{"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/ylt/psalms/74","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-05-27T00:30:17.652Z"},"reference":{"translation":"YLT","book":"Psalms","bookSlug":"psalms","chapter":74,"testament":"OLD"},"navigation":{"previousChapter":73,"nextChapter":75,"totalChapters":150,"totalVerses":23},"verses":[{"verseNumber":1,"text":"An Instruction of Asaph. Why, O God, hast Thou cast off for ever? Thine anger smoketh against the flock of Thy pasture."},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"Remember Thy company. Thou didst purchase of old, Thou didst redeem the rod of Thy inheritance, This mount Zion — Thou didst dwell in it."},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"Lift up Thy steps to the perpetual desolations, Everything the enemy did wickedly in the sanctuary."},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"Roared have thine adversaries, In the midst of Thy meeting-places, They have set their ensigns as ensigns."},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"He is known as one bringing in on high Against a thicket of wood — axes."},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"And now, its carvings together With axe and hatchet they break down,"},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"They have sent into fire Thy sanctuary, to the earth they polluted the tabernacle of Thy name,"},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"They said in their hearts, 'Let us oppress them together,' They did burn all the meeting-places of God in the land."},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"Our ensigns we have not seen, There is no more a prophet, Nor with us is one knowing how long."},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"Till when, O God, doth an adversary reproach? Doth an enemy despise thy name for ever?"},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"Why dost Thou turn back Thy hand, Even Thy right hand? From the midst of Thy bosom remove it."},{"verseNumber":12,"text":"And God is my king of old, Working salvation in the midst of the earth."},{"verseNumber":13,"text":"Thou hast broken by Thy strength a sea -monster, Thou hast shivered Heads of dragons by the waters,"},{"verseNumber":14,"text":"Thou hast broken the heads of leviathan, Thou makest him food, For the people of the dry places."},{"verseNumber":15,"text":"Thou hast cleaved a fountain and a stream, Thou hast dried up perennial flowings."},{"verseNumber":16,"text":"Thine is the day, also Thine is the night, Thou hast prepared a light giver — the sun."},{"verseNumber":17,"text":"Thou hast set up all the borders of earth, Summer and winter Thou hast formed them."},{"verseNumber":18,"text":"Remember this — an enemy reproached Jehovah, And a foolish people have despised Thy name."},{"verseNumber":19,"text":"Give not up to a company, The soul of Thy turtle-dove, The company of Thy poor ones forget not for ever."},{"verseNumber":20,"text":"Look attentively to the covenant, For the dark places of earth, Have been full of habitations of violence."},{"verseNumber":21,"text":"Let not the oppressed turn back ashamed, Let the poor and needy praise Thy name,"},{"verseNumber":22,"text":"Arise, O God, plead Thy plea, Remember Thy reproach from a fool all the day."},{"verseNumber":23,"text":"Forget not the voice of Thine adversaries, The noise of Thy withstanders is going up continually!"}],"citation":{"inline":"Psalms 74 (YLT)","markdown":"[Psalms 74](https://primebible.com/ylt/psalms/74)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* YLT. https://primebible.com/ylt/psalms/74 (accessed 2026-05-27)."}}