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Remember your congregation, which you have purchased of old,
which you have redeemed to be the tribe of your heritage!
Remember Mount Zion, where you have dwelt.
which you have redeemed to be the tribe of your heritage!
Remember Mount Zion, where you have dwelt.
Remember Your congregation, which You have purchased of old,
The tribe of Your inheritance, which You have redeemed —
This Mount Zion where You have dwelt.
The tribe of Your inheritance, which You have redeemed —
This Mount Zion where You have dwelt.
Direct your steps to the perpetual ruins;
the enemy has destroyed everything in the sanctuary!
the enemy has destroyed everything in the sanctuary!
Lift up Your feet to the perpetual desolations.
The enemy has damaged everything in the sanctuary.
The enemy has damaged everything in the sanctuary.
Your foes have roared in the midst of your meeting place;
they set up their own signs for signs.
they set up their own signs for signs.
Your enemies roar in the midst of Your meeting place;
They set up their banners for signs.
They set up their banners for signs.
They seem like men who lift up
Axes among the thick trees.
Axes among the thick trees.
And all its carved wood
they broke down with hatchets and hammers.
they broke down with hatchets and hammers.
And now they break down its carved work, all at once,
With axes and hammers.
With axes and hammers.
They set your sanctuary on fire;
they profaned the dwelling place of your name,
bringing it down to the ground.
they profaned the dwelling place of your name,
bringing it down to the ground.
They have set fire to Your sanctuary;
They have defiled the dwelling place of Your name to the ground.
They have defiled the dwelling place of Your name to the ground.
They said to themselves, “We will utterly subdue them”;
they burned all the meeting places of God in the land.
they burned all the meeting places of God in the land.
We do not see our signs;
there is no longer any prophet,
and there is none among us who knows how long.
there is no longer any prophet,
and there is none among us who knows how long.
We do not see our signs;
There is no longer any prophet;
Nor is there any among us who knows how long.
There is no longer any prophet;
Nor is there any among us who knows how long.
How long, O God, is the foe to scoff?
Is the enemy to revile your name forever?
Is the enemy to revile your name forever?
Why do You withdraw Your hand, even Your right hand?
Take it out of Your bosom and destroy them.
Take it out of Your bosom and destroy them.
Yet God my King is from of old,
working salvation in the midst of the earth.
working salvation in the midst of the earth.
For God is my King from of old,
Working salvation in the midst of the earth.
Working salvation in the midst of the earth.
You crushed the heads of Leviathan;
you gave him as food for the creatures of the wilderness.
you gave him as food for the creatures of the wilderness.
You split open springs and brooks;
you dried up ever-flowing streams.
you dried up ever-flowing streams.
You broke open the fountain and the flood;
You dried up mighty rivers.
You dried up mighty rivers.
Yours is the day, yours also the night;
you have established the heavenly lights and the sun.
you have established the heavenly lights and the sun.
The day is Yours, the night also is Yours;
You have prepared the light and the sun.
You have prepared the light and the sun.
You have fixed all the boundaries of the earth;
you have made summer and winter.
you have made summer and winter.
You have set all the borders of the earth;
You have made summer and winter.
You have made summer and winter.
Remember this, O Lord, how the enemy scoffs,
and a foolish people reviles your name.
and a foolish people reviles your name.
Remember this, that the enemy has reproached, O Lord,
And that a foolish people has blasphemed Your name.
And that a foolish people has blasphemed Your name.
Do not deliver the soul of your dove to the wild beasts;
do not forget the life of your poor forever.
do not forget the life of your poor forever.
Oh, do not deliver the life of Your turtledove to the wild beast!
Do not forget the life of Your poor forever.
Do not forget the life of Your poor forever.
Have regard for the covenant,
for the dark places of the land are full of the habitations of violence.
for the dark places of the land are full of the habitations of violence.
Let not the downtrodden turn back in shame;
let the poor and needy praise your name.
let the poor and needy praise your name.
Oh, do not let the oppressed return ashamed!
Let the poor and needy praise Your name.
Let the poor and needy praise Your name.
Arise, O God, defend your cause;
remember how the foolish scoff at you all the day!
remember how the foolish scoff at you all the day!