Psalms

Psalm 74 ©

1The Psalmist complaineth of the desolation of the sanctuary: 10he moveth God to help in consideration of his power, 18of the reproach of the enemies, 19and of his church and covenant.

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1Maschil of Asaph.

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O GOD, awhy hast thou cast us off for ever? why bdoth thine anger smoke against cthe sheep of thy pasture?

a Ps. 10.1; 13.1-3; 60.1-3; 79.1,5.
b Is. 10.5. Ps. 18.8; 78.58,59. De. 29.20; 32.21-26.
c Ps. 79.13; 95.7; 100.3. Eze. 34.31.
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Remember dthy congregation, which thou hast purchased of old; the 2rod of thine inheritance, which thou hast redeemed; this emount Zion, wherein thou hast dwelt.

d Ex. 19.5,6; 15.16. v.19. Is. 63.16,17.
e Ps. 78.68,69; 132.13,14; 148.1,2.
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fLift up thy feet unto the perpetual gdesolations; even all that hthe enemy hath done wickedly in the sanctuary.

f Ps. 68.1; 44.23,26; 80.1-16; 143.7.
g Ps. 73.18. Is. 61.4.
h v.7. Ps. 79.1. 1Ki. 14.26. 2Ki. 25.9,13-17. Re. 13.
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iThine enemies roar in the midst of thy congregations; jthey set up their *ensigns for signs.

i La. 2.6,7. Re. 13.4,6. Da. 9.27.
j Mat. 24.15.
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A man was famous according as he khad lifted up axes upon the thick trees.

k 1Ki. 5.6,15; 6.14-36.
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But now they break down lthe carved work thereof at once with axes and hammers.

l 1Ki. 6.18,29,32,35. Je. 46.22,23.
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3They 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, mLet us 4destroy them together: they have burned up all the nsynagogues of God in the land.

m Ps. 83.4; 137.7. Es. 3.9.
n Mat. 4.23; 9.35. Lu. 4.15,44. Ac. 13.5.
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We osee not our signs: there is pno more any prophet: neither is there among us any that knoweth how long.

o 1Sa. 3.1. Am. 8.11. Mi. 3.6. Is. 42.20.
p La. 2.9. Eze. 7.26.
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O God, qhow long shall the adversary reproach? shall the enemy blaspheme thy name for ever?

q Ps. 44.16; 89.50,51. Is. 37.4,23. Re. 13.4-6.
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Why rwithdrawest thou thy hand, even thy right hand? pluck it out of thy bosom.

r La. 2.3. Ps. 44.23; 78.60-62,65. Pr. 19.24.
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For sGod is my King of old, working salvation in the midst of the earth.

s Ps. 44.4. Ex. 19.5,6. Is. 63.9; 51.7,9. Hab. 3.12-14.
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Thou tdidst 5divide the sea by thy strength: thou ubrakest the heads of the 6*dragons in the waters.

t Ex. 14.21. Ne. 9.11. Ps. 66.6.
u Is. 27.1; 51.9,10. Eze. 29.3; 32.2. Ex. 14.28; 15.10,12.
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Thou brakest the heads of v*leviathan in pieces, and gavest him to be wmeat to the people inhabiting the wilderness.

v Job 41.1.
w Nu. 14.9. Ex. 15.1-19.
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Thou xdidst cleave the fountain and the flood: ythou driedst up 7mighty rivers.

x Ex. 17.5,6. Nu. 20.11. Ps. 105.41. Is. 48.21.
y Jos. 3.13. 2Ki. 2.8,14. Is. 44.27.
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The zday is thine, the night also is thine: thou hast prepared the light and the sun.

z Ge. 1.14-16; 8.22. Ps. 8.3; 136.7-9. Mat. 5.45.
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Thou ahast set all the borders of the earth: thou hast 8made summer and winter.

a Ac. 17.26. Ps. 24.1,2; 136.6. De. 32.8.
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bRemember this, that the enemy hath reproached, O LORD, and that the foolish people have blasphemed thy name.

b v.2,22. Ps. 89.50,51; 94.7,8. De. 32.21. Re. 16.19. Ps. 137.7.
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O deliver not the soul of thy cturtledove unto the multitude of the wicked: forget not the congregation of thy poor for ever.

c Ca. 2.14; 6.9. Ex. 19.5,6. Ps. 135.4; 68.10,13. De. 32.9. Is. 60.8.
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dHave respect unto the covenant: for the edark places of the earth are full of the habitations of cruelty.

d Ge. 17.7,8. Ps. 105.8-11. Je. 32.20,21. Le. 26.42,44,45. De. 30.3,4. 1Ki. 8.50. 2Sa. 23.5. Ps. 106.45. He. 8.10.
e Pr. 29.18. Ep. 2.12. Is. 14.4-6. Ps. 12.1,8.
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O flet not the oppressed return ashamed: let the poor and needy praise thy name.

f Ps. 9.9,18; 12.5; 102.17,20,21; 109.31. Re. 19.1,2.
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gArise, O God, plead thine own cause: remember how the foolish man hreproacheth thee daily.

g Ps. 9.19,20; 44.23,26; 89.50,51.
h Ps. 89.50,51; 73.9; 79.10,12. Is. 37.23; 52.4. v.10,18.
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Forget not the voice of thine enemies: ithe tumult of those that rise up against thee 9increaseth continually.

i Ps. 2.1,2. Re. 16.14; 17.14.