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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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An Instruction of Asaph. Why, O God, hast Thou cast off for ever? Thine anger smoketh against the flock of Thy 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 Thy company. Thou didst purchase of old, Thou didst redeem the rod of Thy inheritance, This mount Zion -- Thou didst dwell in it.
3 Turn your steps toward these everlasting ruins, all this destruction the enemy has brought on the sanctuary.
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Lift up Thy steps to the perpetual desolations, Everything the enemy did wickedly 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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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 to cut 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 They smashed all the carved paneling with their axes and hatchets.
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And now, its carvings together With axe and hatchet they break down,
7 They burned your sanctuary to the ground; they defiled 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 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, `Let us oppress them together,' They did burn 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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Our ensigns we have not seen, There is no more a prophet, Nor with us is one knowing how long.
10 How long will the enemy mock you, God? Will the foe revile 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 hold back your hand, your right hand? Take it from the folds of your garment and destroy 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 But God is my King from long ago; he brings salvation on the earth.
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And God [is] my king of old, 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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Thou hast broken by Thy strength a sea-[monster], Thou hast shivered Heads of dragons by 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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Thou hast broken the heads of leviathan, Thou makest him food, For the people of the dry places.
15 It was you who opened up springs and streams; you dried up the ever-flowing rivers.
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Thou hast cleaved a fountain and a stream, Thou hast dried up perennial flowings.
16 The day is yours, and yours also the night; you established the sun and moon.
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Thine [is] the day, also Thine [is] the night, Thou hast prepared a light giver -- the sun.
17 It was you who set all the boundaries of the earth; you made both 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 how the enemy has mocked you, LORD, how foolish people have reviled your name.
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Remember this -- an enemy reproached Jehovah, And a foolish people have despised Thy 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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Give not up to a company, The soul of Thy turtle-dove, The company of Thy poor ones forget not for ever.
20 Have regard for your covenant, because haunts of violence fill the dark places of the land.
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Look attentively to the covenant, For the dark places of earth, Have been full of habitations of violence.
21 Do not let the oppressed retreat in disgrace; may 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 Rise up, O God, and defend your cause; remember how fools mock you all day long.
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Arise, O God, plead Thy plea, Remember Thy reproach from a fool all the day.
23 Do not ignore the clamor of your adversaries, the uproar of your enemies, which rises 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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