1 A Maskil of Asaph. Why have You rejected us forever, O God? Why does Your anger smolder against the sheep of Your pasture? | IP | TOSK |
2 Remember Your congregation, which You purchased long ago and redeemed as the tribe of Your inheritance—Mount Zion where You dwell. | IP | TOSK |
3 Turn Your steps to the everlasting ruins, to everything in the sanctuary the enemy has destroyed. | TOSK |
4 Your foes have roared within Your meeting place; they have unfurled their banners as signs, | C | TOSK |
5 like men wielding axes in a thicket of trees | C | TOSK |
6 and smashing all the carvings with hatchets and picks. | C | TOSK |
7 They have burned Your sanctuary to the ground; they have defiled the dwelling place of Your Name. | C | TOSK |
8 They said in their hearts, “We will crush them completely.” They burned down every place where God met us in the land. | C | TOSK |
9 There are no signs for us to see. There is no longer any prophet. And none of us knows how long this will last. | C | TOSK |
10 How long, O God, will the enemy taunt You? Will the foe revile Your name forever? | C | TOSK |
11 Why do You withdraw Your strong right hand? Stretch it out to destroy them! | C | TOSK |
12 Yet God is my King from ancient times, working salvation on the earth. | TOSK |
13 You divided the sea by Your strength; You smashed the heads of the dragons of the sea; | TOSK |
14 You crushed the heads of Leviathan; You fed him to the creatures of the desert. | TOSK |
15 You broke open the fountain and the flood; You dried up the ever-flowing rivers. | TOSK |
16 The day is Yours, and also the night; You established the moon and the sun. | TOSK |
17 You set all the boundaries of the earth; You made the summer and winter. | TOSK |
18 Remember how the enemy has mocked You, O LORD, how a foolish people has spurned Your name. | C | TOSK |
19 Do not deliver the soul of Your dove to beasts; do not forget the lives of Your afflicted forever. | C | TOSK |
20 Consider Your covenant, for haunts of violence fill the dark places of the land. | C | TOSK |
21 Do not let the oppressed retreat in shame; may the poor and needy praise Your name. | C | TOSK |
22 Rise up, O God; defend Your cause! Remember how the fool mocks You all day long. | C | TOSK |
23 Do not disregard the clamor of Your adversaries, the uproar of Your enemies that ascends continually. | TOSK |