{"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/wbt/psalms/74","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-06-13T06:07:02.538Z"},"reference":{"translation":"WBT","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 thy anger smoke against the sheep of thy pasture?"},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"Remember thy congregation, which thou hast purchased of old: the rod of thy inheritance, which thou hast redeemed; this mount Zion, in which thou hast dwelt."},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"Lift up thy feet to the perpetual desolations; even all that the enemy hath done wickedly in the sanctuary."},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"Thy enemies roar in the midst of thy congregations; they set up their ensigns for signs."},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"A man was famous according as he had lifted up axes upon the thick trees."},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"But now they break down the carved work of it at once with axes and hammers."},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"They have cast fire into thy sanctuary, they have defiled by casting down 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: there is no more any prophet: neither is there 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 it out of thy bosom."},{"verseNumber":12,"text":"For 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 didst break the heads of the dragons in the waters."},{"verseNumber":14,"text":"Thou didst break the head of leviathan in pieces, and didst give him to be food to the people inhabiting the wilderness."},{"verseNumber":15,"text":"Thou didst cleave the fountain and the flood: thou didst dry 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, the enemy hath reproached, O LORD, and the foolish people have blasphemed thy name."},{"verseNumber":19,"text":"O deliver not the soul of thy turtle dove to the multitude of the wicked: forget not the congregation of thy poor for ever."},{"verseNumber":20,"text":"Have respect to 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 thy own cause: remember how the foolish man reproacheth thee daily."},{"verseNumber":23,"text":"Forget not the voice of thy enemies: the tumult of those that rise against thee increaseth continually."}],"citation":{"inline":"Psalms 74 (WBT)","markdown":"[Psalms 74](https://primebible.com/wbt/psalms/74)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* WBT. https://primebible.com/wbt/psalms/74 (accessed 2026-06-13)."}}