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1 An Instruction of Asaph. Why, O God, hast Thou cast off for ever? Thine anger smoketh against the flock 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 company. Thou didst purchase of old, Thou didst redeem the rod of Thy inheritance, This mount Zion -- Thou didst dwell in it.
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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 steps to the perpetual desolations, Everything the enemy did wickedly 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 Roared have thine adversaries, In the midst of Thy meeting-places, They have set their ensigns as ensigns.
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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 He is known as one bringing in on high Against a thicket of wood -- axes.
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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, its carvings together With axe and hatchet they break down,
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6 They smashed all the carved paneling with their axes and hatchets.
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7 They have sent into fire Thy sanctuary, to the earth they polluted the tabernacle of Thy name,
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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 hearts, `Let us oppress them together,' They did burn all the meeting-places 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 Our ensigns we have not seen, There is no more a prophet, Nor with us is one knowing 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 Till when, O God, doth an adversary reproach? Doth an enemy despise 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 dost Thou turn back Thy hand, Even Thy right hand? From the midst of Thy bosom remove [it].
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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 And 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 hast broken by Thy strength a sea-[monster], Thou hast shivered Heads of dragons by 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 hast broken the heads of leviathan, Thou makest him food, For the people of the dry places.
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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 hast cleaved a fountain and a stream, Thou hast dried up perennial flowings.
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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 Thine [is] the day, also Thine [is] the night, Thou hast prepared a light giver -- 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 up all the borders of earth, Summer and winter Thou hast formed them.
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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 -- an enemy reproached Jehovah, And a foolish people have despised 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 Give not up to a company, The soul of Thy turtle-dove, The company of Thy poor ones forget not 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 Look attentively to the covenant, For the dark places of earth, Have been full of 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 Let not the oppressed turn back 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 Thy plea, Remember Thy reproach from a fool 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 noise of Thy withstanders is going up 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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