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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.
Turn Your footsteps toward the perpetual ruins;
The enemy has damaged everything within the sanctuary.
The enemy has damaged everything within the sanctuary.
Walk through the awful ruins of the city;
see how the enemy has destroyed your sanctuary.
see how the enemy has destroyed your 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.
There your enemies shouted their victorious battle cries;
there they set up their battle standards.
there they set up their battle standards.
It seems as if one had lifted up
His axe in a forest of trees.
His axe in a forest of trees.
They swung their axes
like woodcutters in a forest.
like woodcutters in a forest.
And now all its carved work
They smash with hatchet and hammers.
They smash with hatchet and hammers.
With axes and picks,
they smashed the carved paneling.
they smashed the carved paneling.
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 burned your sanctuary to the ground.
They defiled the place that bears your name.
They defiled the place that bears your name.
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.
Then they thought, “Let’s destroy everything!”
So they burned down all the places where God was worshiped.
So they burned down all the places where God was worshiped.
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 no longer see your miraculous signs.
All the prophets are gone,
and no one can tell us when it will end.
All the prophets are gone,
and no one can tell us when it will end.
How long, O God, will the adversary revile,
And the enemy spurn Your name forever?
And the enemy spurn Your name forever?
How long, O God, will you allow our enemies to insult you?
Will you let them dishonor your name forever?
Will you let them dishonor 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 hold back your strong right hand?
Unleash your powerful fist and destroy them.
Unleash your powerful fist 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.
You, O God, are my king from ages past,
bringing salvation to the earth.
bringing salvation to 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 split the sea by your strength
and smashed the heads of the sea monsters.
and smashed the heads of the sea monsters.
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 caused the springs and streams to gush forth,
and you dried up rivers that never run dry.
and you dried up rivers that never run dry.
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.
You have established all the boundaries of the earth;
You have made summer and winter.
You have made summer and winter.
You set the boundaries of the earth,
and you made both summer and winter.
and you made both 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.
See how these enemies insult you, LORD.
A foolish nation has dishonored your name.
A foolish nation has dishonored 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.
Don’t let these wild beasts destroy your turtledoves.
Don’t forget your suffering people forever.
Don’t forget your suffering people 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.
Remember your covenant promises,
for the land is full of darkness and violence!
for the land is full of darkness and violence!
Let not the oppressed return dishonored;
Let the afflicted and needy praise Your name.
Let the afflicted and needy praise Your name.
Don’t let the downtrodden be humiliated again.
Instead, let the poor and needy praise your name.
Instead, 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.
Arise, O God, and defend your cause.
Remember how these fools insult you all day long.
Remember how these fools insult you all day long.