Psalms 74 - Compare Translations
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Psalms 74:1
KJVO God, why hast thou cast us off for ever? why doth thine anger smoke against the sheep of thy pasture?
WEBGod, why have you rejected us forever?
YLTAn Instruction of Asaph. Why, O God, hast Thou cast off for ever? Thine anger smoketh against the flock of Thy pasture.
Psalms 74:2
KJVRemember thy congregation, which thou hast purchased of old; the rod of thine inheritance, which thou hast redeemed; this mount Zion, wherein thou hast dwelt.
WEBRemember your congregation, which you purchased of old,
YLTRemember Thy company. Thou didst purchase of old, Thou didst redeem the rod of Thy inheritance, This mount Zion -- Thou didst dwell in it.
Psalms 74:3
KJVLift up thy feet unto the perpetual desolations; even all that the enemy hath done wickedly in the sanctuary.
WEBLift up your feet to the perpetual ruins,
YLTLift up Thy steps to the perpetual desolations, Everything the enemy did wickedly in the sanctuary.
Psalms 74:4
KJVThine enemies roar in the midst of thy congregations; they set up their ensigns for signs.
WEBYour adversaries have roared in the middle of your assembly.
YLTRoared have thine adversaries, In the midst of Thy meeting-places, They have set their ensigns as ensigns.
Psalms 74:5
KJVA man was famous according as he had lifted up axes upon the thick trees.
WEBThey behaved like men wielding axes,
YLTHe is known as one bringing in on high Against a thicket of wood -- axes.
Psalms 74:6
KJVBut now they break down the carved work thereof at once with axes and hammers.
WEBNow they break all its carved work down with hatchet and hammers.
YLTAnd now, its carvings together With axe and hatchet they break down,
Psalms 74:7
KJVThey have cast fire into thy sanctuary, they have defiled by casting down the dwelling place of thy name to the ground.
WEBThey have burned your sanctuary to the ground.
YLTThey have sent into fire Thy sanctuary, to the earth they polluted the tabernacle of Thy name,
Psalms 74:8
KJVThey said in their hearts, Let us destroy them together: they have burned up all the synagogues of God in the land.
WEBThey said in their heart, “We will crush them completely.”
YLTThey said in their hearts, `Let us oppress them together,' They did burn all the meeting-places of God in the land.
Psalms 74:9
KJVWe see not our signs: there is no more any prophet: neither is there among us any that knoweth how long.
WEBWe see no miraculous signs.
YLTOur ensigns we have not seen, There is no more a prophet, Nor with us is one knowing how long.
Psalms 74:10
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Psalms 74:11
KJVWhy withdrawest thou thy hand, even thy right hand? pluck it out of thy bosom.
WEBWhy do you draw back your hand, even your right hand?
YLTWhy dost Thou turn back Thy hand, Even Thy right hand? From the midst of Thy bosom remove [it].
Psalms 74:12
KJVFor God is my King of old, working salvation in the midst of the earth.
WEBYet God is my King of old,
YLTAnd God [is] my king of old, Working salvation in the midst of the earth.
Psalms 74:13
KJVThou didst divide the sea by thy strength: thou brakest the heads of the dragons in the waters.
WEBYou divided the sea by your strength.
YLTThou hast broken by Thy strength a sea-[monster], Thou hast shivered Heads of dragons by the waters,
Psalms 74:14
KJVThou brakest the heads of leviathan in pieces, and gavest him to be meat to the people inhabiting the wilderness.
WEBYou broke the heads of Leviathan in pieces.
YLTThou hast broken the heads of leviathan, Thou makest him food, For the people of the dry places.
Psalms 74:15
KJVThou didst cleave the fountain and the flood: thou driedst up mighty rivers.
WEBYou opened up spring and stream.
YLTThou hast cleaved a fountain and a stream, Thou hast dried up perennial flowings.
Psalms 74:16
KJVThe day is thine, the night also is thine: thou hast prepared the light and the sun.
WEBThe day is yours, the night is also yours.
YLTThine [is] the day, also Thine [is] the night, Thou hast prepared a light giver -- the sun.
Psalms 74:17
KJVThou hast set all the borders of the earth: thou hast made summer and winter.
WEBYou have set all the boundaries of the earth.
YLTThou hast set up all the borders of earth, Summer and winter Thou hast formed them.
Psalms 74:18
KJVRemember this, that the enemy hath reproached, O Lord, and that the foolish people have blasphemed thy name.
WEBRemember this, that the enemy has mocked you, Yahweh.
YLTRemember this -- an enemy reproached Jehovah, And a foolish people have despised Thy name.
Psalms 74:19
KJVO deliver not the soul of thy turtledove unto the multitude of the wicked: forget not the congregation of thy poor for ever.
WEBDon’t deliver the soul of your dove to wild beasts.
YLTGive not up to a company, The soul of Thy turtle-dove, The company of Thy poor ones forget not for ever.
Psalms 74:20
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Psalms 74:21
KJVO let not the oppressed return ashamed: let the poor and needy praise thy name.
WEBDon’t let the oppressed return ashamed.
YLTLet not the oppressed turn back ashamed, Let the poor and needy praise Thy name,
Psalms 74:22
KJVArise, O God, plead thine own cause: remember how the foolish man reproacheth thee daily.
WEBArise, God! Plead your own cause.
YLTArise, O God, plead Thy plea, Remember Thy reproach from a fool all the day.
Psalms 74:23
KJVForget not the voice of thine enemies: the tumult of those that rise up against thee increaseth continually.
WEBDon’t forget the voice of your adversaries.
YLTForget not the voice of Thine adversaries, The noise of Thy withstanders is going up continually!
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