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
1Why have You rejected us forever, O God? Why does Your anger smolder against the sheep of Your pasture?+ 2Remember Your congregation, which You purchased long ago and redeemed as the tribe of Your inheritance — Mount Zion, where You dwell.+ 3Turn Your steps to the everlasting ruins, to everything in the sanctuary the enemy has destroyed.+ 4Your foes have roared within Your meeting place; they have unfurled their banners as signs,+ 5like men wielding axes in a thicket of trees+ 6and smashing all the carvings with hatchets and picks.+ 7They have burned Your sanctuary to the ground; they have defiled the dwelling place of Your Name.+ 8They said in their hearts, “We will crush them completely.” They burned down every place where God met us in the land.+ 9There are no signs for us to see. There is no longer any prophet. And none of us knows how long this will last.+ 10How long, O God, will the enemy taunt You? Will the foe revile Your name forever?+ 11Why do You withdraw Your strong right hand? Stretch it out to destroy them!+ 12Yet God is my King from ancient times, working salvation on the earth.+ 13You divided the sea by Your strength; You smashed the heads of the dragons of the sea;+ 14You crushed the heads of Leviathan; You fed him to the creatures of the desert.+ 15You broke open the fountain and the flood; You dried up the ever-flowing rivers.+ 16The day is Yours, and also the night; You established the moon and the sun.+ 17You set all the boundaries of the earth; You made the summer and winter.+ 18Remember how the enemy has mocked You, O LORD, how a foolish people has spurned Your name.+ 19Do not deliver the soul of Your dove to beasts; do not forget the lives of Your afflicted forever.+ 20Consider Your covenant, for haunts of violence fill the dark places of the land.+ 21Do not let the oppressed retreat in shame; may the poor and needy praise Your name.+ 22Rise up, O God; defend Your cause! Remember how the fool mocks You all day long.+ 23Do not disregard the clamor of Your adversaries, the uproar of Your enemies that ascends continually.+