| Psalm 74 | |
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| "O God, why hast thou cast us off for ever?" | |
 Psalm 74:7 ("They have set Thy sanctuary on fire") on a memorial plaque at the Weener Synagogue | |
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| Language | Hebrew (original) |
| Psalm 74 | |
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← Psalm 73 Psalm 75 → | |
| Book | Book of Psalms |
| Hebrew Bible part | Ketuvim |
| Order in the Hebrew part | 1 |
| Category | Sifrei Emet |
| Christian Bible part | Old Testament |
| Order in the Christian part | 19 |
Psalm 74 is the 74th psalm of the Book of Psalms, beginning in English in the King James Version: "O God, why hast thou cast us off for ever?". In the slightly different numbering system used in the Greek Septuagint and Latin Vulgate translations of the Bible, this psalm is Psalm 73. In Latin, it is known as "Ut quid Deus reppulisti in finem iratus".[1] Subheaded a maschil or contemplation,[2] and a community lament, it expresses the pleas of the Jewish community in the Babylonian captivity. It is attributed to Asaph.
The psalm forms a regular part of Jewish, Catholic, Lutheran, Anglican and other Protestant liturgies. It has been set to music, notably in Bach's Gott ist mein König, BWV 71. Several composers set the psalm or verses from it in the 20th and 21st centuries.
- ^ Parallel Latin/English Psalter, Psalmus 73 (74). Archived 2017-05-07 at the Wayback Machine Medievalist.
- ^ Psalm 74: Sub-heading, New King James Version