1
Why have you abandoned us like this, O God? Will you be angry with your own people forever?
2
Remember your people, whom you chose for yourself long ago, whom you brought out of slavery to be your own tribe. Remember Mount Zion, where once you lived.
3
Walk over these total ruins; our enemies have destroyed everything in the Temple.
4
Your enemies have shouted in triumph in your Temple; they have placed their flags there as signs of victory.
5
They looked like woodsmen cutting down trees with their axes.
Scripture taken from the Good News Translation - Second Edition, Copyright 1992 by American Bible Society. Used by Permission.