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		Ps 74:1 O God, why have You rejected us forever? Why does Your anger smoke against the sheep of Your pasture?
		Ps 74:2 Remember Your congregation, which You have purchased of old, Which You have redeemed to be the tribe of Your inheritance; Remember Mount Zion, where You have dwelt.
		Ps 74:3 Turn your footsteps [quickly] toward the perpetual ruins; The enemy has damaged everything within the sanctuary.
		Ps 74:4 In the midst of Your meeting place Your enemies have roared [with their battle cry]; They have set up their own emblems for signs [of victory].
		Ps 74:5 It seems as if one had lifted up An axe in a forest of trees [to set a record of destruction].
		Ps 74:6 And now all the carved work [of the meeting place] They smash with hatchets and hammers.
		Ps 74:7 They have burned Your sanctuary to the ground; They have profaned the dwelling place of Your name.
		Ps 74:8 They said in their heart, "Let us completely subdue them." They have burned all the meeting places of God in the land.
		Ps 74:9 We do not see our symbols; There is no longer any prophet [to guide us], Nor does any among us know for how long.
		Ps 74:10 O God, how long will the adversary scoff? Is the enemy to revile Your name forever?
		Ps 74:11 Why do You withdraw Your hand, even Your right hand [from judging the enemy]? Remove Your hand from Your chest, destroy them!
		Ps 74:12 ¶ Yet God is my King of old, Working salvation in the midst of the earth.
		Ps 74:13 You divided the [Red] Sea by Your strength; You broke the heads of the sea monsters in the waters. [Ex 14:21]
		Ps 74:14 You crushed the heads of Leviathan (Egypt); You gave him as food for the creatures of the wilderness. [Job 41:1]
		Ps 74:15 You broke open fountains and streams; You dried up ever-flowing rivers. [Ex 17:6; Num 20:11; Josh 3:13]
		Ps 74:16 The day is Yours, the night also is Yours; You have established and prepared the [heavenly] light and the sun.
		Ps 74:17 You have defined and established all the borders of the earth [the divisions of land and sea and of the nations]; You have made summer and winter. [Acts 17:26]
		Ps 74:18 ¶ Remember this, O LORD, the enemy has scoffed, And a foolish and impious people has spurned Your name.
		Ps 74:19 Oh, do not hand over the soul of your turtledove to the wild beast; Do not forget the life of Your afflicted forever.
		Ps 74:20 Consider the covenant [You made with Abraham], For the dark places of the land are full of the habitations of violence.
		Ps 74:21 Let not the oppressed return dishonored; Let the afflicted and needy praise Your name.
		Ps 74:22 ¶ Arise, O God, plead Your own cause; Remember how the foolish man scoffs at You all day long.
		Ps 74:23 Do not forget the [clamoring] voices of Your adversaries, The uproar of those who rise against You, which ascends continually [to Your ears]. To the Chief Musician; set to [the tune of] "Do Not Destroy." A Psalm of Asaph. A Song.<SS>

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