{"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/kjv/psalms/74","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-05-26T05:48:45.676Z"},"reference":{"translation":"KJV","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 <i>us</i> off for ever? <i>why</i> doth thine anger smoke against the sheep of thy pasture?"},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"Remember thy congregation, <i>which</i> thou hast purchased of old; the rod of thine inheritance, <i>which</i> thou hast redeemed; this mount Zion, wherein thou hast dwelt."},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"Lift up thy feet unto the perpetual desolations; <i>even</i> all <i>that</i> the enemy hath done wickedly in the sanctuary."},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"Thine enemies roar in the midst of thy congregations; they set up their ensigns <i>for</i> signs."},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"<i>A man</i> was famous according as he had lifted up axes upon the thick trees."},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"But now they break down the carved work thereof at once with axes and hammers."},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"They have cast fire into thy sanctuary, they have defiled <i>by casting down</i> the dwelling place of thy name to the ground."},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"They said in their hearts, Let us destroy them together: they have burned up all the synagogues of God in the land."},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"We see not our signs: <i>there is</i> no more any prophet: neither <i>is there</i> among us any that knoweth how long."},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"O God, how long shall the adversary reproach? shall the enemy blaspheme thy name for ever?"},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"Why withdrawest thou thy hand, even thy right hand? pluck <i>it</i> out of thy bosom."},{"verseNumber":12,"text":"For God <i>is</i> 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, <i>and</i> gavest him <i>to be</i> meat to the people inhabiting the wilderness."},{"verseNumber":15,"text":"Thou didst cleave the fountain and the flood: thou driedst up mighty rivers."},{"verseNumber":16,"text":"The day <i>is</i> thine, the night also <i>is</i> 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, <i>that</i> the enemy hath reproached, O LORD, and <i>that</i> the foolish people have blasphemed thy name."},{"verseNumber":19,"text":"O deliver not the soul of thy turtledove unto the multitude <i>of the wicked</i>: forget not the congregation 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 cruelty."},{"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 daily."},{"verseNumber":23,"text":"Forget not the voice of thine enemies: the tumult of those that rise up against thee increaseth continually."}],"citation":{"inline":"Psalms 74 (KJV)","markdown":"[Psalms 74](https://primebible.com/kjv/psalms/74)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* KJV. https://primebible.com/kjv/psalms/74 (accessed 2026-05-26)."}}