Verse 2
Psalms 74:2
Bible in Basic English
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Keep in mind your band of worshippers, for whom you gave payment in the days which are past, whom you took for yourself as the people of your heritage; even this mountain of Zion, which has been your resting-place.
Original Language Text
hebrew
זְכֹ֤ר עֲדָתְ/ךָ֨ קָ֘נִ֤יתָ קֶּ֗דֶם גָּ֭אַלְתָּ שֵׁ֣בֶט נַחֲלָתֶ֑/ךָ הַר צִ֝יּ֗וֹן זֶ֤ה שָׁכַ֬נְתָּ בּֽ/וֹ
English Translation
Remember your congregation, which you purchased of old; you redeemed the tribe of your inheritance, the mountain of Zion, where you have dwelt.
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Chapter 74 Context
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<Maschil. Of Asaph.> Of God (Elohim), why have you put us away from you for ever? why is the fire of...
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Keep in mind your band of worshippers, for whom you gave payment in the days which are past, whom yo...
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Go up and see the unending destruction; all the evil which your haters have done in the holy place;
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Sending out their voices like lions among your worshippers; they have put up their signs to be seen.
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They are cutting down, like a man whose blade is lifted up against the thick trees.
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Your doors are broken down with hammers and iron blades.
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They have put on fire your holy place; they have made the place of your name unclean, pulling it dow...
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They have said in their hearts, Let us put an end to them all together; they have given over to the...
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We do not see our signs: there is no longer any prophet, or anyone among us to say how long.
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10
O God (Elohim), how long will those who are against us say cruel things? will the hater go on lookin...
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11
Why are you keeping back your hand, and covering your right hand in your robe?
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12
For from the past God (Elohim) is my King, working salvation in the earth.
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13
The sea was parted in two by your strength; the heads of the great sea-beasts were broken.
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14
The heads of the great snake were crushed by you; you gave them as food to the fishes of the sea.
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15
You made valleys for fountains and springs; you made the ever-flowing rivers dry.
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The day is yours and the night is yours: you made the light and the sun.
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By you all the limits of the earth were fixed; you have made summer and winter.
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Keep this in mind, O Lord, that your haters have said cruel things, and that your name has been look...
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19
O give not the soul of your dove to the hawk; let not the life of the poor go out of your memory for...
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20
Keep in mind your undertaking; for the dark places of the earth are full of pride and cruel acts.
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O let not the crushed be turned back in shame; let the low man and the poor give praise to your name...
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Up! O God (Elohim), be the judge of your cause; keep in mind the bitter things which the man of evil...
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Keep in mind the voice of your haters; the outcry of those who come against you goes up every day.
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