Psalms 74:1

For the end, Destroy not, a Psalm of a Song for Asaph. 1

Updated Brenton Septuagint

In The King James Version

O God, why hast thou cast us off for ever? why doth thine anger smoke against the sheep of thy pasture?

In Context

2We will give thanks to thee, O God, 1 We will give thanks, and call upon thy name: 1 I will declare all thy wonderful works. 1

Read all of Psalms 74

Cross References

Exodus 32:11And Moses prayed before the Lord God, and said, Wherefore, O Lord, art thou very angry with thy people, whom thou broughtest out of the land of Egypt with great strength, and with thy high arm?

2 Kings 21:14And I will reject the remnant of my inheritance, and will deliver them into the hands of their enemies; and they shall be for a plunder and for a spoil to all their enemies:

Psalms 18:8The law of the Lord is perfect, converting souls: 1 The testimony of the Lord is faithful, instructing babes. 1

Psalms 50:1For the end, a Psalm of David,

Matthew Henry on Psalms 74:1

This psalm does so particularly describe the destruction of Jerusalem and the temple, by Nebuchadnezzar and the army of the Chaldeans, and can so ill be applied to any other event we meet with in the Jewish history, that interpreters incline to think that either it was penned by David, or Asaph in David's time, with a prophetical reference to that sad event (which yet is not so probable), or that it was penned by another Asaph, who lived at the time of the captivity, or by Jeremiah (for it is of a piece with his… Read the whole commentary →

This Verse In Other Editions

Study Psalms 74:1