Thou castest them down into destruction. 19 How are they brought into desolation, in a moment! They are utterly consumed with terrors. 20 As a dream, when one awaketh, so, O my Lord, When thou awakest, thou wilt despise their 21 image. Thus my heart was grieved, 22 For I am brutish, and know nothing; Thou holdest me by my right hand; 24 Thou wilt guide me by thy counsel, And afterwards take me to glory. a 25 Whom have I in heaven but thee? And there is none upon earth that I delight in like thee. 26 My flesh and my heart fail, But God is the rock of my heart and my portion for ever. 27 For, behold, those that are far from thee shall perish : Thou wilt destroy every one that goeth a whoring from thee. a Ps. xlix. 15. 28 As for me, it is good for me to draw near to God: I have made my refuge in my Lord Jehovah, 1 PSALM LXXIV.` A didactic Poem by Asaph. WHY, O God, hast thou cast us off for ever? Why doth thine anger smoke against the sheep of thy pasture ? 2 Remember thy congregation which thou hast purchased of old," The rod of thine inheritance which thou hast redeemed, That Mount Zion wherein thou hast dwelt.d 3 Lift up thy feet unto the everlasting desola tions, Unto all that the enemy hath done wickedly in the holy place. 4 Thine adversaries have roared in the midst of thy congregations ; They have set up their signs for signs. a Exod. xv. 16. b Jer. x. 16; Ps. lxxviii. 71. e Ps. xix. 14 (note). d Ps. lxxviii. 68, 69. 5 The enemy was known as lifting up 6 But now, with axes and hammers, They smite down all her carved works together. 7 They have set on fire thy sanctuary, They have profaned and cast down to the earth the dwelling place of thy name; 8 They have said in their hearts, "Let us destroy them together;" They have burned up all God's places of assembly in the land. There is no longer any prophet, Neither is there any among us that knoweth how long. 10 How long, O God, shall the adversary reproach ? Shall the enemy despise thy name for ever? 11 Why withdrawest thou thy hand, Even thy right hand? Pluck it out of thy bosom, and consume them. 12 For God is my King of old, Working salvation in the midst of the earth. 13 It is thou that didst divide the sea by thy strength: a Ps. xliv. 4. Thou didst break the heads of the monsters on the waters.a 14 It is thou that didst break the heads of leviathan in pieces: Thou didst give him for food to the people inhabiting the desert. 15 It is thou that didst cleave the spring and the brook : It is thou that didst dry up the mighty rivers. 16 The day is thine, the night also is thine: It is thou that hast prepared the light and the sun.c 17 It is thou that hast set all the borders of the earth: It is thou that hast made summer and winter 18 Remember this, that the enemy hath reproached Jehovah, 19 And a people that are fools have despised thy name. O deliver not the soul of thy turtle dove unto the wild beast: Forget not for ever the congregation of thine afflicted ones. 20 Have respect unto the covenant; a Isa. li. 9, 10; Ezek. xxix. 3; xxxii. 2. b Ps. civ. 26; Isa. xxvii. 1. c Jer. xxxiii. 20, 21. 21 For the dark places of the earth are full of the habitations of violence. O let not the oppressed one return ashamed: Let the afflicted and needy one praise thy name. 22 Rise up, O God, plead thine own cause: Remember thy reproach from the fool all the day. 23 Forget not the voice of thine adversaries: The tumult of those that rise up against thee ascendeth continually. PSALM LXXV. For the chief Musician. After the manner of "Destroy not." A Psalm by Asaph. A Song. 1 WE give thee thanks, O God, we give thee thanks; a For, that thy name is near, thy wonderful works declare. When I shall receive the congregation, I, for my part, will judge with equity." 3 The earth and all the inhabitants thereof are ready to melt away: It is I that bear up the pillars thereof. Selah. a Ps. lii. 9. b Ps. xcvi. 10; xcviii. 9. c Ps. xlvi. 6. d Job ix. 6; 1 Sam. ii. 8. |