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