1A Maskil of Asaph. Why have You rejected…
2Remember Your congregation, which You purchased long ago…
3Turn Your steps to the everlasting ruins, to…
4Your foes have roared within Your meeting place;…
5like men wielding axes in a thicket of…
6and smashing all the carvings with hatchets and…
7They have burned Your sanctuary to the ground;…
8They said in their hearts, “We will crush…
9There are no signs for us to see.…
10How long, O God, will the enemy taunt…
11Why do You withdraw Your strong right hand?…
12Yet God is my King from ancient times,…
13You divided the sea by Your strength; You…
14You crushed the heads of Leviathan; You fed…
15You broke open the fountain and the flood;…
16The day is Yours, and also the night;…
17You set all the boundaries of the earth;…
18Remember how the enemy has mocked You, O…
19Do not deliver the soul of Your dove…
20Consider Your covenant, for haunts of violence fill…
21Do not let the oppressed retreat in shame;…
22Rise up, O God; defend Your cause! Remember…
23Do not disregard the clamor of Your adversaries,…
