Psalms 74:5-16

⁵They cut down all the engraved objects in the temple like woodsmen cut down trees.

⁶Then they smashed all the carved wood with their axes and hammers.

⁷Then they burned your temple to the ground; they caused that place where you were worshiped to be unfit for people to worship in.

⁸They said to themselves, “We will destroy the Israelis completely,” and they also burned down all the other places where we gathered to worship God.

⁹All our sacred symbols (OR, miracles) are gone; there are no prophets now/anymore, and no one knows how long this situation will continue.

¹⁰God, how long will our enemies make fun of you RHQ? Will they insult you MTY forever RHQ?

¹¹Why do you refuse to help MTY, RHQ us? Why do you keep your hand inside your cloak instead of using it to destroy our enemies RHQ?

¹²God, you have been our king all the time since we came out of Egypt HYP, and you have enabled us to defeat our enemies in the land of Israel.

¹³By your power you caused the Red Sea to divide; it was as though you smashed the heads of the rulers of Egypt who were like huge sea dragons MET.

¹⁴It was as though you crushed the head of the king of Egypt MET and gave his body to the animals in the desert to eat.

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

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