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\c 74
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\d A psalm written by Asaph
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\q1
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\v 1 God, why have you abandoned us?
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\q2 Will you keep rejecting us forever?
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\q1 Why are you angry with us
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\q2 since we are like sheep in your pasture and you are like our shepherd?
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\q1
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\v 2 Do not forget your people whom you chose long ago,
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\q2 the people whom you freed from being slaves in Egypt and caused to become your tribe.
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\q1 Do not forget Jerusalem, which is your home on this earth.
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\q1
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\v 3 Walk along and see where everything has been totally ruined;
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\q2 our enemies have destroyed everything in the sacred temple.
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\v 4 Your enemies shouted triumphantly in this sacred place;
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\q1 they erected their banners to show they had defeated us.
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\v 5 They cut down all the engraved objects in the temple as woodsmen cut down trees.
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\v 6 Then they smashed all the carved wood with their axes and hammers.
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\v 7 Then they burned your temple to the ground;
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\q2 they caused that place where you were worshiped to be unfit for people to worship in.
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\v 8 They said to themselves, "We will destroy the Israelites completely,"
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\q2 and they also burned down all the other places where we gathered to worship you.
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\q1
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\v 9 All our sacred symbols are gone;
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\q2 there are no prophets now,
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\q2 and no one knows how long this situation will continue.
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\v 10 God, how long will our enemies make fun of you?
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\q1 Will they insult you?
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\v 11 Why do you refuse to help us?
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\q2 Why do you keep your hand inside your cloak instead of using it to destroy our enemies?
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\v 12 God, you have been our king during all the years since we came out of Egypt,
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\q1 and you have enabled us to defeat our enemies in the land of Israel.
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\v 13 By your power you caused the sea to divide;
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\q2 it was as though you had smashed the heads of the rulers of Egypt who were like huge sea dragons.
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\v 14 It was as though you crushed the head of the king of Egypt
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\q2 and gave his body to the animals in the desert to eat.
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\v 15 You caused springs and streams to flow,
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\q2 and you also dried up rivers that had never dried up previously.
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\v 16 You created the days and the nights,
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\q2 and you put the sun and the moon in their places.
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\v 17 You determined where the oceans end and the land begins,
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\q2 and you created the summer season and the winter season.
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\v 18 Yahweh, do not forget that your enemies laugh at you
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\q1 and that it is foolish people who despise you.
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\v 19 Do not abandon your helpless people into the hands of their cruel enemies;
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\q1 do not forget your suffering people.
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\v 20 Continue thinking about the covenant that you made with us;
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\q2 remember that there are violent people in every dark place on the earth.
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\v 21 Do not allow your oppressed people to be disgraced;
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\q2 help those poor and needy people in order that they will again praise you.
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\v 22 God, arise and defend yourself by defending your people!
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\q1 Do not forget that foolish people laugh at you all during the day!
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\v 23 Do not forget that your enemies shout angrily at you;
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\q2 the uproar that they make while they oppose you never stops.
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