A Maskil + 74:1 Maskil is probably a musical or liturgical term; used for Psalms 32, 42, 44–45, 52–55, 74, 78, 88–89, and 142. of Asaph.
Why Have You Rejected Us Forever?
Psalm 79:1–13; Jeremiah 52:1–11
1O God, why hast thou cast [us] off for ever? Why doth thine anger smoke against the sheep of thy pasture?+ 2Remember thy congregation, which thou hast gotten of old, Which thou hast redeemed to be the tribe of thine inheritance; [And] mount Zion, wherein thou hast dwelt.+ 3Lift up thy feet unto the perpetual ruins, All the evil that the enemy hath done in the sanctuary.+ 4Thine adversaries have roared in the midst of thine assembly; They have set up their ensigns for signs.+ 5They seemed as men that lifted up Axes upon a thicket of trees.+ 6And now all the carved work thereof They break down with hatchet and hammers.+ 7They have set thy sanctuary on fire; They have profaned the dwelling-place of thy name [by casting it] to the ground.+ 8They said in their heart, Let us make havoc of them altogether: They have burned up all the synagogues of God in the land.+ 9We see not our signs: There is no more any prophet; Neither is there among us any that knoweth how long.+ 10How long, O God, shall the adversary reproach? Shall the enemy blaspheme thy name for ever?+ 11Why drawest thou back thy hand, even thy right hand? [Pluck it] out of thy bosom [and] consume [them].+ 12Yet God is my King of old, Working salvation in the midst of the earth.+ 13Thou didst divide the sea by thy strength: Thou brakest the heads of the sea-monsters in the waters.+ 14Thou brakest the heads of leviathan in pieces; Thou gavest him to be food to the people inhabiting the wilderness.+ 15Thou didst cleave fountain and flood: Thou driedst up mighty rivers.+ 16The day is thine, the night also is thine: Thou hast prepared the light and the sun.+ 17Thou hast set all the borders of the earth: Thou hast made summer and winter.+ 18Remember this, that the enemy hath reproached, O Jehovah, And that a foolish people hath blasphemed thy name.+ 19Oh deliver not the soul of thy turtle-dove unto the wild beast: Forget not the life of thy poor for ever.+ 20Have respect unto the covenant; For the dark places of the earth are full of the habitations of violence.+ 21Oh let not the oppressed return ashamed: Let the poor and needy praise thy name.+ 22Arise, O God, plead thine own cause: Remember how the foolish man reproacheth thee all the day.+ 23Forget not the voice of thine adversaries: The tumult of those that rise up against thee ascendeth continually.+