How Long, O Lord? (The Blues of the Forsaken) | A Psalm 74 Blues Song

** Psalm 74 is a cry of desperation, a lament for a broken land, and a plea for God’s justice to rise. It was written by Asaph, a Levite worship leader, likely after the destruction of the Temple of God in Jerusalem by the Babylonians in 586 B.C.. This psalm expresses the anguish of God’s people, who feel abandoned and long for His mighty hand to bring deliverance.

In a world where it sometimes seems like evil triumphs, Psalm 74 reminds us that God is still King, that He still holds power over creation, and that He will ultimately bring justice. This blues song captures the depth, sorrow, and unshakable faith found in this ancient cry to the Lord.

📖 Psalm 74 (World English Bible - WEB)

1 God, why have you rejected us forever?
Why does your anger smolder against the sheep of your pasture?

2 Remember your congregation, which you purchased of old,
which you have redeemed to be the tribe of your inheritance,
Mount Zion, in which you have lived.

3 Lift up your feet to the perpetual ruins,
all the evil that the enemy has done in the sanctuary.

4 Your adversaries have roared in the middle of your assembly.
They have set up their standards as signs.

5 They behaved like men wielding axes,
cutting through a thicket of trees.

6 Now they break all its carved work down with hatchet and hammers.

7 They have burned your sanctuary to the ground.
They have profaned the dwelling place of your Name.

8 They said in their heart, “We will crush them completely.”
They have burned up all the places in the land where God was worshiped.

9 We see no miraculous signs.
There is no longer any prophet,
neither is there among us anyone who knows how long.

For the Full Psalm 74 Scripture Click Here: https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Psalm%2074&version=WEB

🎶 Song Lyrics: How Long, O Lord? (The Blues of the Forsaken) 🎶

[Slow, deep blues—moaning slide guitar, heavy bass, a cry from the depths…]

[Verse 1] [Low, weary, like a desperate prayer…]
Oh Lord, why have You turned away?
I’m callin’ Your name, but the sky won’t say.
Your house is broken, Your temple burned,
We walk in ruins, with no way to turn.

[Verse 2] [Building, pain turning to fire…]
They roared like lions where Your songs were sung,
Tore down the altars where the prayers were strung.
Axes and hammers on the sacred walls,
Turned holy ground into a graveyard call.

[Chorus] [Powerful, like a storm rolling in…]
How long, O Lord? Will You stay so still?
How long must the wicked do as they will?
Won’t You rise up? Won’t You stretch Your hand?
Break the silence—let justice stand!

[Verse 3] [Soft, sorrowful, the weight of waiting…]
No prophets left, no sign to see,
Just echoes of prayers on a bitter breeze.
The dark runs deep, the night so long,
But I know, my God, You still hold the dawn.

[Bridge] [Spoken, raw, over a slow-burning riff…]
"Yet God is my King of old," I cry,
"Splitting the sea, shaking the sky."
You broke the heads of Leviathan’s pride,
Fed him to the wasteland, cast him aside.

[Verse 4] [Like thunder rolling in…]
You own the day, You own the night,
You called the sun, You carved the light.
Summer and winter, in Your hand,
You wrote the borders of the land.

[Chorus] [Wailing, calling down justice…]
How long, O Lord? Will You stay so still?
How long must the wicked do as they will?
Won’t You rise up? Won’t You stretch Your hand?
Break the silence—let justice stand!

[Outro] [Soft, haunting, like a whisper in the wind…]
Don’t leave Your dove to the beast of the wild,
Don’t let the poor be lost, defiled.
Arise, O Lord, plead Your case,
Let the wicked tremble, let them know their place…

[Slow blues guitar solo, fading into the deep…]

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