Psalm 74
Brenton Septuagint Translation
Chapter overview
Psalm 74 is a communal lament over a desecrated sanctuary and the apparent silence that follows. Amid ruins, the people remember God's ancient mastery of seas, day, night, and seasons, then plead for covenant faithfulness and renewed action.
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1For the end, Destroy not, a Psalm of a Song for Asaph.
2We will give thanks to thee, O God, we will give thanks, and call upon thy name: I will declare all thy wonderful works.
3When I shall take a set time, I will judge righteously.
4The earth is dissolved, and all that dwell in it: I have strengthened its pillars. Pause.
5I said unto the transgressors, Do not transgress; and to the sinners, Lift not up the horn.
6Lift not up your horn on high; speak not unrighteousness against God.
7For good comes neither from the east, nor from the west, nor from the desert mountains.
8For God is the judge; he puts down one, and raises up another.
9For there is a cup in the hand of the Lord, full of unmingled wine; and he has turned it from side to side, but its dregs have not been wholly poured out; all the sinners of the earth shall drink them.
10But I will exult for ever: I will sing praises to the God of Jacob.
11And I will break all the horns of sinners; but the horns of the righteous one shall be exalted.
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