Psalm 74:1-2

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Psalm 74

A maskil^[a] of Asaph.

¹O God, why have you rejected^(A) us forever?^(B)
    Why does your anger smolder against the sheep of your pasture?^(C)
²Remember the nation you purchased^(D) long ago,^(E)
    the people of your inheritance,^(F) whom you redeemed^(G)—
    Mount Zion,^(H) where you dwelt.^(I)

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Footnotes

Psalm 74:1 Title: Probably a literary or musical term

Psalm 74:3-5

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³Turn your steps toward these everlasting ruins,^(A)
all this destruction the enemy has brought on the sanctuary.

⁴Your foes roared^(B) in the place where you met with us;
they set up their standards^(C) as signs.
⁵They behaved like men wielding axes
to cut through a thicket of trees.^(D)

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Psalm 74:5-7

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⁵They behaved like men wielding axes
    to cut through a thicket of trees.^(A)
⁶They smashed all the carved^(B) paneling
    with their axes and hatchets.
⁷They burned your sanctuary to the ground;
    they defiled^(C) the dwelling place^(D) of your Name.^(E)

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Psalm 74:20-21

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²⁰Have regard for your covenant,^(A)
because haunts of violence fill the dark places^(B) of the land.
²¹Do not let the oppressed^(C) retreat in disgrace;
may the poor and needy^(D) praise your name.