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O God, why have You rejected us forever?
Why does Your anger smoke against the sheep of Your pasture?
Why does Your anger smoke against the sheep of Your pasture?
Remember Your congregation, which You have purchased of old,
Which You have redeemed to be the tribe of Your inheritance;
And this Mount Zion, where You have dwelt.
Which You have redeemed to be the tribe of Your inheritance;
And this 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.
Turn Your footsteps toward the perpetual ruins;
The enemy has damaged everything within the sanctuary.
The enemy has damaged everything within 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 adversaries have roared in the midst of Your meeting place;
They have set up their own standards for signs.
They have set up their own standards 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.
It seems as if one had lifted up
His axe in a forest of trees.
His axe in a forest of trees.
They seem like men who lift up
Axes among the thick trees.
Axes among the thick trees.
And now all its carved work
They smash with hatchet and hammers.
They smash with hatchet and hammers.
And now they break down its carved work, all at once,
With axes and hammers.
With axes and hammers.
They have burned Your sanctuary to the ground;
They have defiled the dwelling place of Your name.
They have defiled the dwelling place of Your name.
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 in their heart, “Let us completely subdue them.”
They have burned all the meeting places of God in the land.
They have burned all the meeting places of God in the land.
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.
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, will the adversary revile,
And the enemy spurn Your name forever?
And the enemy spurn Your name forever?
Why do You withdraw Your hand, even Your right hand?
From within Your bosom, destroy them!
From within Your bosom, destroy them!
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 is my king from of old,
Who works deeds of deliverance in the midst of the earth.
Who works deeds of deliverance 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 divided the sea by Your strength;
You broke the heads of the sea monsters in the waters.
You broke the heads of the sea monsters in the waters.
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 broke open springs and torrents;
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 is the night;
You have prepared the light and the sun.
You have prepared the light 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 established 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, that the enemy has reviled,
And a foolish people has spurned Your name.
And a foolish people has spurned 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 turtledove to the wild beast;
Do not forget the life of Your afflicted forever.
Do not forget the life of Your afflicted 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.
Consider 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 oppressed return dishonored;
Let the afflicted and needy praise Your name.
Let the afflicted 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, and plead Your own cause;
Remember how the foolish man reproaches You all day long.
Remember how the foolish man reproaches You all day long.