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Psa 74:1 |
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[[Maschil of Asaph.]] 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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Psa 74:2 |
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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.
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Psa 74:3 |
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Lift up thy feet unto the perpetual desolations; [even] all [that] the enemy hath done wickedly in the sanctuary.
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Psa 74:4 |
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Thine enemies roar in the midst of thy congregations; they set up their ensigns [for] signs.
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Psa 74:5 |
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[A man] was famous according as he had lifted up axes upon the thick trees.
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Psa 74:6 |
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But now they break down the carved work thereof at once with axes and hammers.
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Psa 74:7 |
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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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Psa 74:8 |
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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.
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Psa 74:9 |
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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.
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Psa 74:10 |
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O God, how long shall the adversary reproach? shall the enemy blaspheme thy name for ever?
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Psa 74:11 |
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Why withdrawest thou thy hand, even thy right hand? pluck [it] out of thy bosom.
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Psa 74:12 |
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For God [is] my King of old, working salvation in the midst of the earth.
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Psa 74:13 |
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Thou didst divide the sea by thy strength: thou brakest the heads of the dragons in the waters.
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Psa 74:14 |
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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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Psa 74:15 |
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Thou didst cleave the fountain and the flood: thou driedst up mighty rivers.
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Psa 74:16 |
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The day [is] thine, the night also [is] thine: thou hast prepared the light and the sun.
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Psa 74:17 |
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Thou hast set all the borders of the earth: thou hast made summer and winter.
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Psa 74:18 |
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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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Psa 74:19 |
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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.
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Psa 74:20 |
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Have respect unto the covenant: for the dark places of the earth are full of the habitations of cruelty.
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Psa 74:21 |
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O let not the oppressed return ashamed: let the poor and needy praise thy name.
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Psa 74:22 |
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Arise, O God, plead thine own cause: remember how the foolish man reproacheth thee daily.
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Psa 74:23 |
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Forget not the voice of thine enemies: the tumult of those that rise up against thee increaseth continually.
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