1 [Poem Of Asaph] God, why have you finally rejected us, your anger blazing against the flock you used to pasture?
2 Remember the people you took to yourself long ago, your own tribe which you redeemed, and this Mount Zion where you came to live.
3 Come up to these endless ruins! The enemy have sacked everything in the sanctuary;
4 your opponents made uproar in the place of assemblies, they fixed their emblems over the entrance, emblems
5 never known before. Their axes deep in the wood,
6 hacking at the panels, they battered them down with axe and pick;
7 they set fire to your sanctuary, profanely rased to the ground the dwelling-place of your name.
8 They said to themselves, 'Let us crush them at one stroke!' They burned down every sacred shrine in the land.
9 We see no signs, no prophet any more, and none of us knows how long it will last.
10 How much longer, God, will the enemy blaspheme? Is the enemy to insult your name for ever?
11 Why hold back your hand, keep your right hand hidden in the folds of your robe?
12 Yet, God, my king from the first, author of saving acts throughout the earth,
13 by your power you split the sea in two, and smashed the heads of the monsters on the waters.
14 You crushed Leviathan's heads, gave him as food to the wild animals.
15 You released the springs and brooks, and turned primordial rivers into dry land.
16 Yours is the day and yours the night, you caused sun and light to exist,
17 you fixed all the boundaries of the earth, you created summer and winter.
18 Remember, Yahweh, the enemy's blasphemy, a foolish people insults your name.
19 Do not surrender your turtledove to the beast; do not forget for ever the life of your oppressed people.
20 Look to the covenant! All the hiding-places of the land are full, haunts of violence.
21 Do not let the downtrodden retreat in confusion, give the poor and needy cause to praise your name.
22 Arise, God, champion your own cause, remember how fools blaspheme you all day long!
23 Do not forget the shouting of your enemies, the ever-mounting uproar of your adversaries.
Versículos relacionados com Psalms, 74:
Psalm 74 is a lament of the people of Israel for the destruction of the temple and the city of Jerusalem. In the psalm, the author calls God to intervene and restore his land and his people. The following verses are related to the topics addressed in this Psalm:
Lamentations 5:20: "Why do you forget us forever and abandon us for such a long time?" This verse is a lament similar to that of Psalm 74, in which the author questions the apparent absence of God amid the suffering of his people.
Isaiah 64:11-12: "Our holy and glorious house, where our ancestors praised you, was burned; and all we had precious was ruined. Will you control you before all this, Lord? And you will punish us even more? " These verses also express the pain and frustration of the people before the destruction of their city and the temple of God.
Jeremiah 52:13: "They burned the house of the Lord, destroyed the walls of Jerusalem, set fire to all their palaces, and destroyed all that was precious to God's people." This verse provides a historical account of the destruction of Jerusalem and the temple of God by the Babylonians, which is the main theme of Psalm 74.
2 Kings 25:9: "They burned the house of the Lord, the royal palace, and all the houses of Jerusalem; they set fire to all important buildings." This verse also describes the destruction of Jerusalem and the Temple for the Babylonians, and is similar to the account in Jeremiah 52:13.
Psalm 79:1: "O God, the nations invaded your inheritance; they profaned your holy temple and reduced Jerusalem to ruins." This verse is similar to Psalm 74, for it also expresses the pain of the people before the destruction of the temple and the city.
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