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Psalms 74

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Part of Book III📖 Psalms introduction

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1God, why have You rejected us forever? Why does Your anger smoke against the sheep of Your pasture? ✦ 2Remember Your congregation, which You purchased of old, Which You have redeemed to be the tribe of Your inheritance; And this Mount Zion, where You have dwelt. ✦ 3Step toward the irreparable ruins; The enemy has damaged everything in the sanctuary. ✦ 4Your adversaries have roared in the midst of Your meeting place; They have set up their own signs as signs. ✦ 5It seems like one bringing up His axe into a forest of trees. ✦ 6And now they break down all its carved work With axe and hammers. ✦ 7They have burned Your sanctuary to the ground; They have defiled the dwelling place of Your name. ✦ 8They said in their heart, “Let’s completely subdue them.” They have burned all the meeting places of God in the land. ✦ 9We do not see our signs; There is no longer any prophet, Nor is there anyone among us who knows how long. ✦ 10How long, God, will the enemy taunt You? Shall the enemy treat Your name disrespectfully forever? ✦ 11Why do You withdraw Your hand, even Your right hand? Extend it from Your chest and destroy them! ✦ 12¶Yet God is my King from long ago, Who performs acts of salvation in the midst of the earth. ✦ 13You divided the sea by Your strength; You broke the heads of the sea monsters in the waters. ✦ 14You crushed the heads of Leviathan; You gave him as food for the creatures of the wilderness. ✦ 15You broke open springs and torrents; You dried up ever-flowing streams. ✦ 16Yours is the day, Yours also is the night; You have prepared the light and the sun. ✦ 17You have established all the boundaries of the earth; You have created summer and winter. ✦ 18¶Remember this, Lord, that the enemy has taunted You, And a foolish people has treated Your name disrespectfully. ✦ 19Do not give the soul of Your turtledove to the wild animal; Do not forget the life of Your afflicted forever. ✦ 20Consider the covenant; For the dark places of the land are full of the places of violence. ✦ 21May the oppressed person not return dishonored; May the afflicted and the needy praise Your name. ✦ 22¶Arise, God, and plead Your own cause; Remember how the foolish person taunts You all day long. ✦ 23Do not forget the voice of Your adversaries, The uproar of those who rise against You, which ascends continually. ✦

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Where this chapter connects

Ps 89 ·8Ps 79 ·6Ps 44 ·6Ps 78 ·5Lam 2 ·5Exod 14 ·4Deut 32 ·42 Kgs 2 ·4

Christ at the center

The Psalms are Christ's own prayer book and a gallery of his portraits — the suffering one of Psalm 22, the risen Lord of Psalm 16, the priest-king of Psalm 110, the Son to whom the nations are given.

How Psalms 74 points to him is part of the one story that runs through all Scripture — meet Jesus at the heart of the web, or follow a trail that traces him from Genesis to Revelation.

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    A clear ~10-minute audio teaching for every one of the Bible's 1,189 chapters — the most systematic free way to study chapter by chapter.

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    Concise, theologically rich, and wonderfully accessible — the best place to start on the Psalms.

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    Free verse-by-verse audio through the entire Bible from the founder of Calvary Chapel.

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  • CommentaryEnduring Word — Psalms 74David Guzik · Lay · Free · evangelical

    Readable, verse-by-verse exposition of the whole chapter.

  • CommentaryMatthew Henry on PsalmsMatthew Henry · Pastoral · Free · evangelical

    The beloved Puritan exposition of this whole book — warm, devotional, and verse by verse (free, CCEL).

  • ReferenceBlue Letter Bible — Psalms 74Blue Letter Bible · Seminary · Free

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