Jun 25 - Psalms 74-77
Psalms
1O 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.
1Unto thee, O God, do we give thanks, unto thee do we give thanks: for that thy name is near thy wondrous works declare.2When I shall receive the congregation I will judge uprightly.3The earth and all the inhabitants thereof are dissolved: I bear up the pillars of it. Selah.4I said unto the fools, Deal not foolishly: and to the wicked, Lift not up the horn:5Lift not up your horn on high: speak not with a stiff neck.6For promotion cometh neither from the east, nor from the west, nor from the south.7But God is the judge: he putteth down one, and setteth up another.8For in the hand of the LORD there is a cup, and the wine is red; it is full of mixture; and he poureth out of the same: but the dregs thereof, all the wicked of the earth shall wring them out, and drink them.9But I will declare for ever; I will sing praises to the God of Jacob.10All the horns of the wicked also will I cut off; but the horns of the righteous shall be exalted.
1In Judah is God known: his name is great in Israel.2In Salem also is his tabernacle, and his dwelling place in Zion.3There brake he the arrows of the bow, the shield, and the sword, and the battle. Selah.4Thou art more glorious and excellent than the mountains of prey.5The stouthearted are spoiled, they have slept their sleep: and none of the men of might have found their hands.6At thy rebuke, O God of Jacob, both the chariot and horse are cast into a dead sleep.7Thou, even thou, art to be feared: and who may stand in thy sight when once thou art angry?8Thou didst cause judgment to be heard from heaven; the earth feared, and was still,9When God arose to judgment, to save all the meek of the earth. Selah.10Surely the wrath of man shall praise thee: the remainder of wrath shalt thou restrain.11Vow, and pay unto the LORD your God: let all that be round about him bring presents unto him that ought to be feared.12He shall cut off the spirit of princes: he is terrible to the kings of the earth.
1I cried unto God with my voice, even unto God with my voice; and he gave ear unto me.2In the day of my trouble I sought the Lord: my sore ran in the night, and ceased not: my soul refused to be comforted.3I remembered God, and was troubled: I complained, and my spirit was overwhelmed. Selah.4Thou holdest mine eyes waking: I am so troubled that I cannot speak.5I have considered the days of old, the years of ancient times.6I call to remembrance my song in the night: I commune with mine own heart: and my spirit made diligent search.7Will the Lord cast off for ever? and will he be favourable no more?8Is his mercy clean gone for ever? doth his promise fail for evermore?9Hath God forgotten to be gracious? hath he in anger shut up his tender mercies? Selah.10And I said, This is my infirmity: but I will remember the years of the right hand of the most High.11I will remember the works of the LORD: surely I will remember thy wonders of old.12I will meditate also of all thy work, and talk of thy doings.13Thy way, O God, is in the sanctuary: who is so great a God as our God?14Thou art the God that doest wonders: thou hast declared thy strength among the people.15Thou hast with thine arm redeemed thy people, the sons of Jacob and Joseph. Selah.16The waters saw thee, O God, the waters saw thee; they were afraid: the depths also were troubled.17The clouds poured out water: the skies sent out a sound: thine arrows also went abroad.18The voice of thy thunder was in the heaven: the lightnings lightened the world: the earth trembled and shook.19Thy way is in the sea, and thy path in the great waters, and thy footsteps are not known.20Thou leddest thy people like a flock by the hand of Moses and Aaron.