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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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Why, O God, have you rejected [us] forever? [Why] does your anger smoke against the sheep of your 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 bought long ago, [when] you redeemed the tribe of your inheritance. [Remember] {Mount Zion} where you have dwelt.
3 Turn your steps toward these everlasting ruins, all this destruction the enemy has brought on the sanctuary.
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Lift your steps to the perpetual ruins, [to] all [that the] enemy has ruined 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 have roared in the midst of your meeting place; they have set up their signs [for] signs.
5 They behaved like men wielding axes to cut through a thicket of trees.
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They are known [to be] like [those who] {wield} axes in a thicket of trees.
6 They smashed all the carved paneling with their axes and hatchets.
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And now its carved works altogether they have smashed with axe and hammer.
7 They burned your sanctuary to the ground; they defiled the dwelling place of your Name.
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They have set fire to your sanctuary. They have defiled to the ground, the dwelling place for 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 have said in their heart, "We will completely oppress them." They burned all the meeting places of God 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 do not see our signs, and there is no longer a prophet. No one with us knows how long.
10 How long will the enemy mock you, God? Will the foe revile your name forever?
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How long, O God, will [the] adversary taunt? Will [the] enemy treat your name with contempt 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 draw back your hand, even your right hand? [Take it] from your bosom; destroy [them]!
12 But God is my King from long ago; he brings salvation on the earth.
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But God [has been] my king from long ago, working salvation in the midst 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 open [the] sea by your strength; You broke [the] heads of [the] sea monsters in the waters.
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 the heads of Leviathan; you gave him [as] food to [the] desert dwelling creatures.
15 It was you who opened up springs and streams; you dried up the ever-flowing rivers.
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You split open spring and wadi. You dried up ever-flowing rivers.
16 The day is yours, and yours also the night; you established the sun and moon.
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Yours [is the] day, yours [is the] night also. You established light 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 defined all [the] boundaries of [the] earth; Summer and winter--you formed them.
18 Remember how the enemy has mocked you, LORD, how foolish people have reviled your name.
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O Yahweh, remember this: [the] enemy taunts, and foolish people treat your name with contempt.
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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Do not give to beasts the life of your dove; do not ever forget the life of your afflicted ones.
20 Have regard for your covenant, because haunts of violence fill the dark places of the land.
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Have regard for the covenant, because [the] dark places of [the] land are full of [the] haunts of violence.
21 Do not let the oppressed retreat in disgrace; may the poor and needy praise your name.
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Do not let [the] oppressed turn back humiliated; 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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Rise up, O God, plead your cause; remember the reproaching of you by [the] foolish {all day long}.
23 Do not ignore the clamor of your adversaries, the uproar of your enemies, which rises continually.
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Do not forget the sound of your adversaries, the roar of those rising up against you ascending continually.
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