Psalm 74 Ut quid, Deus? Tone 8.2
5 They were like men coming up with axes to a grove / of trees; *
they broke down all your carved work with hat- / chets and ham-mers.
6 They set fire to your ho- / ly place; *
they defiled the dwelling-place of your Name and razed / it to the ground.
7 They said to themselves, “Let us destroy them alto- / ge-ther.” *
They burned down all the meeting-places of / God in the land.
8 There are no signs for us to see; there is no pro- /phet left; *
there is not one among us / who knows how long.
9 How long, O God, will the adversa- / ry scoff? *
will the enemy blaspheme your / Name for e-ver?
10 Why do you draw back / your hand? *
why is your right hand hidden / in your bo-som?
11 Yet God is my King from an- / cient times, *
victorious in the / midst of the earth.
12 You divided the sea by / your might *
and shattered the heads of the dragons up- /on the wa-ters;
13 You crushed the heads of Levi- / a-than *
and gave him to the people of the / de-sert for food.
14 You split open spring and / tor-rent; *
you dried up ever- / flow-ing ri-vers.
15 Yours is the day, yours also / the night; *
you established the / moon and the sun.
16 You fixed all the boundaries of / the earth; *
you made both sum- / mer and win-ter.
17 Remember, O Lord, how the enem- / y scoffed, *
how a foolish people / de-spised your Name.
18 Do not hand over the life of your dove to / wild beasts; *
never forget the / lives of your poor.
19 Look upon your cov- / e-nant; *
the dark places of the earth are haunts / of vi-o-lence.
20 Let not the oppressed turn away / a-shamed; *
let the poor and need- /y praise your Name.
21 Arise, O God, maintain / your cause; *
remember how fools revile / you all day long.
22 Forget not the clamor of your adver- / sa-ries, *
the unending tumult of those who rise / up a-gainst you.
Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy / Spir-it: *
as it was in the beginning, is now, and will be for / e-ver. A-men.
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