| Ps 74:1 | The prophet complains of the desolation of the sanctuary. |
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•SHEPHERD, CHRIST AS
•TITLES AND NAMES | ¶ Maschil of Asaph. O God2, why hast thou cast us off for ever? why doth thine anger smoke3 against the sheep4 of thy pasture? |
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Mount Zion | Remember thy congregation, which thou hast purchased5 of old; the rod6 of thine inheritance, which thou hast redeemed7; this mount8 Zion, wherein thou hast dwelt. |
| Ps 74:3 | Lift9 up thy feet unto the perpetual10 desolations; even all11 that the enemy hath done wickedly in the sanctuary. |
| Ps 74:4 | Thine12 enemies roar in the midst of thy congregations; they set13 up their ensigns for signs. |
| Ps 74:5 | 14A man was famous according as he had lifted up axes upon the thick trees. |
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•ARTS AND CRAFTS | 15But now they break down the carved work thereof at once with axes and hammers. |
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•TEMPLES | They have cast fire into thy sanctuary16, they have defiled17 by casting down the dwelling18 place of thy name to the ground. |
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•ISRAEL-THE JEWS | They said19 in their hearts, Let us destroy20 them together: they have burned up all the synagogues of God in the land. |
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•LEADERS, RELIGIOUS
•POVERTY-RICHES | We see21 not our signs: there is no more22 any prophet: neither is there among us any that knoweth how long. |
| Ps 74:10 | He moves God to help in consideration of his power; |
| Ps 74:10 | ¶23O God, how long shall the adversary reproach? shall the enemy blaspheme thy name for ever? |
| Ps 74:11 | Why withdrawest24 thou thy hand, even thy right hand? pluck it out25 of thy bosom. |
| Ps 74:12 | ¶ For God26 is my King of old, working27 salvation in the midst of the earth. |
| Ps 74:13 | Thou didst divide28 the sea by thy strength: thou brakest29 the heads of the dragons30 in the waters. |
| Ps 74:14 | Thou brakest the heads of leviathan31 in pieces, and gavest him to be meat32 to the people inhabiting the wilderness. |
| Ps 74:15 | Thou didst cleave33 the fountain and the flood34: thou driedst up mighty rivers35. |
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•DAY | The day36 is thine, the night also is thine: thou hast prepared37 the light and the sun. |
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•SUMMER | Thou hast set38 all the borders of the earth: thou hast made summer39 and winter. |
| Ps 74:18 | of his reproachful enemies, of his children, and of his covenant. |
| Ps 74:18 | ¶ Remember40 this, that the enemy hath reproached, O LORD, and that the foolish41 people have blasphemed thy name. |
| Ps 74:19 | O deliver not the soul of thy turtledove42 unto the multitude of the wicked: forget43 not the congregation of thy poor for ever. |
| Ps 74:20 | ¶ Have44 respect unto the covenant: for the dark45 places of the earth are full of the habitations46 of cruelty. |
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•POOR AND NEEDY | O let not47 the oppressed return ashamed: let the poor48 and needy praise thy name. |
| Ps 74:22 | Arise49, O God, plead thine own cause: remember50 how the foolish man reproacheth thee daily. |
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•ENEMIES | Forget51 not the voice of thine enemies: the tumult52 of those that rise up against thee increaseth53 continually. |
