{"meta":{"source":"Prime Bible","sourceUrl":"https://primebible.com","license":"Public domain (translation text); see citation policy at /citation-policy","organization":"501(c)(3) nonprofit — EIN 41-2531951","canonicalUrl":"https://primebible.com/drb/psalms/74","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-06-17T13:16:24.817Z"},"reference":{"translation":"DRB","book":"Psalms","bookSlug":"psalms","chapter":74,"testament":"OLD"},"navigation":{"previousChapter":73,"nextChapter":75,"totalChapters":150,"totalVerses":23},"verses":[{"verseNumber":1,"text":"Understanding for Asaph. O God, why hast thou cast us off unto the end: why is thy wrath enkindled against the sheep of thy pasture? "},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"Remember thy congregation, which thou hast possessed from the beginning. The sceptre of thy inheritance which thou hast redeemed: mount Sion in which thou hast dwelt. "},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"Lift up thy hands against their pride unto the end; see what things the enemy hath done wickedly in the sanctuary. "},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"And they that hate thee have made their boasts, in the midst of thy solemnity. They have set up their ensigns for signs, "},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"and they knew not both in the going out and on the highest top. As with axes in a wood of trees, "},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"they have cut down at once the gates thereof, with axe and hatchet they have brought it down. "},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"They have set fire to thy sanctuary: they have defiled the dwelling place of thy name on the earth. "},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"They said in their heart, the whole kindred of them together: Let us abolish all the festival days of God from the land. "},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"Our signs we have not seen, there is now no prophet: and he will know us no more. "},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"How long, O God, shall the enemy reproach: is the adversary to provoke thy name for ever? "},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"Why dost thou turn away thy hand: and thy right hand out of the midst of thy bosom for ever ? "},{"verseNumber":12,"text":"But God is our king before ages: he hath wrought salvation in the midst of the earth. "},{"verseNumber":13,"text":"Thou by thy strength didst make the sea firm: thou didst crush the heads of the dragons in the waters. "},{"verseNumber":14,"text":"Thou hast broken the heads of the dragon: thou hast given him to be meat for the people of the Ethiopians. "},{"verseNumber":15,"text":"Thou hast broken up the fountains and the torrents: thou hast dried up the Ethan rivers. "},{"verseNumber":16,"text":"Thine is the day, and thine is the night: thou hast made the morning light and the sun. "},{"verseNumber":17,"text":"Thou hast made all the borders of the earth: the summer and the spring were formed by thee. "},{"verseNumber":18,"text":"Remember this, the enemy hath reproached the Lord: and a foolish people hath provoked thy name. "},{"verseNumber":19,"text":"Deliver not up to beasts the souls that confess to thee: and forget not to the end the souls of thy poor. "},{"verseNumber":20,"text":"Have regard to thy covenant: for they that are the obscure of the earth have been filled with dwellings of iniquity. "},{"verseNumber":21,"text":"Let not the humble be turned away with confusion: the poor and needy shall praise thy name. "},{"verseNumber":22,"text":"Arise, O God, judge thy own cause: remember thy reproaches with which the foolish man hath reproached thee all the day. "},{"verseNumber":23,"text":"Forget not the voices of thy enemies: the pride of them that hate thee ascendeth continually. "}],"citation":{"inline":"Psalms 74 (DRB)","markdown":"[Psalms 74](https://primebible.com/drb/psalms/74)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* DRB. https://primebible.com/drb/psalms/74 (accessed 2026-06-17)."}}