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
1<Maschil. Of Asaph.> Of God, why have you put us away from you for ever? why is the fire of your wrath smoking against the sheep who are your care?+ 2Keep in mind your band of worshippers, for whom you gave payment in the days which are past, whom you took for yourself as the people of your heritage; even this mountain of Zion, which has been your resting-place.+ 3Go up and see the unending destruction; all the evil which your haters have done in the holy place;+ 4Sending out their voices like lions among your worshippers; they have put up their signs to be seen.+ 5They are cutting down, like a man whose blade is lifted up against the thick trees.+ 6Your doors are broken down with hammers and iron blades.+ 7They have put on fire your holy place; they have made the place of your name unclean, pulling it down to the earth.+ 8They have said in their hearts, Let us put an end to them all together; they have given over to the fire all God's places of worship in the land.+ 9We do not see our signs: there is no longer any prophet, or anyone among us to say how long.+ 10O God, how long will those who are against us say cruel things? will the hater go on looking down on your name for ever?+ 11Why are you keeping back your hand, and covering your right hand in your robe?+ 12For from the past God is my King, working salvation in the earth.+ 13The sea was parted in two by your strength; the heads of the great sea-beasts were broken.+ 14The heads of the great snake were crushed by you; you gave them as food to the fishes of the sea.+ 15You made valleys for fountains and springs; you made the ever-flowing rivers dry.+ 16The day is yours and the night is yours: you made the light and the sun.+ 17By you all the limits of the earth were fixed; you have made summer and winter.+ 18Keep this in mind, O Lord, that your haters have said cruel things, and that your name has been looked down on by a people of evil behaviour.+ 19O give not the soul of your dove to the hawk; let not the life of the poor go out of your memory for ever.+ 20Keep in mind your undertaking; for the dark places of the earth are full of pride and cruel acts.+ 21O let not the crushed be turned back in shame; let the low man and the poor give praise to your name.+ 22Up! O God, be the judge of your cause; keep in mind the bitter things which the man of evil behaviour says against you every day.+ 23Keep in mind the voice of your haters; the outcry of those who come against you goes up every day.+