Psalms 74 (NET)

Psalms 74:1¹Why, O God, have you permanently rejected us? Why does your anger burn against the sheep of your pasture?Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Deut 29:20Ps 100:3Ps 79:13John 10:26-30Ezek 34:31Ps 44:9Jer 23:1Jer 31:37Luke 12:32Ps 42:11

Psalms 74:2²Remember your people whom you acquired in ancient times, whom you rescued so they could be your very own nation, as well as Mount Zion, where you dwell.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Jer 10:16Deut 32:9Exod 15:13Exod 15:16Deut 4:20Ps 135:4Ps 78:68-69Acts 20:28Isa 51:11Isa 62:12

Psalms 74:3³Hurry to the permanent ruins, and to all the damage the enemy has done to the temple.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Lam 1:10Dan 9:17Ps 79:1Isa 64:10-11Luke 21:24Mark 11:172 Sam 22:39-43Dan 11:31Dan 8:11-14Dan 9:27

Psalms 74:4⁴Your enemies roar in the middle of your sanctuary; they set up their battle flags.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Lam 2:7Matt 24:152 Chr 36:17Dan 6:27Num 2:2Jer 6:1-5Luke 13:1Luke 21:20Rev 13:6

Psalms 74:5⁵They invade like lumberjacks swinging their axes in a thick forest.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Kgs 5:62 Chr 2:14Jer 46:22-23

Psalms 74:6⁶And now they are tearing down all its engravings with axes and crowbars.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Kgs 6:181 Kgs 6:291 Kgs 6:321 Kgs 6:35

Psalms 74:7⁷They set your sanctuary on fire; they desecrate your dwelling place by knocking it to the ground.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:2 Kgs 25:9Deut 12:5Ezek 24:21Isa 64:11Matt 22:7Ps 89:391 Kgs 8:20Exod 20:24Lam 2:2

Psalms 74:8⁸They say to themselves, “We will oppress all of them.” They burn down all the places in the land where people worship God.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Ps 83:42 Kgs 2:32 Kgs 2:52 Kgs 4:23Esth 3:8-9Matt 4:23Ps 137:72 Chr 17:9

Psalms 74:9⁹We do not see any signs of God’s presence; there are no longer any prophets, and we have no one to tell us how long this will last.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Amos 8:11Ezek 7:261 Sam 3:1Lam 2:9Exod 12:13Exod 13:9-10Ezek 20:12Mic 3:6Heb 2:4Judg 6:17

Psalms 74:10¹⁰How long, O God, will the adversary hurl insults? Will the enemy blaspheme your name forever?Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Ps 89:50-51Rev 6:10Dan 12:6Ps 13:1-2Ps 44:16Ps 79:12Ps 79:4-5Ps 89:46

Psalms 74:11¹¹Why do you remain inactive? Intervene and destroy him.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Lam 2:3Isa 64:12Ps 78:65-66Ps 44:23

Psalms 74:12¹²But God has been my king from ancient times, performing acts of deliverance on the earth.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Isa 33:22Ps 44:4Exod 19:5-61 Sam 19:5Exod 15:2-15Hab 3:12-14Isa 63:8Judg 4:23-24Num 23:21-22

Psalms 74:13¹³You destroyed the sea by your strength; you shattered the heads of the sea monster in the water.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Exod 14:21Ps 78:13Ezek 29:3Isa 51:9-10Ezek 32:2Exod 14:28Isa 11:15-16Neh 9:11Ps 106:8-9Ps 136:13-18

Psalms 74:14¹⁴You crushed the heads of Leviathan; you fed him to the people who live along the coast.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Isa 27:1Job 41:1-34Ps 72:9Ps 104:25-26Job 3:8Num 14:9Exod 12:35-36Exod 14:30Rev 20:2

Psalms 74:15¹⁵You broke open the spring and the stream; you dried up perpetually flowing rivers.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Num 20:11Exod 17:5-6Isa 48:21Josh 3:13-17Ps 105:41Isa 44:27Josh 2:102 Kgs 2:142 Kgs 2:8Exod 14:21-22

Psalms 74:16¹⁶You established the cycle of day and night; you put the moon and sun in place.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Gen 1:3-5Matt 5:45Ps 136:7-9Gen 1:14-18Ps 104:19Ps 19:1-6Ps 8:3

Psalms 74:17¹⁷You set up all the boundaries of the earth; you created the cycle of summer and winter.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Deut 32:8Acts 17:26Acts 14:17Gen 8:22Ps 24:1-2

Psalms 74:18¹⁸Remember how the enemy hurls insults, O Lord, and how a foolish nation blasphemes your name.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Ps 39:8Deut 32:6Rev 16:19Deut 32:27Ezek 20:14Isa 37:23-24Isa 62:6-7Ps 137:7Ps 41:1Ps 74:22

Psalms 74:19¹⁹Do not hand the life of your dove over to a wild animal. Do not continue to disregard the lives of your oppressed people.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Song 2:14Jas 2:5-6Matt 10:16Ps 9:18Isa 60:8Ps 68:10Ps 68:13Ps 72:2Song 4:1Zeph 3:12

Psalms 74:20²⁰Remember your covenant promises, for the dark regions of the earth are full of places where violence rules.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Gen 17:7-8Ps 106:45Heb 8:10Jer 33:20-26Ps 105:8Ps 89:28Ps 89:34-36Deut 12:31Eph 4:17-182 Sam 23:5

Psalms 74:21²¹Do not let the afflicted be turned back in shame. Let the oppressed and poor praise your name.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Ps 12:5Ezra 3:11Ps 103:6Ps 35:10Ps 9:18Isa 45:17Jer 33:11Ps 102:19-21Ps 109:22

Psalms 74:22²²Rise up, O God. Defend your honor. Remember how fools insult you all day long.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Ps 74:18Isa 52:5Ps 53:1Ps 75:4-5Ps 79:9-10Ps 9:19-20Ps 89:50-51

Psalms 74:23²³Do not disregard what your enemies say, or the unceasing shouts of those who defy you.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Isa 37:29Ps 65:7Rev 17:14Jonah 1:2Lam 2:16Ps 10:11-12Ps 13:1Ps 2:1-2Ps 74:4