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1 O God, why hast thou cast [us] off for ever? Why doth thine anger smoke against the sheep of thy pasture?
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1 Why have you rejected us forever, O God? Why does your anger smolder against the sheep of your pasture?
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2 Remember thy congregation, which thou hast gotten of old, Which thou hast redeemed to be the tribe of thine inheritance; [And] mount Zion, wherein thou hast dwelt.
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2 Remember the people you purchased of old, the tribe of your inheritance, whom you redeemed-- Mount Zion, where you dwelt.
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3 Lift up thy feet unto the perpetual ruins, All the evil that the enemy hath done in the sanctuary.
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3 Turn your steps toward these everlasting ruins, all this destruction the enemy has brought on the sanctuary.
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4 Thine adversaries have roared in the midst of thine assembly; They have set up their ensigns for signs.
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4 Your foes roared in the place where you met with us; they set up their standards as signs.
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5 They seemed as men that lifted up Axes upon a thicket of trees.
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5 They behaved like men wielding axes to cut through a thicket of trees.
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6 And now all the carved work thereof They break down with hatchet and hammers.
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6 They smashed all the carved paneling with their axes and hatchets.
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7 They have set thy sanctuary on fire; They have profaned the dwelling-place of thy name [by casting it] to the ground.
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7 They burned your sanctuary to the ground; they defiled the dwelling place of your Name.
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8 They said in their heart, Let us make havoc of them altogether: They have burned up all the synagogues of God in the land.
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8 They said in their hearts, "We will crush them completely!" They burned every place where God was worshiped in the land.
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9 We see not our signs: There is no more any prophet; Neither is there among us any that knoweth how long.
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9 We are given no miraculous signs; no prophets are left, and none of us knows how long this will be.
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10 How long, O God, shall the adversary reproach? Shall the enemy blaspheme thy name for ever?
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10 How long will the enemy mock you, O God? Will the foe revile your name forever?
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11 Why drawest thou back thy hand, even thy right hand? [Pluck it] out of thy bosom [and] consume [them].
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11 Why do you hold back your hand, your right hand? Take it from the folds of your garment and destroy them!
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12 Yet God is my King of old, Working salvation in the midst of the earth.
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12 But you, O God, are my king from of old; you bring salvation upon the earth.
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13 Thou didst divide the sea by thy strength: Thou brakest the heads of the sea-monsters in the waters.
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13 It was you who split open the sea by your power; you broke the heads of the monster in the waters.
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14 Thou brakest the heads of leviathan in pieces; Thou gavest him to be food to the people inhabiting the wilderness.
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14 It was you who crushed the heads of Leviathan and gave him as food to the creatures of the desert.
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15 Thou didst cleave fountain and flood: Thou driedst up mighty rivers.
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15 It was you who opened up springs and streams; you dried up the ever flowing rivers.
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16 The day is thine, the night also is thine: Thou hast prepared the light and the sun.
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16 The day is yours, and yours also the night; you established the sun and moon.
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17 Thou hast set all the borders of the earth: Thou hast made summer and winter.
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17 It was you who set all the boundaries of the earth; you made both summer and winter.
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18 Remember this, that the enemy hath reproached, O Jehovah, And that a foolish people hath blasphemed thy name.
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18 Remember how the enemy has mocked you, O LORD, how foolish people have reviled your name.
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19 Oh deliver not the soul of thy turtle-dove unto the wild beast: Forget not the life of thy poor for ever.
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19 Do not hand over the life of your dove to wild beasts; do not forget the lives of your afflicted people forever.
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20 Have respect unto the covenant; For the dark places of the earth are full of the habitations of violence.
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20 Have regard for your covenant, because haunts of violence fill the dark places of the land.
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21 Oh let not the oppressed return ashamed: Let the poor and needy praise thy name.
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21 Do not let the oppressed retreat in disgrace; may the poor and needy praise your name.
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22 Arise, O God, plead thine own cause: Remember how the foolish man reproacheth thee all the day.
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22 Rise up, O God, and defend your cause; remember how fools mock you all day long.
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23 Forget not the voice of thine adversaries: The tumult of those that rise up against thee ascendeth continually.
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23 Do not ignore the clamor of your adversaries, the uproar of your enemies, which rises continually.
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