unto the wild beast; forget not the life of Thy poor for ever.

²⁰ Look upon the covenant; for the dark places of the land are full of the habitations of violence.

²¹ O let not the oppressed turn back in confusion; let the poor and needy praise Thy name.

²² Arise, O God, plead Thine own cause; remember Thy reproach all the day at the hand of the base man.

²³ Forget not the voice of Thine adversaries, the tumult of those that rise up against Thee which ascendeth continually.

¹⁵ Thou didst cleave the fountain and the flood: Thou driedst up mighty rivers.

¹⁶ The day is thine, the night also is thine: Thou hast prepared the light and the sun.

¹⁷ Thou hast set all the borders of the earth: Thou hast made summer and winter.

¹⁸ Remember this, that the enemy hath reproached, O Lord, And that the foolish people have blasphemed thy name.

¹⁹ O deliver not the soul of thy turtledove unto the multitude of the wicked: Forget not the congregation of thy poor for ever.

²⁰ Have respect unto the covenant: For the dark places of the earth are full of the habitations of cruelty.

²¹ O let not the oppressed return ashamed: Let the poor and needy praise thy name.

²² Arise, O God, plead thine own cause: Remember how the foolish man reproacheth thee daily.

²³ Forget not the voice of thine enemies: The tumult of those that rise up against thee increaseth continually.

¹⁵ Thou didst cleave fountain and stream: thou didst dry up ever-flowing rivers.

¹⁶ Thine is the day and thine is the night: it is thou who hast prepared the luminary and the sun.

¹⁷ It is thou who hast set up all the boundaries of the earth: summer and winter—thou thyself hast formed them.

¹⁸ Remember this, that the enemy hath defied the Lord, and that a worthless foolish people have blasphemed thy name.

¹⁹ Oh give not up unto the multitude of enemies the soul of thy turtle-dove: the congregation of thy afflicted do not thou forget for ever.

²⁰ Look unto the covenant; for the dark places of the earth are full of habitations of violence.

²¹ Oh let not the oppressed return confounded: let the poor and needy praise thy name.

²² Arise, O God, plead thy own cause: remember thy defiance from the worthless fool all the day.

²³ Forget not the voice of thy adversaries: the tumult of those that rise up against thee ascendeth continually.

¹⁵ Thou didst cleave forth the fountain and the stream; Thou didst dry up perennial rivers.

¹⁶ Thine is the day, and thine the night; Thou didst prepare the light and the sun.

¹⁷ Thou didst establish all the boundaries of the earth; Thou didst make summer and winter.

¹⁸ O remember that the enemy hath reviled Jehovah; That an impious people hath blasphemed thy name!

¹⁹ Give not up the life of thy turtle-dove to the wild beast; Forget not for ever thine afflicted people!

²⁰ Have regard to thy covenant! For all the dark places of the land are full of the abodes of cruelty.

²¹ O let not the afflicted go away ashamed! Let the poor and needy praise thy name!

²² Arise, O God! maintain thy cause! Remember how the impious revileth thee daily!

²³ Forget not the clamor of thine adversaries,—The noise of thine enemies, which continually increaseth!

¹⁵ It was you who did cleave the fountains and torrents; it was you who did dry the perennial streams.

¹⁶ Yours is the day; yours, too, is the night, it was you who did establish the sun and the star.

¹⁷ It was you who did fix all the borders of earth: summer and winter it's you who have made them.

¹⁸ Yet, for all this, the foe has insulted you, Lord, and a nation of fools has reviled your name.

¹⁹ Do not give your dove to the beasts, do not forget your afflicted forever.

²⁰ Look to the sleek ones - how full they are: the dark places of earth are the dwellings of violence.

²¹ O let not the downtrodden turn back ashamed: let the poor and the needy sing praise to your name.

²² Arise, God, and defend your cause: remember how fools all the day insult you.

²³ Do not forget the uproar of your enemies, the din of your foes that ascends evermore.

¹⁵ It was you who did cleave the fountains and torrents; it was you who did dry the perennial streams.

¹⁶ Yours is the day; yours, too, is the night, it was you who did establish the sun and the star.

¹⁷ It was you who did fix all the borders of earth: summer and winter it's you who have made them.

¹⁸ Yet, for all this, the foe has insulted you, Lord, and a nation of fools has reviled your name.

¹⁹ Do not give your dove to the beasts, do not forget your afflicted forever.

²⁰ Look to the sleek ones - how full they are: the dark places of earth are the dwellings of violence.

²¹ O let not the downtrodden turn back ashamed: let the poor and the needy sing praise to your name.

²² Arise, God, and defend your cause: remember how fools all the day insult you.

²³ Do not forget the uproar of your enemies, the din of your foes that ascends evermore.

¹⁵ You opened up spring and stream. You dried up mighty rivers.

¹⁶ The day is yours, the night is also yours. You have prepared the light and the sun.

¹⁷ You have set all the boundaries of the earth. You have made summer and winter.

¹⁸ Remember this, that the enemy has mocked you, Adonai . Foolish people have blasphemed your name.

¹⁹ Don’t deliver the soul of your dove to wild beasts. Don’t forget the life of your poor forever.

²⁰ Honor your covenant, for haunts of violence fill the dark places of the earth.

²¹ Don’t let the oppressed teshuvah ·completely return· ashamed. Let the poor and needy praise your name.

²² Arise, God! Plead your own cause. Remember how the foolish man mocks you all day.

²³ Don’t forget the voice of your adversaries. The tumult of those who rise up against you ascends continually.

¹⁵ You broke open springs and streams; you dried up flowing rivers.

¹⁶ The day is yours, and the night is yours also; you set the sun and moon in place.

¹⁷ You have set all the borders of the earth; you have made summer and winter.

¹⁸ Call to mind how the enemy hurled insults at you, Yahweh, and that a foolish people has blasphemed your name.

¹⁹ Do not give the life of your dove to a wild animal. Do not forget forever the life of your oppressed people.

²⁰ Remember your covenant, for the dark regions of the land are full of places of violence.

²¹ Do not let the oppressed be turned back in shame; let the poor and oppressed praise your name.

²² Arise, God; defend your own honor; call to mind how fools insult you all day long.

²³ Do not forget the voice of your adversaries or the uproar of those who continually defy you.

¹⁵ You opened up spring and stream. You dried up mighty rivers.

¹⁶ The day is yours, the night is also yours. You have prepared the light and the sun.

¹⁷ You have set all the boundaries of the earth. You have made summer and winter.

¹⁸ Remember this, that the enemy has mocked you, Yahweh. Foolish people have blasphemed your name.

¹⁹ Don’t deliver the soul of your dove to wild beasts. Don’t forget the life of your poor forever.

²⁰ Honor your covenant, for haunts of violence fill the dark places of the earth.

²¹ Don’t let the oppressed return ashamed. Let the poor and needy praise your name.

²² Arise, God! Plead your own cause. Remember how the foolish man mocks you all day.

²³ Don’t forget the voice of your adversaries. The tumult of those who rise up against you ascends continually.

¹⁵ You opened up spring and stream. You dried up mighty rivers.

¹⁶ The day is yours, the night is also yours. You have prepared the light and the sun.

¹⁷ You have set all the boundaries of the earth. You have made summer and winter.

¹⁸ Remember this, that the enemy has mocked you, LORD. Foolish people have blasphemed your name.

¹⁹ Don’t deliver the soul of your dove to wild beasts. Don’t forget the life of your poor forever.

²⁰ Honour your covenant, for haunts of violence fill the dark places of the earth.

²¹ Don’t let the oppressed return ashamed. Let the poor and needy praise your name.

²² Arise, God! Plead your own cause. Remember how the foolish man mocks you all day.

²³ Don’t forget the voice of your adversaries. The tumult of those who rise up against you ascends continually.

¹⁵ Thou didst cleave the fountain and the flood: thou didst dry up mighty rivers.

¹⁶ The day is thine, the night also is thine: thou hast prepared the light and the sun.

¹⁷ Thou hast set all the borders of the earth: thou hast made summer and winter.

¹⁸ Remember this, the enemy hath reproached, O LORD, and the foolish people have blasphemed thy name.

¹⁹ O deliver not the soul of thy turtle dove to the multitude of the wicked : forget not the congregation of thy poor for ever.

²⁰ Have respect to the covenant: for the dark places of the earth are full of the habitations of cruelty.

²¹ O let not the oppressed return ashamed: let the poor and needy praise thy name.

²² Arise, O God, plead thy own cause: remember how the foolish man reproacheth thee daily.

²³ Forget not the voice of thy enemies: the tumult of those that rise against thee increaseth continually.

¹⁵ You opened up spring and stream. You dried up mighty rivers.

¹⁶ The day is yours, the night is also yours. You have prepared the light and the sun.

¹⁷ You have set all the boundaries of the earth. You have made summer and winter.

¹⁸ Remember this, that the enemy has mocked you, LORD. Foolish people have blasphemed your name.

¹⁹ Don’t deliver the soul of your dove to wild beasts. Don’t forget the life of your poor forever.

²⁰ Honor your covenant, for haunts of violence fill the dark places of the earth.

²¹ Don’t let the oppressed return ashamed. Let the poor and needy praise your name.

²² Arise, God! Plead your own cause. Remember how the foolish man mocks you all day.

²³ Don’t forget the voice of your adversaries. The tumult of those who rise up against you ascends continually.

¹⁵ You opened up spring and stream. You dried up mighty rivers.

¹⁶ The day is yours, the night is also yours. You have prepared the light and the sun.

¹⁷ You have set all the boundaries of the earth. You have made summer and winter.

¹⁸ Remember this, that the enemy has mocked you, LORD. Foolish people have blasphemed your name.

¹⁹ Don’t deliver the soul of your dove to wild beasts. Don’t forget the life of your poor forever.

²⁰ Honour your covenant, for haunts of violence fill the dark places of the earth.

²¹ Don’t let the oppressed return ashamed. Let the poor and needy praise your name.

²² Arise, God! Plead your own cause. Remember how the foolish man mocks you all day.

²³ Don’t forget the voice of your adversaries. The tumult of those who rise up against you ascends continually.

¹⁵ Thou hast broken wells, and strands or streams; thou madest dry the floods of Eitan.

¹⁶ The day is thine, and the night is thine; thou madest the morrowtide and the sun.

¹⁷ Thou madest all the ends of the earth; summer, and ver time, either springing time, thou formedest those or them.

¹⁸ Be thou mindful of this thing, the enemy hath said shame to the Lord; and the unwise people hath excited to ire thy name.

¹⁹ Betake thou not to beasts men acknowledging to thee; and forget thou not into the end the souls of thy poor men.

²⁰ Behold into thy testament; for they that be made dark of earth, be full-filled with the houses of wickednesses.

²¹ A meek man be not turned away made ashamed; a poor man and needy shall praise thy name.

²² God, rise up, deem thou thy cause; be thou mindful of thy shames, either upbraidings, of those that be all day of the unwise man.

²³ Forget thou not the voices of thine enemies; the pride of them that hate thee ascendeth or goeth up ever-more.

¹⁵ Thou hast broken wells, and strands; thou madest dry the floods of Eitan. (Thou hast broken open the wells, or the springs, and the streams; thou hast dried up the mighty rivers.)

¹⁶ The day is thine, and the night is thine; thou madest the morrowtide and the sun.

¹⁷ Thou madest all the ends of the earth; summer, and ver time, either springing time (or spring time), thou formedest those.

¹⁸ Be thou mindful of this thing, the enemy hath said shame to the Lord; and the unwise people hath excited to ire thy name. (Remember this, that the enemy hath said shame to the Lord; and that the foolish and the ignorant have scorned thy name.)

¹⁹ Betake thou not (over) to beasts men acknowledging to thee; and forget thou not into the end the souls of thy poor men. (Give thou not over to beasts those who confess thee; and forget thou not forever the suffering of thy poor.)

²⁰ Behold into thy testament; for they that be made dark of (the) earth, be full-filled with the houses of wickednesses. (Remember thy covenant; for the dark places of the earth, be filled full with the houses of wickedness.)

²¹ A meek man be not turned away made ashamed; a poor man and needy shall praise thy name. (Let not the humble be turned away, and be made ashamed; yea, let the poor and the needy praise thy name.)

²² God, rise up, deem thou thy cause; be thou mindful of thy shames, either upbraidings, of those that be all day of the unwise man. (God, rise up, defend thou thy own case; remember the reproaches, or the upbraidings, that come to thee all day long, from the foolish and the ignorant.)

²³ Forget thou not the voices of thine enemies; the pride of them that hate thee ascendeth evermore. (Do not thou forget the words, or the shouts, of thy enemies; the noise of those who hate thee goeth up forevermore.)

¹⁵ Thou hast cleaved a fountain and a stream, Thou hast dried up perennial flowings.

¹⁶ Thine is the day, also Thine is the night, Thou hast prepared a light giver — the sun.

¹⁷ Thou hast set up all the borders of earth, Summer and winter Thou hast formed them.

¹⁸ Remember this — an enemy reproached Jehovah, And a foolish people have despised Thy name.

¹⁹ Give not up to a company, The soul of Thy turtle-dove, The company of Thy poor ones forget not for ever.

²⁰ Look attentively to the covenant, For the dark places of earth, Have been full of habitations of violence.

²¹ Let not the oppressed turn back ashamed, Let the poor and needy praise Thy name,

²² Arise, O God, plead Thy plea, Remember Thy reproach from a fool all the day.

²³ Forget not the voice of Thine adversaries, The noise of Thy withstanders is going up continually!