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Psalm 74
A maskil of Asaph.
Why have you rejected us forever, O God?
Why does your anger smolder against the sheep of your pasture?
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Remember the people you purchased of old,
the tribe of your inheritance, whom you redeemed—
Mount Zion, where you dwelt.
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Turn your steps toward these everlasting ruins,
all this destruction the enemy has brought on the sanctuary.
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Your foes roared in the place where you met with us;
they set up their standards as signs.
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They behaved like men wielding axes
to cut through a thicket of trees.
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They smashed all the carved paneling
with their axes and hatchets.
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They burned your sanctuary to the ground;
they defiled the dwelling place of your Name.
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They said in their hearts, “We will crush them completely!”
They burned every place where God was worshiped in the land.
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We are given no miraculous signs;
no prophets are left,
and none of us knows how long this will be.
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How long will the enemy mock you, O God?
Will the foe revile your name forever?