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Psalms 74

1 The faithful complain of the destruction of the Church and true religion, 2 Under the name of Zión, and the Temple destroyed: 11 And trusting in the might and free mercies of God, 20 By his covenant, 21 They require help and succour for the glory of God’s holie Name, for the salvation of his poor afflicted servants, 23 And the confusion of his proud enemies.
1.O God, awhy hast thou put us away for ever? why is thy wrath kindled against the sheep of thy pasture?
2.Think upon thy Congregacion, which thou hast possessed of old, and on the brod of thine inheritance, which thou hast redeemed, and on this mount Zión, wherein thou hast dwelt.
3.Lift up thy ^strokes, that thou maiest for ever destroy every enemy that doeth evil to the Sanctuary.
4.Thine adversaries roar in the middes of thy Congregacion, and cset up their banners for signs.
5.He that dlifted the axes upon the thick trees, was renoumed, as one, that brought a thing to perfection:
6.But now they break down the carved work thereof with axes and hammers.
7.They have cast thy Sanctuary into the fire, and razed it to the ground, and have defiled the dwelling place of thy Name.
8.They said in their ehearts, Let us destroy them altogether: they have burnt all the Synagogues of God in the land.
9.We see not our signs: there is not one Prophet more, nor any with us that knoweth fhow long.
10.O God, how long shal the adversary reproach thee? shall the enemy blaspheme thy Name for ever?
11.Why withdrawest thou thine hand, even thy right hand? draw it out of thy bosom, and gconsume them.
12.Even God is my King of old, working salvation hin the middes of the earth.
13.Thou didest divide the Sea by thy power: thou brakest the heads of the idragons in the waters.
14.Thou brakest the head of kLiviathán in pieces, and gavest him to be lmeat for the people in wilderness.
15.Thou brakest up the fountain and river: thou dryedst up mightie rivers.
16.The mday is thine, and the night is thine: thou hast prepared the light and the sun.
17.Thou hast set all the borders of the earth: thou hast made somer and winter.
18.Remember this, that the enemie hath reproached the Lord, and the foolish people hath blasphemed thy Name.
19.Give not the soul of thy nturtle dove unto the beast, and forget not the Congregacion of thy poor for ever.
20.Consider thy covenant: for othe dark places of the earth are full of the habitations of the cruel.
21.Oh let not the oppressed return ashamed, but let the poor and needy praise thy Name.
22.Arise, ô God: maintain thine pown cause: remember thy daily reproach by the foolish man.
23.Forget not the voyce of thine enemies: for the tumult of them, that rise against thee, ^ascendeth continually.

Notes

1-a.
The Church of God being oppressed by the tyranny either of the Babylonians, or of Antiochus, prays to God by whose hand this yoke was laid upon them for their sins.
1-b.
He declares how the faithful shall ever have just occasion to praise God, forasmuch as in their need they shall feel his power at hand to help them.
2-b.
Which inheritance you have measured out for yourself as with a line or rod.
2-c.
When I see my time (says God) to help your miseries, I will come and set all things in good order.
3-^.
Or, feet.
3-d.
Though all things be brought to ruin, yet I can restore and preserve them.
4-c.
They have destroyed your true religion and spread their banners in sign of defiance.
5-d.
He commended the Temple for the costly matter, the excellent workmanship and beauty thereof which notwithstanding the enemies did destroy.
5-e.
The Prophet warns the wicked that they would not set themselves against God’s people, seeing that God at his time destroys them that rule wickedly.
8-e.
They encouraged one another to cruelty, that not only God’s people might be destroyed, but also his religion utterly in all places suppressed.
8-f.
God’s wrath is compared to a cup of strong and delicate wine, wherewith the wicked are make so drunk, that by drinking till they come to the very dregs, they are utterly destroyed.
9-f.
They lament that they have no Prophet among them to show them how long their miseries should endure.
10-g.
The godly shall better prosper by their innocent simplicity, then the wicked shall by all their craft, and subtlety.
11-g.
They join their deliverance with God’s glory and power, knowing that the punishment of the enemy should be their deliverance.
12-h.
Meaning, in the sight of all the world.
13-i.
To wit, Pharaoh’s army.
14-k.
Which was a great monster of the sea, or whale, meaning Pharaoh.
14-l.
His destruction did rejoyce them as meat refreshes the body.
16-m.
Seeing that God by his providence governs and disposes all things, he gathers that he will take care chiefly for his children.
19-n.
He means the Church of God, which is exposed as a prey to the wicked.
20-o.
That is all places where your word shines not, there reigns tyranny and ambition.
22-p.
He shows that God can not suffer his Church to be oppressed, except he lose his own right.
23-^.
Or, increases more and more. a Read Psal. 57.1.