King James Bible

Psalms 73

The Book of Psalms

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Chapter 74

1

 Maschil of Asaph. O God, why hast thou cast [us] off for ever? [why] doth thine anger smoke against the sheep of thy pasture? 


2

 Remember thy congregation, [which] thou hast purchased of old; the rod of thine inheritance, [which] thou hast redeemed; this mount Zion, wherein thou hast dwelt. 


3

 Lift up thy feet unto the perpetual desolations; [even] all [that] the enemy hath done wickedly in the sanctuary. 


4

 Thine enemies roar in the midst of thy congregations; they set up their ensigns [for] signs. 


5

 [A man] was famous according as he had lifted up axes upon the thick trees. 


6

 But now they break down the carved work thereof at once with axes and hammers. 


7

 They have cast fire into thy sanctuary, they have defiled [by casting down] the dwelling place of thy name to the ground. 


8

 They said in their hearts, Let us destroy them together: they have burned up all the synagogues of God in the land. 


9

 We see not our signs: [there is] no more any prophet: neither [is there] among us any that knoweth how long. 


10

 O God, how long shall the adversary reproach? shall the enemy blaspheme thy name for ever? 


11

 Why withdrawest thou thy hand, even thy right hand? pluck [it] out of thy bosom. 


12

 For God [is] my King of old, working salvation in the midst of the earth. 


13

 Thou didst divide the sea by thy strength: thou brakest the heads of the dragons in the waters. 


14

 Thou brakest the heads of leviathan in pieces, [and] gavest him [to be] meat to the people inhabiting the wilderness. 


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. 


Psalms 75

 

 

 

 

 

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