Psalms 74:4-12

⁴The enemy shouted in triumph right where you met with us. There they set up their war banners as signs of their victory.

⁵They acted like men chopping down a forest with axes.

⁶With axes and hammers they smashed in the carved wooden panels.

⁷Then they set fire to your Temple, burning it to the ground. They defiled the place where you live, the place that bears your name.

⁸They said to themselves, “Let's destroy it all!” So they burned down every place where God was worshiped throughout the land.

⁹We no longer see any signs. There are no prophets left. And no one among us knows how long this will last.

¹⁰How long will the enemy ridicule you, God? Will they insult your character forever?

¹¹Why do you hold back from doing something? Take action and destroy them!

¹²But you, God, are our king from long ago. You have saved us many times in the land.