## Psalms Chapter 74

###### Psalms 74:1
[Psalms 74:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/74:1)

מַשְׂכִּ֗יל לְאָ֫סָ֥ף לָמָ֣ה אֱ֭לֹהִים זָנַ֣חְתָּ לָנֶ֑צַח יֶעְשַׁ֥ן אַ֝פְּךָ֗ בְּצֹ֣אן מַרְעִיתֶֽךָ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
A Maskil of Asaf. O God, why hast Thou cast us off for ever? why does Thy anger smoke against the sheep of Thy pasture?

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
A maskil of Asaf. Why, O G d, should You leave us forever, should Your wrath fume against the flock of Your grazing?


###### Psalms 74:2
[Psalms 74:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/74:2)

זְכֹ֤ר עֲדָתְךָ֨**׀** קָ֘נִ֤יתָ קֶּ֗דֶם גָּ֭אַלְתָּ שֵׁ֣בֶט נַחֲלָתֶ֑ךָ הַר־צִ֝יּ֗וֹן זֶ֤ה**׀** שָׁכַ֬נְתָּ בּֽוֹ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Remember Thy congregation, which Thou hast purchased of old; the tribe of Thy inheritance, which Thou hast redeemed; this mount Żiyyon, wherein Thou hast dwelt.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
Remember Your congregation that You acquired of yore [(before the creation of the world [viz. 90:1-2])]. You redeemed the tribe of Your inheritance [and brought them to] Mount Zion, on which You dwell.


###### Psalms 74:3
[Psalms 74:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/74:3)

הָרִ֣ימָה פְ֭עָמֶיךָ לְמַשֻּׁא֣וֹת נֶ֑צַח כׇּל־הֵרַ֖ע אוֹיֵ֣ב בַּקֹּֽדֶשׁ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Lift up Thy feet to the perpetual desolations; the enemy has destroyed everything in the sanctuary.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
Raise Your blows for eternal destruction [(of Your foes)], for all of the foe's evil [perpetrated] in the sanctuary.


###### Psalms 74:4
[Psalms 74:4](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/74:4)

שָׁאֲג֣וּ צֹ֭רְרֶיךָ בְּקֶ֣רֶב מוֹעֲדֶ֑ךָ שָׂ֖מוּ אוֹתֹתָ֣ם אֹתֽוֹת׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Thy enemies roar in the midst of thy meeting place; they set up their signs for signs:

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
Your adversaries have roared in the midst of Your meeting place [(the Temple viz. Exodus 25:22)]; they have made [i.e., construed] their signs [i.e., their divinations for the conquest of Jerusalem (viz. Ezekiel 21:26)] as [true] signs.


###### Psalms 74:5
[Psalms 74:5](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/74:5)

יִ֭וָּדַע כְּמֵבִ֣יא לְמָ֑עְלָה בִּסְבׇךְ־עֵ֝֗ץ קַרְדֻּמּֽוֹת׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
they are known as swingers of axes upwards in the thick forest:

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
It was known [to the foe when he raised his hatchets against the gates of the sanctuary that it was] as if he were bringing [his blows] on High, for the hatchets would become entangled in [and be swallowed up by] the wood [of the gates].


###### Psalms 74:6
[Psalms 74:6](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/74:6)

(ועת) [וְ֭עַתָּה] פִּתּוּחֶ֣יהָ יָּ֑חַד בְּכַשִּׁ֥יל וְ֝כֵילַפּ֗וֹת יַהֲלֹמֽוּן׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
and now they break down its carved work altogether with hatchet and with hammers.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
But then [(even though he saw this sign of G d's opposition, this did not deter him from razing all of)] its entrances together. With hatchets and hammers they pounded.


###### Psalms 74:7
[Psalms 74:7](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/74:7)

שִׁלְח֣וּ בָ֭אֵשׁ מִקְדָּשֶׁ֑ךָ לָ֝אָ֗רֶץ חִלְּל֥וּ מִֽשְׁכַּן־שְׁמֶֽךָ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
They have burned Thy sanctuary with fire, to the ground: they have defiled the dwelling place of Thy name.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
They have set Your sanctuary aflame. To the ground have they desecrated the abode of Your name.


###### Psalms 74:8
[Psalms 74:8](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/74:8)

אָמְר֣וּ בְ֭לִבָּם נִינָ֣ם יָ֑חַד שָׂרְפ֖וּ כׇל־מוֹעֲדֵי־אֵ֣ל בָּאָֽרֶץ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
They have said in their hearts, Let us destroy them together: they have burned up all the meeting places of God in the land.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
They said [i.e., devised] in their hearts, [all of] their rulers together, [to eliminate their Deity first, and then to eliminate the Jews. Know this to be so, for] they burned all the meeting places of G d in the land: [the Philistines, Shiloh; Nevuchadnezzar, the first Temple; Titus, the second Temple].


###### Psalms 74:9
[Psalms 74:9](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/74:9)

אֽוֹתֹתֵ֗ינוּ לֹ֥א־רָ֫אִ֥ינוּ אֵֽין־ע֥וֹד נָבִ֑יא וְלֹֽא־אִ֝תָּ֗נוּ יֹדֵ֥עַ עַד־מָֽה׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
We see not our signs: there is no longer a prophet: nor is there among us any that knows how long.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
Our signs [(given by the prophets for redemption from the exile)] we have not [yet] seen. There is no longer a prophet [among us], and there is none among us who knows until when [the exile will endure].


###### Psalms 74:10
[Psalms 74:10](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/74:10)

עַד־מָתַ֣י אֱ֭לֹהִים יְחָ֣רֶף צָ֑ר יְנָ֘אֵ֤ץ אוֹיֵ֖ב שִׁמְךָ֣ לָנֶֽצַח׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
O God, how long shall the adversary insult? shall the enemy blaspheme Thy name for ever?

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
Until when, O G d, shall the oppressor revile, shall the foe blaspheme Your name forever?


###### Psalms 74:11
[Psalms 74:11](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/74:11)

לָ֤מָּה תָשִׁ֣יב יָ֭דְךָ וִימִינֶ֑ךָ מִקֶּ֖רֶב (חוקך) [חֵיקְךָ֣] כַלֵּֽה׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Why dost Thou withdraw Thy hand, even Thy right hand? out of Thy bosom with it! destroy!

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
Why do You hold back Your hand, Your right hand, [from smiting the foe]? From the midst of Your bosom, discharge [it against them]!


###### Psalms 74:12
[Psalms 74:12](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/74:12)

וֵ֭אלֹהִים מַלְכִּ֣י מִקֶּ֑דֶם פֹּעֵ֥ל יְ֝שׁוּע֗וֹת בְּקֶ֣רֶב הָאָֽרֶץ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
for God is my King of old, working salvation in the midst of the earth.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And [You, my] G d, are my King of yore, who works salvation in the midst of the land!


###### Psalms 74:13
[Psalms 74:13](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/74:13)

אַתָּ֤ה פוֹרַ֣רְתָּ בְעׇזְּךָ֣ יָ֑ם שִׁבַּ֥רְתָּ רָאשֵׁ֥י תַ֝נִּינִ֗ים עַל־הַמָּֽיִם׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Thou didst divide the sea by Thy strength: Thou didst break the heads of the sea monsters in the waters.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
You crumbled the sea in Your strength. You broke the heads of the sea-serpents [the Egyptians (viz. Ezekiel 29:3)] on the waters.


###### Psalms 74:14
[Psalms 74:14](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/74:14)

אַתָּ֣ה רִ֭צַּצְתָּ רָאשֵׁ֣י לִוְיָתָ֑ן תִּתְּנֶ֥נּוּ מַ֝אֲכָ֗ל לְעָ֣ם לְצִיִּֽים׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Thou didst crush the heads of livyatan: thou didst give him for food to the desert people.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
You broke the heads of the leviathan [Pharaoh (viz. Isaiah 27:1)]. You gave it [the wealth of Egypt] as food [i.e., plunder] for the people, the hosts, [of Israel].


###### Psalms 74:15
[Psalms 74:15](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/74:15)

אַתָּ֣ה בָ֭קַעְתָּ מַעְיָ֣ן וָנָ֑חַל אַתָּ֥ה ה֝וֹבַ֗שְׁתָּ נַהֲר֥וֹת אֵיתָֽן׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Thou didst split open springs and wadis: Thou didst dry up the ever flowing streams.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
You split [for Israel from the rock] fountain and stream. You dried up mighty rivers [(the Jordan)].


###### Psalms 74:16
[Psalms 74:16](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/74:16)

לְךָ֣ י֭וֹם אַף־לְךָ֥ לָ֑יְלָה אַתָּ֥ה הֲ֝כִינ֗וֹתָ מָא֥וֹר וָשָֽׁמֶשׁ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
The day is Thine, the night also is Thine: Thou hast prepared the light and the sun.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
Yours is the day [(the redemption of Israel)]. Yours, too, is the night [(They were with You in the afflictions of the night)]. You founded [for them] light [(Torah)] and sun.


###### Psalms 74:17
[Psalms 74:17](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/74:17)

אַתָּ֣ה הִ֭צַּבְתָּ כׇּל־גְּבוּל֣וֹת אָ֑רֶץ קַ֥יִץ וָ֝חֹ֗רֶף אַתָּ֥ה יְצַרְתָּֽם׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Thou hast set all the borders of the earth: Thou hast made summer and winter.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
You set up [for them] all the borders of the land of Israel with all manner of good]. Summer and winter — You created them [(and You did not alter their order)].


###### Psalms 74:18
[Psalms 74:18](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/74:18)

זְכׇר־זֹ֗את א֭וֹיֵב חֵרֵ֣ף׀יְהֹוָ֑ה וְעַ֥ם נָ֝בָ֗ל נִאֲצ֥וּ שְׁמֶֽךָ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Remember this, how the enemy has insulted the Lord, and how a base people have blasphemed Thy name.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
[Then, Your having done all this for us,] remember this: The foe has reviled the L rd; a profligate people has blasphemed Your name.


###### Psalms 74:19
[Psalms 74:19](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/74:19)

אַל־תִּתֵּ֣ן לְ֭חַיַּת נֶ֣פֶשׁ תּוֹרֶ֑ךָ חַיַּ֥ת עֲ֝נִיֶּ֗יךָ אַל־תִּשְׁכַּ֥ח לָנֶֽצַח׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
O deliver not the soul of Thy turtledove to the wild beast: forget not the congregation of Thy poor for ever.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
Do not give to the company [of the idolators] the soul of Your dove [Israel]. The soul of Your afflicted ones forget not forever.


###### Psalms 74:20
[Psalms 74:20](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/74:20)

הַבֵּ֥ט לַבְּרִ֑ית כִּ֥י מָלְא֥וּ מַחֲשַׁכֵּי־אֶ֝֗רֶץ נְא֣וֹת חָמָֽס׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Look upon the covenant: for the dark places of the earth are full, the habitations of cruelty.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
Look to the covenant [(with the patriarchs)], for the dark places of the land have become filled with enclaves of violence.


###### Psalms 74:21
[Psalms 74:21](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/74:21)

אַל־יָשֹׁ֣ב דַּ֣ךְ נִכְלָ֑ם עָנִ֥י וְ֝אֶבְי֗וֹן יְֽהַלְל֥וּ שְׁמֶֽךָ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
O let not the oppressed return ashamed: let the poor and needy praise Thy name.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
Let the broken one not return shamed [from his prayer before You]. Let the poor and destitute praise Your name [(when You answer their prayers)].


###### Psalms 74:22
[Psalms 74:22](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/74:22)

קוּמָ֣ה אֱ֭לֹהִים רִיבָ֣ה רִיבֶ֑ךָ זְכֹ֥ר חֶרְפָּתְךָ֥ מִנִּי־נָ֝בָ֗ל כׇּל־הַיּֽוֹם׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Arise, O God, plead Thy own cause: remember how the foolish man insults Thee daily.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
Arise, O G d, fight Your battle. Remember the profligate's reviling You all the day.


###### Psalms 74:23
[Psalms 74:23](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/74:23)

אַל־תִּ֭שְׁכַּח ק֣וֹל צֹרְרֶ֑יךָ שְׁא֥וֹן קָ֝מֶ֗יךָ עֹלֶ֥ה תָמִֽיד׃{פ}

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Forget not the voice of Thy enemies: the tumult of those who rise up against Thee increases continually.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
Forget not the voice of Your adversaries, the ever rising roar of those who rise against You.