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New International Version NIV
1 O God, why do you cast us off forever? Why does your anger smoke against the sheep of your pasture?
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O God, why have you rejected us forever? Why does your anger smolder against the sheep of your pasture?
2 Remember your congregation, which you have purchased of old, which you have redeemed to be the tribe of your heritage! Remember Mount Zion, where you have dwelt.
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Remember the nation you purchased long ago, the people of your inheritance, whom you redeemed— Mount Zion, where you dwelt.
3 Direct your steps to the perpetual ruins; the enemy has destroyed everything in the sanctuary!
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Turn your steps toward these everlasting ruins, all this destruction the enemy has brought on the sanctuary.
4 Your foes have roared in the midst of your meeting place; they set up their own signs for signs.
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Your foes roared in the place where you met with us; they set up their standards as signs.
5 They were like those who swing axes in a forest of trees.
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They behaved like men wielding axes to cut through a thicket of trees.
6 And all its carved wood they broke down with hatchets and hammers.
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They smashed all the carved paneling with their axes and hatchets.
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