Hebrew Names Version HNV
Young's Literal Translation YLT
1 <<A maskil by Asaf.>> God, why have you rejected us forever? Why does your anger smolder against the sheep of your pasture?
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An Instruction of Asaph. Why, O God, hast Thou cast off for ever? Thine anger smoketh against the flock of Thy pasture.
2 Remember your congregation, which you purchased of old, Which you have redeemed to be the tribe of your inheritance; Mount Tziyon, in which you have lived.
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Remember Thy company. Thou didst purchase of old, Thou didst redeem the rod of Thy inheritance, This mount Zion -- Thou didst dwell in it.
3 Lift up your feet to the perpetual ruins, All the evil that the enemy has done in the sanctuary.
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Lift up Thy steps to the perpetual desolations, Everything the enemy did wickedly in the sanctuary.
4 Your adversaries have roared in the midst of your assembly. They have set up their standards as signs.
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Roared have thine adversaries, In the midst of Thy meeting-places, They have set their ensigns as ensigns.
5 They behaved like men wielding axes, Cutting through a thicket of trees.
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He is known as one bringing in on high Against a thicket of wood -- axes.
6 Now all its carved work They break down with hatchet and hammers.
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And now, its carvings together With axe and hatchet they break down,
7 They have burned your sanctuary to the ground. They have profaned the dwelling-place of your Name.
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They have sent into fire Thy sanctuary, to the earth they polluted the tabernacle of Thy name,
8 They said in their heart, "We will crush them completely." They have burned up all the places in the land where God was worshiped.
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They said in their hearts, `Let us oppress them together,' They did burn all the meeting-places of God in the land.
9 We see no miraculous signs. There is no longer any prophet, Neither is there among us anyone who knows how long.
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Our ensigns we have not seen, There is no more a prophet, Nor with us is one knowing how long.
10 How long, God, shall the adversary reproach? Shall the enemy blaspheme your name forever?
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Till when, O God, doth an adversary reproach? Doth an enemy despise thy name for ever?
11 Why do you draw back your hand, even your right hand? Take it out of your pocket and consume them!
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Why dost Thou turn back Thy hand, Even Thy right hand? From the midst of Thy bosom remove [it].
12 Yet God is my King of old, Working salvation in the midst of the eretz.
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And God [is] my king of old, Working salvation in the midst of the earth.
13 You divided the sea by your strength. You broke the heads of the sea monsters in the waters.
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Thou hast broken by Thy strength a sea-[monster], Thou hast shivered Heads of dragons by the waters,
14 You broke the heads of Livyatan in pieces. You gave him as food to people and desert creatures.
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Thou hast broken the heads of leviathan, Thou makest him food, For the people of the dry places.
15 You opened up spring and stream. You dried up mighty rivers.
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Thou hast cleaved a fountain and a stream, Thou hast dried up perennial flowings.
16 The day is yours, the night is also yours. You have prepared the light and the sun.
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Thine [is] the day, also Thine [is] the night, Thou hast prepared a light giver -- the sun.
17 You have set all the boundaries of the eretz. You have made summer and winter.
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Thou hast set up all the borders of earth, Summer and winter Thou hast formed them.
18 Remember this, that the enemy has mocked you, LORD. Foolish people have blasphemed your name.
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Remember this -- an enemy reproached Jehovah, And a foolish people have despised Thy name.
19 Don't deliver the soul of your dove to wild beasts. Don't forget the life of your poor forever.
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Give not up to a company, The soul of Thy turtle-dove, The company of Thy poor ones forget not for ever.
20 Honor your covenant, For haunts of violence fill the dark places of the eretz.
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Look attentively to the covenant, For the dark places of earth, Have been full of habitations of violence.
21 Don't let the oppressed return ashamed. Let the poor and needy praise your name.
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Let not the oppressed turn back ashamed, Let the poor and needy praise Thy name,
22 Arise, God! Plead your own cause. Remember how the foolish man mocks you all day.
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Arise, O God, plead Thy plea, Remember Thy reproach from a fool all the day.
23 Don't forget the voice of your adversaries. The tumult of those who rise up against you ascends continually.
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Forget not the voice of Thine adversaries, The noise of Thy withstanders is going up continually!
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