Psalm 74:1-2
Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition
Plea for Help in Time of National Humiliation
A Maskil of Asaph.
74 O God, why dost thou cast us off for ever?
Why does thy anger smoke against the sheep of thy pasture?
2 Remember thy congregation, which thou hast gotten of old,
which thou hast redeemed to be the tribe of thy heritage!
Remember Mount Zion, where thou hast dwelt.
Psalm 74:3-5
Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition
3 Direct thy steps to the perpetual ruins;
the enemy has destroyed everything in the sanctuary!
4 Thy foes have roared in the midst of thy holy place;
they set up their own signs for signs.
5 At the upper entrance they hacked
the wooden trellis with axes.[a]
Footnotes
- Psalm 74:5 Cn Compare Gk Syr: Heb uncertain
Psalm 74:5-7
Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition
5 At the upper entrance they hacked
the wooden trellis with axes.[a]
6 And then all its carved wood
they broke down with hatchets and hammers.
7 They set thy sanctuary on fire;
to the ground they desecrated the dwelling place of thy name.
Footnotes
- Psalm 74:5 Cn Compare Gk Syr: Heb uncertain
Psalm 74:20-21
Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition
20 Have regard for thy[a] covenant;
for the dark places of the land are full of the habitations of violence.
21 Let not the downtrodden be put to shame;
let the poor and needy praise thy name.
Footnotes
- Psalm 74:20 Gk Syr: Heb the
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