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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 the nation you purchased long ago,
the people of your inheritance, whom you redeemed —
Mount Zion, where you dwelt.
the people of your inheritance, whom you redeemed —
Mount Zion, where you dwelt.
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 steps toward these everlasting ruins,
all this destruction the enemy has brought on the sanctuary.
all this destruction the enemy has brought on the sanctuary.
Turn Your footsteps toward the perpetual ruins;
The enemy has damaged everything within the sanctuary.
The enemy has damaged everything within the sanctuary.
Your foes roared in the place where you met with us;
they set up their standards as signs.
they set up their standards as signs.
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.
They behaved like men wielding axes
to cut through a thicket of trees.
to cut through a thicket of trees.
It seems as if one had lifted up
His axe in a forest of trees.
His axe in a forest of trees.
They smashed all the carved paneling
with their axes and hatchets.
with their axes and hatchets.
And now all its carved work
They smash with hatchet and hammers.
They smash with hatchet and hammers.
They burned your sanctuary to the ground;
they defiled the dwelling place of your Name.
they defiled the dwelling place of your Name.
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 said in their hearts, “We will crush them completely!”
They burned every place where God was worshiped in the land.
They burned every place where God was worshiped in the land.
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 are given no signs from God;
no prophets are left,
and none of us knows how long this will be.
no prophets are left,
and none of us knows how long this will be.
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 will the enemy mock you, God?
Will the foe revile your name forever?
Will the foe revile your name forever?
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 hold back your hand, your right hand?
Take it from the folds of your garment and destroy them!
Take it from the folds of your garment and destroy them!
Why do You withdraw Your hand, even Your right hand?
From within Your bosom, destroy them!
From within Your bosom, destroy them!
But God is my King from long ago;
he brings salvation on the earth.
he brings salvation on the earth.
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.
It was you who split open the sea by your power;
you broke the heads of the monster in the waters.
you broke the heads of the monster in the waters.
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.
It was you who crushed the heads of Leviathan
and gave it as food to the creatures of the desert.
and gave it as food to the creatures of the desert.
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.
It was you who opened up springs and streams;
you dried up the ever-flowing rivers.
you dried up the ever-flowing rivers.
You broke open springs and torrents;
You dried up ever-flowing streams.
You dried up ever-flowing streams.
The day is yours, and yours also the night;
you established the sun and moon.
you established the sun and moon.
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.
It was you who set all the boundaries of the earth;
you made both summer and winter.
you made both summer and winter.
You have established all the boundaries of the earth;
You have made summer and winter.
You have made summer and winter.
Remember how the enemy has mocked you, Lord,
how foolish people have reviled your name.
how foolish people have reviled your name.
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.
Do not hand over the life of your dove to wild beasts;
do not forget the lives of your afflicted people forever.
do not forget the lives of your afflicted people forever.
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.
Have regard for your covenant,
because haunts of violence fill the dark places of the land.
because haunts of violence fill the dark places of the land.
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.
Do not let the oppressed retreat in disgrace;
may the poor and needy praise your name.
may the poor and needy praise your name.
Let not the oppressed return dishonored;
Let the afflicted and needy praise Your name.
Let the afflicted and needy praise Your name.
Rise up, O God, and defend your cause;
remember how fools mock you all day long.
remember how fools mock you all day long.
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.