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O God, why have you rejected us forever? Why does your anger smolder against the sheep of your pasture?
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Remember the nation you purchased long ago, the people of your inheritance, whom you redeemed— Mount Zion, where you dwelt.
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Turn your steps toward these everlasting ruins, all this destruction the enemy has brought on the sanctuary.
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Your foes roared in the place where you met with us; they set up their standards as signs.
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They behaved like men wielding axes to cut through a thicket of trees.
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They smashed all the carved paneling with their axes and hatchets.
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They burned your sanctuary to the ground; they defiled the dwelling place of your Name.
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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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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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How long will the enemy mock you, God? Will the foe revile your name forever?