^{1 Ref} <Maschil. Of Asaph.> Of God, why have you put us away from you for ever? why is the fire of your wrath smoking against the sheep who are your care?

^{2 Ref} Keep in mind your band of worshippers, for whom you gave payment in the days which are past, whom you took for yourself as the people of your heritage; even this mountain of Zion, which has been your resting-place.

^{3 Ref} Go up and see the unending destruction; all the evil which your haters have done in the holy place;

^{4 Ref} Sending out their voices like lions among your worshippers; they have put up their signs to be seen.

^{5 Ref} They are cutting down, like a man whose blade is lifted up against the thick trees.

^{6 Ref} Your doors are broken down with hammers and iron blades.

^{7 Ref} They have put on fire your holy place; they have made the place of your name unclean, pulling it down to the earth.

^{8 Ref} They have said in their hearts, Let us put an end to them all together; they have given over to the fire all God's places of worship in the land.

^{9 Ref} We do not see our signs: there is no longer any prophet, or anyone among us to say how long.

^{10 Ref} O God, how long will those who are against us say cruel things? will the hater go on looking down on your name for ever?

^{11 Ref} Why are you keeping back your hand, and covering your right hand in your robe?

^{12 Ref} For from the past God is my King, working salvation in the earth.

^{13 Ref} The sea was parted in two by your strength; the heads of the great sea-beasts were broken.

^{14 Ref} The heads of the great snake were crushed by you; you gave them as food to the fishes of the sea.

^{15 Ref} You made valleys for fountains and springs; you made the ever-flowing rivers dry.

^{16 Ref} The day is yours and the night is yours: you made the light and the sun.

^{17 Ref} By you all the limits of the earth were fixed; you have made summer and winter.

^{18 Ref} Keep this in mind, O Lord, that your haters have said cruel things, and that your name has been looked down on by a people of evil behaviour.

^{19 Ref} O give not the soul of your dove to the hawk; let not the life of the poor go out of your memory for ever.

^{20 Ref} Keep in mind your undertaking; for the dark places of the earth are full of pride and cruel acts.

^{21 Ref} O let not the crushed be turned back in shame; let the low man and the poor give praise to your name.

^{22 Ref} Up! O God, be the judge of your cause; keep in mind the bitter things which the man of evil behaviour says against you every day.

^{23 Ref} Keep in mind the voice of your haters; the outcry of those who come against you goes up every day.

^{1 Ref} An Instruction of Asaph. Why, O God, hast Thou cast off for ever? Thine anger smoketh against the flock of Thy pasture.

^{2 Ref} 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 Ref} Lift up Thy steps to the perpetual desolations, Everything the enemy did wickedly in the sanctuary.

^{4 Ref} Roared have thine adversaries, In the midst of Thy meeting-places, They have set their ensigns as ensigns.

^{5 Ref} He is known as one bringing in on high Against a thicket of wood -- axes.

^{6 Ref} And now, its carvings together With axe and hatchet they break down,

^{7 Ref} They have sent into fire Thy sanctuary, to the earth they polluted the tabernacle of Thy name,

^{8 Ref} They said in their hearts, `Let us oppress them together,' They did burn all the meeting-places of God in the land.

^{9 Ref} Our ensigns we have not seen, There is no more a prophet, Nor with us is one knowing how long.

^{10 Ref} Till when, O God, doth an adversary reproach? Doth an enemy despise thy name for ever?

^{11 Ref} Why dost Thou turn back Thy hand, Even Thy right hand? From the midst of Thy bosom remove `it'.

^{12 Ref} And God `is' my king of old, Working salvation in the midst of the earth.

^{13 Ref} Thou hast broken by Thy strength a sea-`monster', Thou hast shivered Heads of dragons by the waters,

^{14 Ref} Thou hast broken the heads of leviathan, Thou makest him food, For the people of the dry places.

^{15 Ref} Thou hast cleaved a fountain and a stream, Thou hast dried up perennial flowings.

^{16 Ref} Thine `is' the day, also Thine `is' the night, Thou hast prepared a light giver -- the sun.

^{17 Ref} Thou hast set up all the borders of earth, Summer and winter Thou hast formed them.

^{18 Ref} Remember this -- an enemy reproached Jehovah, And a foolish people have despised Thy name.

^{19 Ref} Give not up to a company, The soul of Thy turtle-dove, The company of Thy poor ones forget not for ever.

^{20 Ref} Look attentively to the covenant, For the dark places of earth, Have been full of habitations of violence.

^{21 Ref} Let not the oppressed turn back ashamed, Let the poor and needy praise Thy name,

^{22 Ref} Arise, O God, plead Thy plea, Remember Thy reproach from a fool all the day.

^{23 Ref} Forget not the voice of Thine adversaries, The noise of Thy withstanders is going up continually!

^{1 Ref} > God, why have you rejected us forever? Why does your anger smolder against the sheep of your pasture?

^{2 Ref} Remember your congregation, which you purchased of old, Which you have redeemed to be the tribe of your inheritance; Mount Zion, in which you have lived.

^{3 Ref} Lift up your feet to the perpetual ruins, All the evil that the enemy has done in the sanctuary.

^{4 Ref} Your adversaries have roared in the midst of your assembly. They have set up their standards as signs.

^{5 Ref} They behaved like men wielding axes, Cutting through a thicket of trees.

^{6 Ref} Now all its carved work They break down with hatchet and hammers.

^{7 Ref} They have burned your sanctuary to the ground. They have profaned the dwelling-place of your Name.

^{8 Ref} They said in their heart, "We will crush them completely." They have burned up all the places in the land where God was worshiped.

^{9 Ref} We see no miraculous signs. There is no longer any prophet, Neither is there among us anyone who knows how long.

^{10 Ref} How long, God, shall the adversary reproach? Shall the enemy blaspheme your name forever?

^{11 Ref} Why do you draw back your hand, even your right hand? Take it out of your pocket and consume them!

^{12 Ref} Yet God is my King of old, Working salvation in the midst of the earth.

^{13 Ref} You divided the sea by your strength. You broke the heads of the sea monsters in the waters.

^{14 Ref} You broke the heads of Leviathan in pieces. You gave him as food to people and desert creatures.

^{15 Ref} You opened up spring and stream. You dried up mighty rivers.

^{16 Ref} The day is yours, the night is also yours. You have prepared the light and the sun.

^{17 Ref} You have set all the boundaries of the earth. You have made summer and winter.

^{18 Ref} Remember this, that the enemy has mocked you, Yahweh. Foolish people have blasphemed your name.

^{19 Ref} Don't deliver the soul of your dove to wild beasts. Don't forget the life of your poor forever.

^{20 Ref} Honor your covenant, For haunts of violence fill the dark places of the earth.

^{21 Ref} Don't let the oppressed return ashamed. Let the poor and needy praise your name.

^{22 Ref} Arise, God! Plead your own cause. Remember how the foolish man mocks you all day.

^{23 Ref} Don't forget the voice of your adversaries. The tumult of those who rise up against you ascends continually.