^{2 Ref} Remember thy congregation, which thou hast purchased of old; the rod of thine inheritance, which thou hast redeemed; this mount Zion, wherein thou hast dwelt.

^{3 Ref} Lift up thy feet unto the perpetual desolations; even all that the enemy hath done wickedly in the sanctuary.

^{4 Ref} Thine enemies roar in the midst of thy congregations; they set up their ensigns for signs.

^{5 Ref} A man was famous according as he had lifted up axes upon the thick trees.

^{6 Ref} But now they break down the carved work thereof at once with axes and hammers.

^{7 Ref} They have cast fire into thy sanctuary, they have defiled by casting down the dwelling place of thy name to the ground.

^{8 Ref} They said in their hearts, Let us destroy them together: they have burned up all the synagogues of God in the land.