{"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/erv/psalms/74","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-05-31T07:18:16.373Z"},"reference":{"translation":"ERV","book":"Psalms","bookSlug":"psalms","chapter":74,"testament":"OLD"},"navigation":{"previousChapter":73,"nextChapter":75,"totalChapters":150,"totalVerses":23},"verses":[{"verseNumber":1,"text":"Maschil of Asaph. O God, why hast thou cast us off for ever? why doth thine anger smoke against the sheep of thy pasture?"},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"Remember thy congregation, which thou hast purchased of old, which thou hast redeemed to be the tribe of thine inheritance; and mount Zion, wherein thou hast dwelt."},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"Lift up thy feet unto the perpetual ruins, all the evil that the enemy hath done in the sanctuary."},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"Thine adversaries have roared in the midst of thine assembly; they have set up their ensigns for signs."},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"They seemed as men that lifted up axes upon a thicket of trees."},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"And now all the carved work thereof together they break down with hatchet and hammers."},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"They have set thy sanctuary on fire; they have profaned the dwelling place of thy name even to the ground."},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"They said in their heart, Let us make havoc of them altogether: they have burned up all the synagogues of God in the land."},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"We see not our signs: there is no more any prophet; neither is there among us any that knoweth how long."},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"How long, O God, shall the adversary reproach? shall the enemy blaspheme thy name for ever?"},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"Why drawest thou back thy hand, even thy right hand? pluck it out of thy bosom and consume them."},{"verseNumber":12,"text":"Yet God is my King of old, working salvation in the midst of the earth."},{"verseNumber":13,"text":"Thou didst divide the sea by thy strength: thou brakest the heads of the dragons in the waters."},{"verseNumber":14,"text":"Thou brakest the heads of leviathan in pieces, thou gavest him to be meat to the people inhabiting the wilderness."},{"verseNumber":15,"text":"Thou didst cleave fountain and flood: thou driedst up mighty rivers."},{"verseNumber":16,"text":"The day is thine, the night also is thine: thou hast prepared the light and the sun."},{"verseNumber":17,"text":"Thou hast set all the borders of the earth: thou hast made summer and winter."},{"verseNumber":18,"text":"Remember this, that the enemy hath reproached, O LORD, and that foolish people have blasphemed thy name."},{"verseNumber":19,"text":"O deliver not the soul of thy turtle-dove unto the wild beast: forget not the life of thy poor for ever."},{"verseNumber":20,"text":"Have respect unto the covenant: for the dark places of the earth are full of the habitations of violence."},{"verseNumber":21,"text":"O let not the oppressed return ashamed: let the poor and needy praise thy name."},{"verseNumber":22,"text":"Arise, O God, plead thine own cause: remember how the foolish man reproacheth thee all the day."},{"verseNumber":23,"text":"Forget not the voice of thine adversaries: the tumult of those that rise up against thee ascendeth continually."}],"citation":{"inline":"Psalms 74 (ERV)","markdown":"[Psalms 74](https://primebible.com/erv/psalms/74)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* ERV. https://primebible.com/erv/psalms/74 (accessed 2026-05-31)."}}