{"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/web/psalms/74","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-06-10T00:42:38.121Z"},"reference":{"translation":"WEB","book":"Psalms","bookSlug":"psalms","chapter":74,"testament":"OLD"},"navigation":{"previousChapter":73,"nextChapter":75,"totalChapters":150,"totalVerses":23},"verses":[{"verseNumber":1,"text":"God, why have you rejected us forever? Why does your anger smolder against the sheep of your pasture?"},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"Remember your congregation, which you purchased of old, which you have redeemed to be the tribe of your inheritance; Mount Zion, in which you have lived."},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"Lift up your feet to the perpetual ruins, all the evil that the enemy has done in the sanctuary."},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"Your adversaries have roared in the midst of your assembly. They have set up their standards as signs."},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"They behaved like men wielding axes, cutting through a thicket of trees."},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"Now they break all its carved work down with hatchet and hammers."},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"They have burned your sanctuary to the ground. They have profaned the dwelling place of your Name."},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"They said in their heart, |We will crush them completely.| They have burned up all the places in the land where God was worshiped."},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"We see no miraculous signs. There is no longer any prophet, neither is there among us anyone who knows how long."},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"How long, God, shall the adversary reproach? Shall the enemy blaspheme your name forever?"},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"Why do you draw back your hand, even your right hand? Take it out of your pocket and consume them!"},{"verseNumber":12,"text":"Yet God is my King of old, working salvation in the midst of the earth."},{"verseNumber":13,"text":"You divided the sea by your strength. You broke the heads of the sea monsters in the waters."},{"verseNumber":14,"text":"You broke the heads of Leviathan in pieces. You gave him as food to people and desert creatures."},{"verseNumber":15,"text":"You opened up spring and stream. You dried up mighty rivers."},{"verseNumber":16,"text":"The day is yours, the night is also yours. You have prepared the light and the sun."},{"verseNumber":17,"text":"You have set all the boundaries of the earth. You have made summer and winter."},{"verseNumber":18,"text":"Remember this, that the enemy has mocked you, Yahweh. Foolish people have blasphemed your name."},{"verseNumber":19,"text":"Don't deliver the soul of your dove to wild beasts. Don't forget the life of your poor forever."},{"verseNumber":20,"text":"Honor your covenant, for haunts of violence fill the dark places of the earth."},{"verseNumber":21,"text":"Don't let the oppressed return ashamed. Let the poor and needy praise your name."},{"verseNumber":22,"text":"Arise, God! Plead your own cause. Remember how the foolish man mocks you all day."},{"verseNumber":23,"text":"Don't forget the voice of your adversaries. The tumult of those who rise up against you ascends continually. For the Chief Musician. To the tune of |Do Not Destroy.| A Psalm by Asaph. A song."}],"citation":{"inline":"Psalms 74 (WEB)","markdown":"[Psalms 74](https://primebible.com/web/psalms/74)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* WEB. https://primebible.com/web/psalms/74 (accessed 2026-06-10)."}}