1O God, why hast thou cast us off for ever? why doth thine anger smoke against the sheep of thy pasture?studyinterlinear
2Remember thy congregation, which thou hast purchased of old; the rod of thine inheritance, which thou hast redeemed; this mount Zion, wherein thou hast dwelt.studyinterlinear
3Lift up thy feet unto the perpetual desolations; even all that the enemy hath done wickedly in the sanctuary.studyinterlinear
4Thine enemies roar in the midst of thy congregations; they set up their ensigns for signs.studyinterlinear
5A man was famous according as he had lifted up axes upon the thick trees.studyinterlinear
6But now they break down the carved work thereof at once with axes and hammers.studyinterlinear
7They have cast fire into thy sanctuary, they have defiled by casting down the dwelling place of thy name to the ground.studyinterlinear
8They said in their hearts, Let us destroy them together: they have burned up all the synagogues of God in the land.studyinterlinear
9We see not our signs: there is no more any prophet: neither is there among us any that knoweth how long.studyinterlinear
10O God, how long shall the adversary reproach? shall the enemy blaspheme thy name for ever?studyinterlinear
11Why withdrawest thou thy hand, even thy right hand? pluck it out of thy bosom.studyinterlinear
12For God is my King of old, working salvation in the midst of the earth.studyinterlinear
13Thou didst divide the sea by thy strength: thou brakest the heads of the dragons in the waters.studyinterlinear
14Thou brakest the heads of leviathan in pieces, and gavest him to be meat to the people inhabiting the wilderness.studyinterlinear
15Thou didst cleave the fountain and the flood: thou driedst up mighty rivers.studyinterlinear
16The day is thine, the night also is thine: thou hast prepared the light and the sun.studyinterlinear
17Thou hast set all the borders of the earth: thou hast made summer and winter.studyinterlinear
18Remember this, that the enemy hath reproached, O LORD, and that the foolish people have blasphemed thy name.studyinterlinear
19O deliver not the soul of thy turtledove unto the multitude of the wicked: forget not the congregation of thy poor for ever.studyinterlinear
20Have respect unto the covenant: for the dark places of the earth are full of the habitations of cruelty.studyinterlinear
21O let not the oppressed return ashamed: let the poor and needy praise thy name.studyinterlinear
22Arise, O God, plead thine own cause: remember how the foolish man reproacheth thee daily.studyinterlinear
23Forget not the voice of thine enemies: the tumult of those that rise up against thee increaseth continually.studyinterlinear