Psalm 74

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Psalm 74 is a biblical lament psalm that mourns the destruction of the sanctuary and urgently appeals to God to remember His covenant and act against Israel’s enemies.

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Label Occurrences
Psalm 74 canonical 2

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf biblical psalm
lament psalm
addresses God
addressesTo YHWH
surface form: God of Israel
biblicalCanon Catholic canon
Jewish canon
Orthodox canon
Protestant canon
bookNumber 19
canonicalContext Ketuvim
contains appeal for God to rise and defend His cause
expresses lament
protest
trust in God’s kingship
focusesOn community suffering
devastation of holy places
genre community lament
lament
language Hebrew
literaryForm poetry
liturgicalUse Christian liturgy
Jewish liturgy
mentions congregation
covenant
enemies
sanctuaries of God in the land
sanctuary
partOf Psalms
surface form: Book of Psalms

Tanakh
surface form: Hebrew Bible

Bible
surface form: Old Testament
positionInPsalter Psalm 74 self-link
psalmCollection Psalms of Asaph
religiousTradition Christianity
Judaism
requests God’s intervention
judgment on enemies
remembrance of the covenant
scripturalStatus canonical scripture
testament Bible
surface form: Old Testament
theme appeal to God to remember His covenant
covenant faithfulness
cry for help against enemies
destruction of the sanctuary
national disaster
profanation of the temple
questioning divine silence
traditionallyAttributedTo Asaph

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Asaph creditedWith Psalm 74
Psalm 74 positionInPsalter Psalm 74 self-link