Psalm 73 — The Holy Bible

Of understanding; for Asaph.

O God, why have You rejected us to the end?

Why has Your anger raged against the sheep of Your pasture?

Remember Your congregation You acquired from the beginning,

That You redeemed the rod of Your inheritance,

This Mount Zion, where You encamped.

Lift up Your hands against their arrogance to the end,

Against everything the enemy prostituted in Your holy places.

Those who hate You boasted in the midst of Your feast;

They set up their signs, yes signs, and they did not know.

As into an entrance hall,

As in a thicket of trees, they cut down its doors with axes;

With battle axes and hammers, they broke it down.

They burned down Your sanctuary;

They defiled the tabernacle of Your name to the ground.

Their kindred said in their heart together,

“Come, let us abolish all the feasts of God from the earth.”

We do not see our signs;

There is no longer any prophet, and He will no longer know us.

How long, O God, will the enemy reproach?

Will the adversary provoke Your name to the end?

Why do You turn away Your hand,

Your right hand from the midst of Your breast to the end?

But God is our King before the ages;

He worked salvation in the midst of the earth.

You strengthened the sea by Your power;

You crushed the heads of dragons upon the water.

You shattered the heads of the dragon;

You gave him as food for the Ethiopian peoples.

You broke apart fountains and torrents;

You dried up the rivers of Etham.

The day is Yours, and the night is Yours;

You created the light and the sun.

You made all the boundaries of the earth;

Summer and winter, You formed these things.

Remember this: the enemy insulted the Lord,

And a foolish people provoked Your name.

May You not deliver to wild beasts the soul who gives thanks to You;

May You not forget the souls of Your poor to the end.

Look upon Your covenant,

For the dark places of the earth are filled with the houses of lawlessness.

Let not the humbled and the disgraced be turned away;

The poor and needy shall praise Your name.

Arise, O God, judge Your cause;

Remember the insults against You by the foolish man all the day long.

Do not forget the voice of Your suppliants;

The arrogance of those who hate You rises against You continually.