# Psalm 74 ## Psalm 74:1 - [KJV] O God, why hast thou cast *us* off for ever? *why* doth thine anger smoke against the sheep of thy pasture? - [ASV] O God, why hast thou cast *us* off for ever? Why doth thine anger smoke against the sheep of thy pasture? - [YLT] Why, O God, hast Thou cast off for ever? Thine anger smoketh against the flock of Thy pasture. ### Notes on Psalm 74:1 - ## Psalm 74:2 - [KJV] Remember thy congregation, *which* thou hast purchased of old; the rod of thine inheritance, *which* thou hast redeemed; this mount Zion, wherein thou hast dwelt. - [ASV] Remember thy congregation, which thou hast gotten of old, Which thou hast redeemed to be the tribe of thine inheritance; *And* mount Zion, wherein thou hast dwelt. - [YLT] Remember Thy company. Thou didst purchase of old, Thou didst redeem the rod of Thy inheritance, This mount Zion -- Thou didst dwell in it. ### Notes on Psalm 74:2 - ## Psalm 74:3 - [KJV] Lift up thy feet unto the perpetual desolations; *even* all *that* the enemy hath done wickedly in the sanctuary. - [ASV] Lift up thy feet unto the perpetual ruins, All the evil that the enemy hath done in the sanctuary. - [YLT] Lift up Thy steps to the perpetual desolations, Everything the enemy did wickedly in the sanctuary. ### Notes on Psalm 74:3 - ## Psalm 74:4 - [KJV] Thine enemies roar in the midst of thy congregations; they set up their ensigns *for* signs. - [ASV] Thine adversaries have roared in the midst of thine assembly; They have set up their ensigns for signs. - [YLT] Roared have thine adversaries, In the midst of Thy meeting-places, They have set their ensigns as ensigns. ### Notes on Psalm 74:4 - ## Psalm 74:5 - [KJV] *A man* was famous according as he had lifted up axes upon the thick trees. - [ASV] They seemed as men that lifted up Axes upon a thicket of trees. - [YLT] He is known as one bringing in on high Against a thicket of wood -- axes. ### Notes on Psalm 74:5 - ## Psalm 74:6 - [KJV] But now they break down the carved work thereof at once with axes and hammers. - [ASV] And now all the carved work thereof They break down with hatchet and hammers. - [YLT] And now, its carvings together With axe and hatchet they break down, ### Notes on Psalm 74:6 - ## Psalm 74:7 - [KJV] They have cast fire into thy sanctuary, they have defiled *by casting down* the dwelling place of thy name to the ground. - [ASV] They have set thy sanctuary on fire; They have profaned the dwelling-place of thy name *by casting it* to the ground. - [YLT] They have sent into fire Thy sanctuary, to the earth they polluted the tabernacle of Thy name, ### Notes on Psalm 74:7 - ## Psalm 74:8 - [KJV] They said in their hearts, Let us destroy them together: they have burned up all the synagogues of God in the land. - [ASV] They said in their heart, Let us make havoc of them altogether: They have burned up all the synagogues of God in the land. - [YLT] They said in their hearts, 'Let us oppress them together,' They did burn all the meeting-places of God in the land. ### Notes on Psalm 74:8 - ## Psalm 74:9 - [KJV] We see not our signs: *there is* no more any prophet: neither *is there* among us any that knoweth how long. - [ASV] We see not our signs: There is no more any prophet; Neither is there among us any that knoweth how long. - [YLT] Our ensigns we have not seen, There is no more a prophet, Nor with us is one knowing how long. ### Notes on Psalm 74:9 - ## Psalm 74:10 - [KJV] O God, how long shall the adversary reproach? shall the enemy blaspheme thy name for ever? - [ASV] How long, O God, shall the adversary reproach? Shall the enemy blaspheme thy name for ever? - [YLT] Till when, O God, doth an adversary reproach? Doth an enemy despise thy name for ever? ### Notes on Psalm 74:10 - ## Psalm 74:11 - [KJV] Why withdrawest thou thy hand, even thy right hand? pluck *it* out of thy bosom. - [ASV] Why drawest thou back thy hand, even thy right hand? *Pluck it* out of thy bosom *and* consume *them*. - [YLT] Why dost Thou turn back Thy hand, Even Thy right hand? From the midst of Thy bosom remove *it*. ### Notes on Psalm 74:11 - ## Psalm 74:12 - [KJV] For God *is* my King of old, working salvation in the midst of the earth. - [ASV] Yet God is my King of old, Working salvation in the midst of the earth. - [YLT] And God *is* my king of old, Working salvation in the midst of the earth. ### Notes on Psalm 74:12 - ## Psalm 74:13 - [KJV] Thou didst divide the sea by thy strength: thou brakest the heads of the dragons in the waters. - [ASV] Thou didst divide the sea by thy strength: Thou brakest the heads of the sea-monsters in the waters. - [YLT] Thou hast broken by Thy strength a sea -*monster*, Thou hast shivered Heads of dragons by the waters, ### Notes on Psalm 74:13 - ## Psalm 74:14 - [KJV] Thou brakest the heads of leviathan in pieces, *and* gavest him *to be* meat to the people inhabiting the wilderness. - [ASV] Thou brakest the heads of leviathan in pieces; Thou gavest him to be food to the people inhabiting the wilderness. - [YLT] Thou hast broken the heads of leviathan, Thou makest him food, For the people of the dry places. ### Notes on Psalm 74:14 - ## Psalm 74:15 - [KJV] Thou didst cleave the fountain and the flood: thou driedst up mighty rivers. - [ASV] Thou didst cleave fountain and flood: Thou driedst up mighty rivers. - [YLT] Thou hast cleaved a fountain and a stream, Thou hast dried up perennial flowings. ### Notes on Psalm 74:15 - ## Psalm 74:16 - [KJV] The day *is* thine, the night also *is* thine: thou hast prepared the light and the sun. - [ASV] The day is thine, the night also is thine: Thou hast prepared the light and the sun. - [YLT] Thine *is* the day, also Thine *is* the night, Thou hast prepared a light giver -- the sun. ### Notes on Psalm 74:16 - ## Psalm 74:17 - [KJV] Thou hast set all the borders of the earth: thou hast made summer and winter. - [ASV] Thou hast set all the borders of the earth: Thou hast made summer and winter. - [YLT] Thou hast set up all the borders of earth, Summer and winter Thou hast formed them. ### Notes on Psalm 74:17 - ## Psalm 74:18 - [KJV] Remember this, *that* the enemy hath reproached, O LORD, and *that* the foolish people have blasphemed thy name. - [ASV] Remember this, that the enemy hath reproached, O Jehovah, And that a foolish people hath blasphemed thy name. - [YLT] Remember this -- an enemy reproached Jehovah, And a foolish people have despised Thy name. ### Notes on Psalm 74:18 - ## Psalm 74:19 - [KJV] O deliver not the soul of thy turtledove unto the multitude *of the wicked*: forget not the congregation of thy poor for ever. - [ASV] Oh deliver not the soul of thy turtle-dove unto the wild beast: Forget not the life of thy poor for ever. - [YLT] Give not up to a company, The soul of Thy turtle-dove, The company of Thy poor ones forget not for ever. ### Notes on Psalm 74:19 - ## Psalm 74:20 - [KJV] Have respect unto the covenant: for the dark places of the earth are full of the habitations of cruelty. - [ASV] Have respect unto the covenant; For the dark places of the earth are full of the habitations of violence. - [YLT] Look attentively to the covenant, For the dark places of earth, Have been full of habitations of violence. ### Notes on Psalm 74:20 - ## Psalm 74:21 - [KJV] O let not the oppressed return ashamed: let the poor and needy praise thy name. - [ASV] Oh let not the oppressed return ashamed: Let the poor and needy praise thy name. - [YLT] Let not the oppressed turn back ashamed, Let the poor and needy praise Thy name, ### Notes on Psalm 74:21 - ## Psalm 74:22 - [KJV] Arise, O God, plead thine own cause: remember how the foolish man reproacheth thee daily. - [ASV] Arise, O God, plead thine own cause: Remember how the foolish man reproacheth thee all the day. - [YLT] Arise, O God, plead Thy plea, Remember Thy reproach from a fool all the day. ### Notes on Psalm 74:22 - ## Psalm 74:23 - [KJV] Forget not the voice of thine enemies: the tumult of those that rise up against thee increaseth continually. - [ASV] Forget not the voice of thine adversaries: The tumult of those that rise up against thee ascendeth continually. - [YLT] Forget not the voice of Thine adversaries, The noise of Thy withstanders is going up continually! ### Notes on Psalm 74:23 -