--- title: Psalms 74 — the Tanakh in Hebrew, Aramaic and English, with trees description: Psalms chapter 74 of the Tanakh (Ketuvim — the Writings) in Hebrew, Aramaic (the Targum) and English (JPS 1917), every verse with its syntax tree and pragmatics. It begins: Maschil of Asaph. Why, O God, hast Thou cast us off for ever? 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Why doth Thine anger smoke against the flock of Thy pasture? - [74:2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.74.2/) — זְכֹר עֲדָתְךָ ׀ קָנִיתָ קֶּדֶם גָּאַלְתָּ שֵׁבֶט נַחֲלָתֶךָ הַר־צִיּוֹן זֶה ׀ שָׁכַנְתָּ בּֽוֹ׃ — 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. - [74:3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.74.3/) — הָרִימָה פְעָמֶיךָ לְמַשֻּׁאוֹת נֶצַח כָּל־הֵרַע אוֹיֵב בַּקֹּֽדֶשׁ׃ — Lift up Thy steps because of the perpetual ruins, even all the evil that the enemy hath done in the sanctuary. - [74:4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.74.4/) — שָׁאֲגוּ צֹרְרֶיךָ בְּקֶרֶב מוֹעֲדֶךָ שָׂמוּ אוֹתֹתָם אֹתֽוֹת׃ — Thine adversaries have roared in the midst of Thy meeting-place; they have set up their own signs for signs. - [74:5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.74.5/) — יִוָּדַע כְּמֵבִיא לְמָעְלָה בִּֽסֲבָךְ־עֵץ קַרְדֻּמּֽוֹת׃ — It seemed as when men wield upwards axes in a thicket of trees. - [74:6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.74.6/) — וְעַתָּה פִּתּוּחֶיהָ יָּחַד בְּכַשִּׁיל וְכֵֽילַפֹּת יַהֲלֹמֽוּן׃ — And now all the carved work thereof together they strike down with hatchet and hammers. - [74:7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.74.7/) — שִׁלְחוּ בָאֵשׁ מִקְדָּשֶׁךָ לָאָרֶץ חִלְּלוּ מִֽשְׁכַּן־שְׁמֶֽךָ׃ — They have set Thy sanctuary on fire; they have profaned the dwelling-place of Thy name even to the ground. - [74:8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.74.8/) — אָמְרוּ בְלִבָּם נִינָם יָחַד שָׂרְפוּ כָל־מוֹעֲדֵי־אֵל בָּאָֽרֶץ׃ — They said in their heart: 'Let us make havoc of them altogether'; they have burned up all the meeting-places of God in the land. - [74:9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.74.9/) — אֽוֹתֹתֵינוּ לֹא רָאִינוּ אֵֽין־עוֹד נָבִיא וְלֹֽא־אִתָּנוּ יֹדֵעַ עַד־מָֽה׃ — We see not our signs; there is no more any prophet; neither is there among us any that knoweth how long. - [74:10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.74.10/) — עַד־מָתַי אֱלֹהִים יְחָרֶף צָר יְנָאֵץ אוֹיֵב שִׁמְךָ לָנֶֽצַח׃ — How long, O God, shall the adversary reproach? Shall the enemy blaspheme Thy name for ever? - [74:11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.74.11/) — לָמָּה תָשִׁיב יָדְךָ וִֽימִינֶךָ מִקֶּרֶב חֵֽיקְךָ כַלֵּֽה׃ — Why withdrawest Thou Thy hand, even Thy right hand? Draw it out of Thy bosom and consume them. - [74:12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.74.12/) — וֵאלֹהִים מַלְכִּי מִקֶּדֶם פֹּעֵל יְשׁוּעוֹת בְּקֶרֶב הָאָֽרֶץ׃ — Yet God is my King of old, working salvation in the midst of the earth. - [74:13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.74.13/) — אַתָּה פוֹרַרְתָּ בְעָזְּךָ יָם שִׁבַּרְתָּ רָאשֵׁי תַנִּינִים עַל־הַמָּֽיִם׃ — Thou didst break the sea in pieces by Thy strength; Thou didst shatter the heads of the sea-monsters in the waters. - [74:14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.74.14/) — אַתָּה רִצַּצְתָּ רָאשֵׁי לִוְיָתָן תִּתְּנֶנּוּ מַאֲכָל לְעָם לְצִיִּֽים׃ — Thou didst crush the heads of leviathan, Thou gavest him to be food to the folk inhabiting the wilderness. - [74:15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.74.15/) — אַתָּה בָקַעְתָּ מַעְיָן וָנָחַל אַתָּה הוֹבַשְׁתָּ נַהֲרוֹת אֵיתָֽן׃ — Thou didst cleave fountain and brook; Thou driedst up ever-flowing rivers. - [74:16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.74.16/) — לְךָ יוֹם אַף־לְךָ לָיְלָה אַתָּה הֲכִינוֹתָ מָאוֹר וָשָֽׁמֶשׁ׃ — Thine is the day, Thine also the night; Thou hast established luminary and sun. - [74:17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.74.17/) — אַתָּה הִצַּבְתָּ כָּל־גְּבוּלוֹת אָרֶץ קַיִץ וָחֹרֶף אַתָּה יְצַרְתָּם׃ — Thou hast set all the borders of the earth; Thou hast made summer and winter. - [74:18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.74.18/) — זְכָר־זֹאת אוֹיֵב חֵרֵף ׀ יְהוָה וְעַם נָבָל נִֽאֲצוּ שְׁמֶֽךָ׃ — Remember this, how the enemy hath reproached the LORD, and how a base people have blasphemed Thy name. - [74:19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.74.19/) — אַל־תִּתֵּן לְחַיַּת נֶפֶשׁ תּוֹרֶךָ חַיַּת עֲנִיֶּיךָ אַל־תִּשְׁכַּח לָנֶֽצַח׃ — O deliver not the soul of Thy turtle-dove unto the wild beast; forget not the life of Thy poor for ever. - [74:20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.74.20/) — הַבֵּט לַבְּרִית כִּי מָלְאוּ מַחֲשַׁכֵּי־אֶרֶץ נְאוֹת חָמָֽס׃ — Look upon the covenant; for the dark places of the land are full of the habitations of violence. - [74:21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.74.21/) — אַל־יָשֹׁב דַּךְ נִכְלָם עָנִי וְאֶבְיוֹן יְֽהַלְלוּ שְׁמֶֽךָ׃ — O let not the oppressed turn back in confusion; let the poor and needy praise Thy name. - [74:22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.74.22/) — קוּמָה אֱלֹהִים רִיבָה רִיבֶךָ זְכֹר חֶרְפָּתְךָ מִנִּי־נָבָל כָּל־הַיּֽוֹם׃ — Arise, O God, plead Thine own cause; remember Thy reproach all the day at the hand of the base man. - [74:23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.74.23/) — אַל־תִּשְׁכַּח קוֹל צֹרְרֶיךָ שְׁאוֹן קָמֶיךָ עֹלֶה תָמִֽיד׃ — Forget not the voice of Thine adversaries, the tumult of those that rise up against Thee which ascendeth continually. - ← previous: [Psalms 73](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA/73/) - next →: [Psalms 75](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA/75/) - ↑ back to [Psalms](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA/)