Psalms 74

Asaph, in a maskil lamenting the enemy's destruction of YHWH's sanctuary with axes, fire, and desecration, pleads with YHWH to remember His congregation, His sheep, and act against the reproaching adversaries.[1][2][3] He appeals to YHWH's past mighty acts—crushing Leviathan, dividing seas, creating day and night—and urges regard for the covenant, arising to plead His own cause for the poor and oppressed.[1][3][4]