Psalm 74:1-8

New American Standard Bible

74 God, why have You ^(A)rejected us forever?
Why does Your anger ^(B)smoke against the ^(C)sheep of Your ^[b]pasture?
² Remember Your congregation, which You ^(D)purchased of old,
Which You have ^(E)redeemed to be the ^(F)tribe of Your inheritance;
And this Mount ^(G)Zion, where You have dwelt.
^3 [c]Step toward the ^[d](H)irreparable ruins;
The enemy ^(I)has damaged everything in the sanctuary.
⁴ Your adversaries have ^(J)roared in the midst of Your meeting place;
They have set up their ^(K)own signs as ^(L)signs.
⁵ It ^[e]seems like one bringing up
His ^(M)axe into a ^[f]forest of trees.
⁶ And now they break down ^[g]all its ^(N)carved work
With axe and hammers.
⁷ They have ^[h](O)burned Your sanctuary ^[i]to the ground;
They have ^(P)defiled the dwelling place of Your name.
⁸ They ^(Q)said in their heart, “Let’s ^[j]completely ^[k]subdue them.”
They have burned all the meeting places of God in the land.