A Prayer for Deliverance
(Psalms 74:1–23; Jeremiah 52:1–11)
A Psalm of Asaph.
The nations, O God, have invaded Your inheritance; 2Ch 36:19Lam 1:10Mic 3:12Psa 74:1-4Jer 26:18Psa 74:7-82Ch 36:172Ch 36:3-4
they have defiled Your holy temple
and reduced Jerusalem to rubble.
They have given the corpses of Your servants Jer 7:33Jer 34:20Jer 16:4Deu 28:26Jer 19:7Jer 15:3
as food to the birds of the air,
the flesh of Your saints to the beasts of the earth.
They have poured out their blood like water Jer 14:16Jer 16:4Rev 11:9Jer 15:3Jer 25:33Jer 34:20Jer 8:1-2Mat 23:35
all around Jerusalem,
and there is no one to bury the dead.
We have become a reproach to our neighbors, Psa 80:6Ezk 36:15Lam 5:1Psa 89:411Ki 9:7Dan 9:16Deu 28:37Ezk 35:12
a scorn and derision to those around us.
How long, O LORD? Psa 89:46Psa 74:1Psa 85:5Deu 29:20Zep 3:8Ezk 36:5Psa 13:1-2Psa 74:9-10
Will You be angry forever?
Will Your jealousy burn like fire?
Pour out Your wrath on the nations Jer 10:252Th 1:8Psa 14:4Psa 53:4Psa 69:24Isa 45:4-5Rom 1:28Act 17:23
that do not acknowledge You,
on the kingdoms
that refuse to call on Your name,
for they have devoured Jacob Jer 51:34-35Zec 1:15Isa 24:1-12Isa 64:10-11Jer 50:72Ch 36:21Psa 80:13Isa 9:12
and devastated his homeland.
Do not hold past sins against us; Isa 64:9Psa 116:6Psa 142:6Rev 18:5Psa 21:3Hos 9:9Mat 23:32-361Ki 17:18
let Your compassion come quickly,
for we are brought low.
Help us, O God of our salvation, Jer 14:72Ch 14:11Psa 25:11Jer 14:21Ezk 20:14Isa 48:9Dan 9:19Ezk 20:9
for the glory of Your name;
deliver us and atone for our sins,
for the sake of Your name.
Why should the nations ask, Psa 42:10Exo 6:7Exo 7:5Ezk 39:21-22Mic 7:10Psa 115:2Psa 42:3Psa 94:1
“Where is their God?”
Before our eyes, make known among the nations
Your vengeance for the bloodshed of Your servants.
May the groans of the captives reach You; Psa 102:20Isa 42:7Isa 33:2Psa 146:6-7Exo 2:23-24Psa 12:5Psa 69:33Eph 3:20
by the strength of Your arm preserve those condemned to death.
Pay back into the laps of our neighbors Gen 4:15Jer 32:18Lev 26:21Lev 26:28Pro 6:31Psa 74:18-22Luk 6:38Isa 65:5-7
sevenfold the reproach they hurled at You, O Lord.
Then we Your people, the sheep of Your pasture, Isa 43:21Psa 95:7Psa 100:3Psa 74:1Psa 145:4Psa 44:8Psa 45:17Psa 74:18
will thank You forever;
from generation to generation
we will declare Your praise.