Psalm 74


Psalm 74 is part of the Biblical Book of Psalms. A community lament, it expresses the pleas of the Jewish community in the Babylonian captivity. In the Greek Septuagint version of the bible, and in its Latin translation in the Vulgate, this psalm is Psalm 73 in a slightly different numbering system.

Content

It begins in verses 1–3 by imploring God to recall his people, and Mount Zion, and continues in verses 4–11 by describing the destruction of the Temple by Nebuchadnezzar. Verses 12–17 praise the might of God; the psalm ends by imploring the Lord to remember Israel and come to their aid.

Uses

Judaism