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Psalms 74:1
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O God, why hast thou cast [us] off for ever? Why doth thine anger smoke against the sheep of thy pasture?
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Psalms 74:2
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Remember thy congregation, which thou hast gotten of old, Which thou hast redeemed to be the tribe of thine inheritance; [And] mount Zion, wherein thou hast dwelt.
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Psalms 74:3
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Lift up thy feet unto the perpetual ruins, All the evil that the enemy hath done in the sanctuary.
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Psalms 74:4
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Thine adversaries have roared in the midst of thine assembly; They have set up their ensigns for signs.
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Psalms 74:5
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They seemed as men that lifted up Axes upon a thicket of trees.
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Psalms 74:6
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And now all the carved work thereof They break down with hatchet and hammers.
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Psalms 74:7
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They have set thy sanctuary on fire; They have profaned the dwelling-place of thy name [by casting it] to the ground.
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Psalms 74:8
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They said in their heart, Let us make havoc of them altogether: They have burned up all the synagogues of God in the land.
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Psalms 74:9
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We see not our signs: There is no more any prophet; Neither is there among us any that knoweth how long.
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Psalms 74:10
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How long, O God, shall the adversary reproach? Shall the enemy blaspheme thy name for ever?
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Psalms 74:11
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Why drawest thou back thy hand, even thy right hand? [Pluck it] out of thy bosom [and] consume [them].
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Psalms 74:12
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Yet God is my King of old, Working salvation in the midst of the earth.
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Psalms 74:13
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Thou didst divide the sea by thy strength: Thou brakest the heads of the sea-monsters in the waters.
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Psalms 74:14
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Thou brakest the heads of leviathan in pieces; Thou gavest him to be food to the people inhabiting the wilderness.
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Psalms 74:15
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Thou didst cleave fountain and flood: Thou driedst up mighty rivers.
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Psalms 74:16
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The day is thine, the night also is thine: Thou hast prepared the light and the sun.
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Psalms 74:17
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Thou hast set all the borders of the earth: Thou hast made summer and winter.
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Psalms 74:18
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Remember this, that the enemy hath reproached, O Jehovah, And that a foolish people hath blasphemed thy name.
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Psalms 74:19
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Oh deliver not the soul of thy turtle-dove unto the wild beast: Forget not the life of thy poor for ever.
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Psalms 74:20
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Have respect unto the covenant; For the dark places of the earth are full of the habitations of violence.
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Psalms 74:21
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Oh let not the oppressed return ashamed: Let the poor and needy praise thy name.
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Psalms 74:22
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Arise, O God, plead thine own cause: Remember how the foolish man reproacheth thee all the day.
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Psalms 74:23
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Forget not the voice of thine adversaries: The tumult of those that rise up against thee ascendeth continually. Psalm 75 For the Chief Musician; [set to] Al-tash-heth. A Psalm of Asaph; a song.
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