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Psalms
Chapter
74
1a~~{Title}
A 'Psalm to Teach One How to Prosper
through
the learning of Bible Doctrine' {Maschil} . . .
{Maschil is the Hiphil participle of sachal - 'meaning to know or be
wise'. Psalms 32, 42, 44, 45, 74, 78, 88, 89 and 142 are Maschil
psalms and they all have doctrine and show how to apply it to
situations. See also II Chronicles 30:22 and Proverbs 16:20}
of
Asaph.
{Note: Asaph was a prophet, musician and poet - see I Chronicles 6:39. He wrote the Psalms 50 and 73- 83 which is actually poetry.}
1b~~O
'Elohiym/Godhead,
why
have You cast us off forever?
Why
does Your anger
smoke
against the sheep of Your pasture?
2
Remember Your congregation,
which
You have purchased of old . . .
the
rod of Your inheritance,
which
You have redeemed . . .
this
mount Zion, wherein You have dwelt.
3
Lift up Your feet unto the perpetual desolations;
even
all that the enemy has done wickedly in the sanctuary.
4
Your enemies roar in the midst of Your congregations;
they
set up their ensigns for signs.
5
A man was famous
according
as He had lifted up axes
upon
the thick trees.
6
But now they break down the carved work thereof
at
once with axes and hammers.
7
They have cast fire into Your sanctuary,
they
have defiled by casting down the dwelling place
of
Your name to the ground.
8
They said in their hearts,
Let
us destroy them together.
They
have burned up all the synagogues
of
'Elohiym/Godhead in the land.
9
We see not our signs.
There
is no more any prophet.
Neither
is there among us any who knows how long.
10
O 'Elohiym/Godhead,
how
long shall the adversary reproach?
Shall
the enemy blaspheme Your name for ever?
11
Why withdraw You Your hand,
even
Your right hand?
Pluck
it out of your bosom.
12
For 'Elohiym/Godhead is my King of old,
working
salvation in the midst of the earth.
13
You did divide the sea by Your strength.
You
broke the heads of the dragons in the waters.
14
You broke the heads of leviathan in pieces,
and
gave him to be meat to the people inhabiting the wilderness.
15
You did cleave the fountain and the flood.
You
dried up mighty rivers.
16
The day is Yours,
the
night also is Yours.
You
have prepared the light and the sun.
17
You have set all the borders of the earth.
You
have made summer and winter.
18
Remember this, that the enemy has reproached, O Jehovah/God,
and
that the foolish people have blasphemed Your name.
19
O deliver not the soul of your turtledove
unto
the multitude of the wicked.
Forget
not the congregation of Your humble/'grace oriented' forever.
20
Have respect unto the covenant . . .
for
the dark places of the earth
are
full of the habitations of cruelty.
21
O let not the oppressed return ashamed.
Let
the poor and needy praise Your name.
22
Arise, O 'Elohiym/Godhead,
plead
Your own cause.
Remember
how the foolish man reproached You daily.
23
Forget not the voice of Your enemies.
The
tumult of those who rise up against You increases continually.
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