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Psalms 74

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Part of Book III📖 Psalms introduction

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1O God, why have you rejected us so long? Why is your anger so intense against the sheep of your own pasture? ✦ 2Remember that we are the people you chose long ago, the tribe you redeemed as your own special possession! And remember Jerusalem, your home here on earth. ✦ 3Walk through the awful ruins of the city; see how the enemy has destroyed your sanctuary. ✦ 4There your enemies shouted their victorious battle cries; there they set up their battle standards. ✦ 5They swung their axes like woodcutters in a forest. ✦ 6With axes and picks, they smashed the carved paneling. ✦ 7They burned your sanctuary to the ground. They defiled the place that bears your name. ✦ 8Then they thought, “Let’s destroy everything!” So they burned down all the places where God was worshiped. ✦ 9We no longer see your miraculous signs. All the prophets are gone, and no one can tell us when it will end. ✦ 10How long, O God, will you allow our enemies to insult you? Will you let them dishonor your name forever? ✦ 11Why do you hold back your strong right hand? Unleash your powerful fist and destroy them. ✦ 12You, O God, are my king from ages past, bringing salvation to the earth. ✦ 13You split the sea by your strength and smashed the heads of the sea monsters. ✦ 14You crushed the heads of Leviathan and let the desert animals eat him. ✦ 15You caused the springs and streams to gush forth, and you dried up rivers that never run dry. ✦ 16Both day and night belong to you; you made the starlight and the sun. ✦ 17You set the boundaries of the earth, and you made both summer and winter. ✦ 18See how these enemies insult you, Lord. A foolish nation has dishonored your name. ✦ 19Don’t let these wild beasts destroy your turtledoves. Don’t forget your suffering people forever. ✦ 20Remember your covenant promises, for the land is full of darkness and violence! ✦ 21Don’t let the downtrodden be humiliated again. Instead, let the poor and needy praise your name. ✦ 22Arise, O God, and defend your cause. Remember how these fools insult you all day long. ✦ 23Don’t overlook what your enemies have said or their growing uproar. ✦

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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.

  • ★ Start hereCommentaryPsalms (Tyndale OT Commentaries)Derek Kidner · Paid · evangelical

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

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  • SermonChuck Smith — C2000 SeriesChuck Smith · Free · evangelical

    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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