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Psalms 74

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1Maschil of Asaph. O God, why hast thou cast us off for ever? why doth thine anger smoke against the sheep of thy pasture?

2Remember thy congregation, which thou hast purchased of old; the rod of thine inheritance, which thou hast redeemed; this mount Zion, wherein thou hast dwelt.

3Lift up thy feet unto the perpetual desolations; even all that the enemy hath done wickedly in the sanctuary.

4Thine enemies roar in the midst of thy congregations; they set up their ensigns for signs.

5A man was famous according as he had lifted up axes upon the thick trees.

6But now they break down the carved work thereof at once with axes and hammers.

7They have cast fire into thy sanctuary, they have defiled by casting down the dwelling place of thy name to the ground.

8They said in their hearts, Let us destroy them together: they have burned up all the synagogues of God in the land.

9We see not our signs: there is no more any prophet: neither is there among us any that knoweth how long.

10O God, how long shall the adversary reproach? shall the enemy blaspheme thy name for ever?

11Why withdrawest thou thy hand, even thy right hand? pluck it out of thy bosom.

12For God is my King of old, working salvation in the midst of the earth.

13Thou didst divide the sea by thy strength: thou brakest the heads of the dragons in the waters.

14Thou brakest the heads of leviathan in pieces, and gavest him to be meat to the people inhabiting the wilderness.

15Thou didst cleave the fountain and the flood: thou driedst up mighty rivers.

16The day is thine, the night also is thine: thou hast prepared the light and the sun.

17Thou hast set all the borders of the earth: thou hast made summer and winter.

18Remember this, that the enemy hath reproached, O LORD, and that the foolish people have blasphemed thy name.

19O deliver not the soul of thy turtledove unto the multitude of the wicked: forget not the congregation of thy poor for ever.

20Have respect unto the covenant: for the dark places of the earth are full of the habitations of cruelty.

21O let not the oppressed return ashamed: let the poor and needy praise thy name.

22Arise, O God, plead thine own cause: remember how the foolish man reproacheth thee daily.

23Forget not the voice of thine enemies: the tumult of those that rise up against thee increaseth continually.

Words in this chapter

Definitions are Strong's own wording from his Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Counts are how often each word appears in this chapter, from the tagged text.

  • אַתָּהʼattâhH8597× in this chapter

    thou and thee, or (plural) ye and you

  • אֶרֶץʼeretsH7765× in this chapter

    the earth (at large, or partitively a land)

  • כֹּלkôlH36054× in this chapter

    properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)

  • אַלʼalH4084× in this chapter

    not (the qualified negation, used as a deprecative); once (Job 24:25) as a noun, nothing

  • אֱלֹהִיםʼĕlôhîymH4304× in this chapter

    gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme God; occasionally applied by way of deference to magistrates; and sometimes as a superlative

  • נֶצַחnetsachH53314× in this chapter

    properly, a goal, i.e. the bright object at adistance travelled towards; hence (figuratively), splendor, or (subjectively) truthfulness, or (objectively) confidence; but usually (adverbially), continually (i.e. to the most distant point of view)

  • שֵׁםshêmH80344× in this chapter

    an appellation, as amark or memorial of individuality; by implication honor, authority, character

  • זָכַרzâkarH21423× in this chapter

    properly, to mark (so as to be recognized), i.e. to remember; by implication, to mention; to be male

  • אוֹתʼôwthH2263× in this chapter

    a signal (literally or figuratively), as aflag, beacon, monument, omen, prodigy, evidence, etc.

  • אֹיֵבʼôyêbH3413× in this chapter

    hating; an adversary

  • מָהmâhH41003× in this chapter

    properly, interrogative what? (including how? why? when?); but also exclamation, what! (including how!), or indefinitely what (including whatever, and even relatively, that which); often used with prefixes in various adverbial or conjunctive senses

  • קֶרֶבqerebH71303× in this chapter

    properly, the nearest part, i.e. the center, whether literal, figurative or adverbial (especially with preposition)

  • חַיchayH24162× in this chapter

    alive; hence, raw (flesh); fresh (plant, water, year), strong; also (as noun, especially in the feminine singular and masculine plural) life (or living thing), whether literally or figuratively

  • חָרַףchâraphH27782× in this chapter

    to pull off, i.e. (by implication) to expose (as by stripping); specifically, to betroth (as if a surrender); figuratively, to carp at, i.e. defame; to spend the winter

  • יָדַעyâdaʻH30452× in this chapter

    to know (properly, to ascertain by seeing); used in a great variety of senses, figuratively, literally, euphemistically and inferentially (including observation, care, recognition; and causatively, instruction, designation, punishment, etc.)

  • יוֹםyôwmH31172× in this chapter

    a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an associated term), (often used adverb)

  • יַחַדyachadH31622× in this chapter

    properly, a unit, i.e. (adverb) unitedly

  • לֹאlôʼH38082× in this chapter

    not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles

  • מוֹעֵדmôwʻêdH41502× in this chapter

    properly, an appointment, i.e. a fixed time or season; specifically, a festival; conventionally ayear; by implication, an assembly (as convened for a definite purpose); technically the congregation; by extension, the place of meeting; also a signal (as appointed beforehand)

  • נָאַץnâʼatsH50062× in this chapter

    to scorn;

  • נָבָלnâbâlH50362× in this chapter

    stupid; wicked (especially impious)

  • נָתַןnâthanH54142× in this chapter

    to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)

  • עַדʻadH57042× in this chapter

    as far (or long, or much) as, whether of space (even unto) or time (during, while, until) or degree (equally with)

  • עַםʻamH59712× in this chapter

    a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of Israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock

  • עָנִיʻânîyH60412× in this chapter

    depressed, in mind or circumstances

  • צָרַרtsârarH68872× in this chapter

    to cramp, literally or figuratively, transitive or intransitive

  • קֶדֶםqedemH69242× in this chapter

    the front, of place (absolutely, the fore part, relatively the East) or time (antiquity); often used adverbially (before, anciently, eastward)

  • קוּםqûwmH69652× in this chapter

    to rise (in various applications, literal, figurative, intensive and causative)

  • רֹאשׁrôʼshH72182× in this chapter

    the head (as most easily shaken), whether literal or figurative (in many applications, of place, time, rank, itc.)

  • שׁוּבshûwbH77252× in this chapter

    to turn back (hence, away) transitively or intransitively, literally or figuratively (not necessarily with the idea of return to the starting point); generally to retreat; often adverbial, again

  • שָׁכַחshâkachH79112× in this chapter

    to mislay, i.e. to be oblivious of, from want of memory or attention

  • בָּקַעbâqaʻH12341× in this chapter

    to cleave; generally, to rend, break, rip or open

  • בְּרִיתbᵉrîythH12851× in this chapter

    a compact (because made by passing between pieces of flesh)

  • גָּאַלgâʼalH13501× in this chapter

    to be the next of kin (and as such to buy back a relative's property, marry his widow, etc.)

  • גְּבוּלָהgᵉbûwlâhH13671× in this chapter

    a boundary, region

  • דַּךְdakH17901× in this chapter

    crushed, i.e. (figuratively) injured

  • הָלַלhâlalH19841× in this chapter

    to be clear (orig. of sound, but usually of color); to shine; hence, to make ashow, to boast; and thus to be (clamorously) foolish; to rave; causatively, to celebrate; also to stultify

  • הָלַםhâlamH19861× in this chapter

    to strike down; by implication, to hammer, stamp, conquer, disband

  • הַרharH20221× in this chapter

    a mountain or range of hills (sometimes used figuratively)

  • זֹאתzôʼthH20631× in this chapter

    this (often used adverb)

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