1 Why does Your anger smoke against the sheep of Youra Or pasturingpasture? | |
2 O God, why have You rejected us forever? | |
2 Remember Your congregation, which You have purchased of old,
Which You have redeemed to be the tribe of Your inheritance;
And this Mount Zion, where You have dwelt. | |
3 b Lit Lift upTurn Your footsteps toward the perpetual ruins;
The enemy has damaged everything within the sanctuary. | |
4 Your adversaries have roared in the midst of Your meeting place;
They have set up their ownc Lit signsstandards for signs. | |
5 It seems as if one had lifted up
Hisd Lit axesaxe in ae Lit thicketforest of trees. | |
6 And nowf Lit altogetherall its carved work
They smash with hatchet andg Or axeshammers. | |
7 They haveh Lit set on fireburned Your sanctuaryi Or To the ground they...to the ground;
They have defiled the dwelling place of Your name. | |
8 They said in their heart, “Let usj Lit altogethercompletelyk Or oppresssubdue them.”
They have burned all the meeting places of God in the land. | |
9 We do not see our signs;
There is no longer any prophet,
Nor is there any among us who knows how long. | |
10 How long, O God, will the adversary revile,
And the enemy spurn Your name forever? | |
11 Why do You withdraw Your hand, even Your right hand?
From within Your bosom, destroy them! | |
12 Yet God is my king from of old,
Who works deeds of deliverance in the midst of the earth. | |
13 l Or You YourselfYou divided the sea by Your strength;
m Or You YourselfYou broke the heads of the sea monstersn Lit onin the waters. | |
14 o Or You YourselfYou crushed the heads ofp Or sea monsterLeviathan;
q Or You YourselfYou gave him as food for ther Lit peoplecreatures of the wilderness. | |
15 s Or You YourselfYou broke open springs and torrents;
t Or You YourselfYou dried up ever-flowing streams. | |
16 Yours is the day, Yours also is the night;
u Or You YourselfYou have prepared thev Or luminarylight and the sun. | |
17 w Or You YourselfYou have established all the boundaries of the earth;
x Or You YourselfYou havey Or formedmade summer and winter. | |
18 Remember this,z Or that the enemy has reviled the LordO LORD, that the enemy has reviled,
And a foolish people has spurned Your name. | |
19 Do not deliver the soul of Your turtledove to the wild beast;
Do not forget the life of Your afflicted forever. | |
20 Consider the covenant;
For the dark places of the land are full of the habitations of violence. | |
21 Let not the oppressed return dishonored;
Let the afflicted and needy praise Your name. | |
22 Arise, O God, and plead Your own cause;
Rememberaa Lit Your reproach from the foolish manhow the foolish man reproaches You all day long. | |
23 Do not forget the voice of Your adversaries,
The uproar of those who rise against You which ascends continually. | |
