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1 O God, why have you rejected us forever? Why does your anger smolder against the sheep of your pasture?
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God, why have you abandoned us forever? Why does your anger smolder at the sheep of your own pasture?
2 Remember the nation you purchased long ago, the people of your inheritance, whom you redeemed— Mount Zion, where you dwelt.
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Remember your congregation that you took as your own long ago, that you redeemed to be the tribe of your own possession— remember Mount Zion, where you dwell.
3 Turn your steps toward these everlasting ruins, all this destruction the enemy has brought on the sanctuary.
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March to the unending ruins, to all that the enemy destroyed in the sanctuary.
4 Your foes roared in the place where you met with us; they set up their standards as signs.
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Your enemies roared in your own meeting place; they set up their own signs there!
5 They behaved like men wielding axes to cut through a thicket of trees.
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It looked like axes raised against a thicket of trees.
6 They smashed all the carved paneling with their axes and hatchets.
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And then all its carvings they hacked down with hatchet and pick.
7 They burned your sanctuary to the ground; they defiled the dwelling place of your Name.
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They set fire to your sanctuary, burned it to the ground; they defiled the dwelling place of your name.
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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They said in their hearts, We'll kill all of them together! They burned all of God's meeting places in the land.
9 We are given no signs from God; no prophets are left, and none of us knows how long this will be.
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We don't see our own signs anymore. No prophet is left. And none of us know how long it will last.
10 How long will the enemy mock you, God? Will the foe revile your name forever?
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How long, God, will foes insult you? Are enemies going to abuse your name forever?
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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Why do you pull your hand back? Why do you hold your strong hand close to your chest?
12 But God is my King from long ago; he brings salvation on the earth.
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Yet God has been my king from ancient days— God, who makes salvation happen in the heart of the earth!
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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You split the sea with your power. You shattered the heads of the sea monsters on the water.
14 It was you who crushed the heads of Leviathan and gave it as food to the creatures of the desert.
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You crushed Leviathan's heads. You gave it to the desert dwellers for food!
15 It was you who opened up springs and streams; you dried up the ever-flowing rivers.
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You split open springs and streams; you made strong-flowing rivers dry right up.
16 The day is yours, and yours also the night; you established the sun and moon.
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The day belongs to you! The night too! You established both the moon and the sun.
17 It was you who set all the boundaries of the earth; you made both summer and winter.
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You set all the boundaries of the earth in place. Summer and winter? You made them!
18 Remember how the enemy has mocked you, LORD, how foolish people have reviled your name.
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So remember this, LORD: how enemies have insulted you, how unbelieving fools have abused your name.
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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Don't deliver the life of your dove to wild animals! Don't forget the lives of your afflicted people forever!
20 Have regard for your covenant, because haunts of violence fill the dark places of the land.
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Consider the covenant! Because the land's dark places are full of violence.
21 Do not let the oppressed retreat in disgrace; may the poor and needy praise your name.
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Don't let the oppressed live in shame. No, let the poor and needy praise your name!
22 Rise up, O God, and defend your cause; remember how fools mock you all day long.
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God, rise up! Make your case! Remember how unbelieving fools insult you all day long.
23 Do not ignore the clamor of your adversaries, the uproar of your enemies, which rises continually.
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Don't forget the voices of your enemies, the racket of your adversaries that never quits.
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