Psalms 74:7-15

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

⁸They have said in their heart, We will oppress them altogether: they have burnt up all the places of assembly of God in the land.

⁹Our signs do we not see: there is no more any prophet: and there is no one among us that knoweth how long.

¹⁰How long, O God, shall the adversary utter defiance? shall the enemy blaspheme thy name for ever?

¹¹Why withdrawest thou thy hand, and thy right hand? draw it out of thy bosom—exterminate them;

¹²Since thou God art my King from olden days, working salvation in the midst of the earth.

¹³It was thou that didst divide by thy strength the sea: thou brokest in pieces the heads of the crocodiles on the waters.

¹⁴Thou didst crush the heads of leviathan, and gavest them as food to the people inhabiting the wilderness.

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