Psalms 74:5-16

⁵It seemed as when men wield upwards axes in a thicket of trees.

⁶And now all the carved work thereof together they strike down with hatchet and hammers.

⁷They have set Thy sanctuary on fire; they have profaned the dwelling-place of Thy name even to the ground.

⁸They said in their heart: 'Let us make havoc of them altogether'; they have burned up all the meeting-places of God in the land.

⁹We see not our signs; there is no more any prophet; neither is there among us any that knoweth how long.

¹⁰How long, O God, shall the adversary reproach? Shall the enemy blaspheme Thy name for ever?

¹¹Why withdrawest Thou Thy hand, even Thy right hand? Draw it out of Thy bosom and consume them.

¹²Yet God is my King of old, working salvation in the midst of the earth.

¹³Thou didst break the sea in pieces by Thy strength; Thou didst shatter the heads of the sea-monsters in the waters.

¹⁴Thou didst crush the heads of leviathan, Thou gavest him to be food to the folk inhabiting the wilderness.

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

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