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title: "Commentary on the Psalms, Volume 5"
author: "John Calvin"
translator: "James Anderson"
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cite: "John Calvin, tr. James Anderson, Commentary on the Psalms, Volume 5, section 93. Scriptura (scriptura.si), https://scriptura.si/works/john-calvin-commentary-on-the-psalms-volume-5/93/"
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# Commentary on the Psalms, Volume 5

*John Calvin, tr. James Anderson*

Calvin on the Psalms, volume 5 of 5.

## 93. Psalm 74

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[¶0] An Instruction of Asaph

[¶1] 1 Wherefore, O God! hast thou cast us off for ever? [Why] smoketh thy wrath against the flock of thy pastures?

[¶2] 2 Remember thy congregation which thou hast possessed of old; Which thou hast redeemed, the rod of thy inheritance, This Mount Zion in which thou hast dwelt.

[¶3] 3 Lift up thy strokes to desolations perpetual, Against every enemy who doeth mischief to the sanctuary.

[¶4] 4 Roared like lions have thy adversaries in the midst of thy sanctuaries; They have set up their signs for signs.

[¶5] 5 He was renowned as doing an excellent work Who lifted up the axes upon the thick trees.

[¶6] 6 And now the carved works thereof together, With the hatchet and with hammers they break in pieces.

[¶7] 7 They have set on fire thy sanctuaries; Leveling it with the ground, they have polluted the dwelling-place of thy name.

[¶8] 8 They have said in their heart, “Let us destroy them altogether.” They have burned all the tabernacles of God in the land.

[¶9] 9 Our signs we see not; There is no longer a prophet, Nor is there with us one who knoweth how long! —

[¶10] 10 How long, O God! shall the adversary reproach? Shall the enemy blaspheme thy name for ever?

[¶11] 11 How long wilt thou withdraw thy hand, and thy right hand? In the midst, of thy bosom consume them.

[¶12] 12 But God is my king from the beginning, Working salvations in the midst of the earth.

[¶13] 13 Thou didst divide by thy power the sea; Thou didst break the heads of dragons in the waters.

[¶14] 14 Thou didst break the head of the leviathan; Thou gavest him for food to thy people in the wilderness.

[¶15] 15 Thou didst cleave the fountain and the torrent: Thou didst dry up mighty rivers.

[¶16] 16 Thine is the day; thine also is the night: Thou hast ordained the light and the sun.

[¶17] 17 Thou hast fixed all the boundaries of the earth: The summer and the winter thou hast made.

[¶18] 18 Remember this: the enemy hath reproached Jehovah; And a worthless people hath done despite to thy name.

[¶19] 19 Give not to the beast the soul of thy turtle dove: The congregation of thy poor ones forget not for ever.

[¶20] 20 Have regard to thy covenant; For filled are the dark places of the earth with the abodes of violence.

[¶21] 21 Let not the afflicted one return ashamed; Let the poor and needy one praise thy name.

[¶22] 22 Arise, O God! plead thy own cause: Remember thy reproach, which is done thee by the foolish man daily.

[¶23] 23 Forget not the voice of thy adversaries: The tumult of those who rise up against thee ascendeth continually.