1A contemplation by Asaph. God, why have you…
2Remember your congregation, which you purchased of old,…
3Lift up your feet to the perpetual ruins,…
4Your adversaries have roared in the middle of…
5They behaved like men wielding axes, cutting through…
6Now they break all its carved work down…
7They have burned your sanctuary to the ground.…
8They said in their heart, “We will crush…
9We see no miraculous signs. There is no…
10How long, God, shall the adversary reproach? Shall…
11Why do you draw back your hand, even…
12Yet God is my King of old, working…
13You divided the sea by your strength. You…
14You broke the heads of Leviathan in pieces.…
15You opened up spring and stream. You dried…
16The day is yours, the night is also…
17You have set all the boundaries of the…
18Remember this, that the enemy has mocked you,…
19Don’t deliver the soul of your dove to…
20Honor your covenant, for haunts of violence fill…
21Don’t let the oppressed return ashamed. Let the…
22Arise, God! Plead your own cause. Remember how…
23Don’t forget the voice of your adversaries. The…
