74:1
A Maschil [engraving] of Asaph
Why, God do you reject forever.
Your anger smokes/fumes among the flock of your pasture.
74:2
Remember your congregation you bought previously
You redeemed the tribe of your inheritance.
This mount Zion, you dwell in it.
74:3
Raise the soul of your foot to ruins forever
Everything an enemy damaged in the holy place.
74:4
Your rivals roar in the midst of your appointed time
Their signs set signs.
74:5
He was made known like one coming for a treacherous act
Axes among a thicket of trees.
74:6
And now her engraving together with an axe and axes they strike.
74:7
They send with fire from your hold place to the earth
They pollute the dwelling of your name.
74:8
They say in their heart, “We will oppress them together.
The inflame/burn all the meetings places of God on the earth/land.
74:9
They do not see our signs
There is not yet/still a prophet
And there is not with us knowledge,
Why?
74:10
How long O God.
A foe reproaches.
An enemy spurns
Your name forever?
74:11
Why do you keep back your hand and your right hand from the midst of your bosom.
Finish!/Stop!/Enough!.
74:12
And God my king from before is doing salvations from the midst of the earth.
74:13
You divide with your strength the sea
You shatter the heads of Taninim [sea monster] upon the waters.
74:14
You crush heads of Leviathan [sea monster]
You give them food to the people of the desert.
74:15
You split a spring and a gully/wadi,
You make dry permanent rivers.
74:16
To you a day
Anger to you a night
You prepare a light and the sun.
74:17
You cause to stand all the boundaries of the earth,
Summer and autumn (harvest), you form them.
74:18
Remember this.
Yahweh rebukes an enemy
And foolish people spurn your name.
74:19
Do not give to the living things the life/soul of your dove.
The life of your poor do not forget forever.
74:20
Look to the covenant, for they fill the dark places of the earth, abodes of violence
74:21
Do not return oppressed those who humiliate them,
The afflicted and the poor will praise your name.
74:22
Rise up O God,
Sue your suit.
Remember your reproach from the foolish all the day.
74:23
Do not forget the voice of your foes
The roar of your rising going up continually.