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Chapter 74
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O God, why hast thou cast us off for ever? why doth
thine anger smoke against the sheep of thy pasture? |
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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
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Lift up thy feet unto the perpetual desolations; even
all that the enemy hath done wickedly in the sanctuary. |
4
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Thine enemies roar in the midst of thy congregations;
they set up their ensigns for signs. |
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A man was famous according as he had lifted up axes
upon the thick trees. |
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But now they break down the carved work thereof at
once with axes and hammers. |
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They have cast fire into thy sanctuary, they have defiled
by casting down the dwelling place of thy name to the
ground. |
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They said in their hearts, Let us destroy them together:
they have burned up all the synagogues of God in the
land. |
9
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We see not our signs: there is no more any prophet:
neither is there among us any that knoweth how long. |
10
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O God, how long shall the adversary reproach? shall
the enemy blaspheme thy name for ever? |
11
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Why withdrawest thou thy hand, even thy right hand?
pluck it out of thy bosom. |
12
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For God is my King of old, working salvation in the
midst of the earth. |
13
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Thou didst divide the sea by thy strength: thou brakest
the heads of the dragons in the waters. |
14
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Thou brakest the heads of leviathan in pieces, and
gavest him to be meat to the people inhabiting the wilderness. |
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Thou didst cleave the fountain and the flood: thou
driedst up mighty rivers. |
16
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The day is thine, the night also is thine: thou hast
prepared the light and the sun. |
17
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Thou hast set all the borders of the earth: thou hast
made summer and winter. |
18
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Remember this, that the enemy hath reproached, O LORD,
and that the foolish people have blasphemed thy name. |
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O deliver not the soul of thy turtledove unto the multitude
of the wicked: forget not the congregation of thy poor
for ever. |
20
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Have respect unto the covenant: for the dark places
of the earth are full of the habitations of cruelty. |
21
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O let not the oppressed return ashamed: let the poor
and needy praise thy name. |
22
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Arise, O God, plead thine own cause: remember how the
foolish man reproacheth thee daily. |
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Forget not the voice of thine enemies: the tumult of
those that rise up against thee increaseth continually. |
