New Living Translation NLT
Young's Literal Translation YLT
1 O God, why have you rejected us so long? Why is your anger so intense against the sheep of your own 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 that we are the people you chose long ago, the tribe you redeemed as your own special possession! And remember Jerusalem, your home here on earth.
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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 Walk through the awful ruins of the city; see how the enemy has destroyed your sanctuary.
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Lift up Thy steps to the perpetual desolations, Everything the enemy did wickedly in the sanctuary.
4 There your enemies shouted their victorious battle cries; there they set up their battle standards.
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Roared have thine adversaries, In the midst of Thy meeting-places, They have set their ensigns as ensigns.
5 They swung their axes like woodcutters in a forest.
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He is known as one bringing in on high Against a thicket of wood -- axes.
6 With axes and picks, they smashed the carved paneling.
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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 place that bears your name.
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They have sent into fire Thy sanctuary, to the earth they polluted the tabernacle of Thy name,
8 Then they thought, “Let’s destroy everything!” So they burned down all the places 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 no longer see your miraculous signs. All the prophets are gone, and no one can tell us when it will end.
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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, O God, will you allow our enemies to insult you? Will you let them dishonor 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 strong right hand? Unleash your powerful fist 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 You, O God, are my king from ages past, bringing salvation to the earth.
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And God [is] my king of old, Working salvation in the midst of the earth.
13 You split the sea by your strength and smashed the heads of the sea monsters.
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Thou hast broken by Thy strength a sea-[monster], Thou hast shivered Heads of dragons by the waters,
14 You crushed the heads of Leviathan and let the desert animals eat him.
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Thou hast broken the heads of leviathan, Thou makest him food, For the people of the dry places.
15 You caused the springs and streams to gush forth, and you dried up rivers that never run dry.
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Thou hast cleaved a fountain and a stream, Thou hast dried up perennial flowings.
16 Both day and night belong to you; you made the starlight 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 set the boundaries of the earth, and 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 See how these enemies insult you, LORD . A foolish nation has dishonored your name.
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Remember this -- an enemy reproached Jehovah, And a foolish people have despised Thy name.
19 Don’t let these wild beasts destroy your turtledoves. Don’t forget your suffering 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 Remember your covenant promises, for the land is full of darkness and violence!
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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 downtrodden be humiliated again. Instead, 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, O God, and defend your cause. Remember how these fools insult you all day long.
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Arise, O God, plead Thy plea, Remember Thy reproach from a fool all the day.
23 Don’t overlook what your enemies have said or their growing uproar.
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Forget not the voice of Thine adversaries, The noise of Thy withstanders is going up continually!