^1. A Maskil of Asaph. O God, why dost thou cast us off for ever? Why does thy anger smoke against the sheep of thy pasture?

^2. Remember thy congregation, which thou hast gotten of old, which thou hast redeemed to be the tribe of thy heritage! Remember Mount Zion, where thou hast dwelt.

^3. Direct thy steps to the perpetual ruins; the enemy has destroyed everything in the sanctuary!

^4. Thy foes have roared in the midst of thy holy place; they set up their own signs for signs.

^5. At the upper entrance they hacked the wooden trellis with axes.

^6. And then all its carved wood they broke down with hatchets and hammers.

^7. They set thy sanctuary on fire; to the ground they desecrated the dwelling place of thy name.

^8. They said to themselves, "We will utterly subdue them"; they burned all the meeting places of God in the land.

^9. We do not see our signs; there is no longer any prophet, and there is none among us who knows how long.

^10. How long, O God, is the foe to scoff? Is the enemy to revile thy name for ever?

^11. Why dost thou hold back thy hand, why dost thou keep thy right hand in thy bosom?

^12. Yet God my King is from of old, working salvation in the midst of the earth.

^13. Thou didst divide the sea by thy might; thou didst break the heads of the dragons on the waters.

^14. Thou didst crush the heads of Leviathan, thou didst give him as food for the creatures of the wilderness.

^15. Thou didst cleave open springs and brooks; thou didst dry up ever-flowing streams.

^16. Thine is the day, thine also the night; thou hast established the luminaries and the sun.

^17. Thou hast fixed all the bounds of the earth; thou hast made summer and winter.

^18. Remember this, O LORD, how the enemy scoffs, and an impious people reviles thy name.

^19. Do not deliver the soul of thy dove to the wild beasts; do not forget the life of thy poor for ever.

^20. Have regard for thy covenant; for the dark places of the land are full of the habitations of violence.

^21. Let not the downtrodden be put to shame; let the poor and needy praise thy name.

^22. Arise, O God, plead thy cause; remember how the impious scoff at thee all the day!

^23. Do not forget the clamor of thy foes, the uproar of thy adversaries which goes up continually!

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