| 1 | of Asaph.> O God, why hast thou cast [us] off for ever? [why] doth thine anger smoke against the sheep of thy pasture? |
| 2 | 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 | Lift up thy feet unto the perpetual desolations; [even] all [that] the enemy hath done wickedly in the sanctuary. |
| 4 | Thine enemies roar in the midst of thy congregations; they set up their ensigns [for] signs. |
| 5 | [A man] was famous according as he had lifted up axes upon the thick trees. |
| 6 | But now they break down the carved work thereof at once with axes and hammers. |
| 7 | They have cast fire into thy sanctuary, they have defiled [by casting down] the dwelling place of thy name to the ground. |
| 8 | They said in their hearts, Let us destroy them together: they have burned up all the synagogues of God in the land. |
| 9 | We see not our signs: [there is] no more any prophet: neither [is there] among us any that knoweth how long. |
| 10 | O God, how long shall the adversary reproach? shall the enemy blaspheme thy name for ever? |
| 11 | Why withdrawest thou thy hand, even thy right hand? pluck [it] out of thy bosom. |
| 12 | For God [is] my King of old, working salvation in the midst of the earth. |
| 13 | Thou didst divide the sea by thy strength: thou brakest the heads of the dragons in the waters. |
| 14 | Thou brakest the heads of leviathan in pieces, [and] gavest him [to be] meat to the people inhabiting the wilderness. |
| 15 | Thou didst cleave the fountain and the flood: thou driedst up mighty rivers. |
| 16 | The day [is] thine, the night also [is] thine: thou hast prepared the light and the sun. |
| 17 | Thou hast set all the borders of the earth: thou hast made summer and winter. |
| 18 | Remember this, [that] the enemy hath reproached, O LORD, and [that] the foolish people have blasphemed thy name. |
| 19 | O deliver not the soul of thy turtledove unto the multitude [of the wicked]: forget not the congregation of thy poor for ever. |
| 20 | Have respect unto the covenant: for the dark places of the earth are full of the habitations of cruelty. |
| 21 | O let not the oppressed return ashamed: let the poor and needy praise thy name. |
| 22 | Arise, O God, plead thine own cause: remember how the foolish man reproacheth thee daily. |
| 23 | Forget not the voice of thine enemies: the tumult of those that rise up against thee increaseth continually. |
