^1. OGOD, why have You rejected us forever? Why does Your anger smoke against the sheep of Your [1] pasture?

^2. 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.

^3. [2] Turn Your footsteps toward the perpetual ruins; The enemy has damaged everything within the sanctuary.

^4. Your adversaries have roared in the midst of Your meeting place; They have set up their own [3] standards for signs.

^5. It seems as if one had lifted up His [5] axe in a [4] forest of trees.

^6. And now [7] all its carved work They smash with hatchet and [6] hammers.

^7. They have [9] burned Your sanctuary [8] to the ground; They have defiled the dwelling place of Your name.

^8. They said in their heart, «Let us [11] completely [10] subdue them.» They have burned all the meeting places of God in the land.

^9. We do not see our signs; There is no longer any prophet, Nor is there any among us who knows how long.

^10. How long, O God, will the adversary revile, And the enemy spurn Your name forever?

^11. Why do You withdraw Your hand, even Your right hand? From within Your bosom, destroy them!

^12. Yet God is my king from of old, Who works deeds of deliverance in the midst of the earth.

^13. [14] You divided the sea by Your strength; [13] You broke the heads of the sea monsters [12] in the waters.

^14. [18] You crushed the heads of [17] Leviathan; [16] You gave him as food for the [15] creatures of the wilderness.

^15. [20] You broke open springs and torrents; [19] You dried up ever-flowing streams.

^16. Yours is the day, Yours also is the night; [22] You have prepared the [21] light and the sun.

^17. [25] You have established all the boundaries of the earth; [24] You have [23] made summer and winter.

^18. Remember this, [26] O LORD, that the enemy has reviled, And a foolish people has spurned Your name.

^19. Do not deliver the soul of Your turtledove to the wild beast; Do not forget the life of Your afflicted forever.

^20. Consider the covenant; For the dark places of the land are full of the habitations of violence.

^21. Let not the oppressed return dishonored; Let the afflicted and needy praise Your name.

^22. Arise, O God, and plead Your own cause; Remember [27] how the foolish man reproaches You all day long.

^23. Do not forget the voice of Your adversaries, The uproar of those who rise against You which ascends continually.