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| 1O God, why do you cast us off forever? Why does your anger smoke against the sheep of your pasture? | 1Why, God? Have you rejected us forever? Your anger is burning against the sheep of your pasture. |
| 2Remember your congregation, which you have purchased of old, which you have redeemed to be the tribe of your heritage! Remember Mount Zion, where you have dwelt. | 2Remember your community, whom you purchased long ago, the tribe whom you redeemed for your possession. Remember Mount Zion, where you live. |
| 3Direct your steps to the perpetual ruins; the enemy has destroyed everything in the sanctuary! | 3Hurry! Look at the permanent ruins— every calamity the enemy brought upon the Holy Place. |
| 4Your foes have roared in the midst of your meeting place; they set up their own signs for signs. | 4Those who are opposing you roar where we were meeting with you; they unfurl their war banners as signs. |
| 5They were like those who swing axes in a forest of trees. | 5As one blazes a trail through a forest with an ax, |
| 6And all its carved wood they broke down with hatchets and hammers. | 6now they're tearing down all its carved work with hatchets and hammers. |
| 7They set your sanctuary on fire; they profaned the dwelling place of your name, bringing it down to the ground. | 7They burned your sanctuary to the ground, desecrating your dwelling place. |
| 8They said to themselves, “We will utterly subdue them”; they burned all the meeting places of God in the land. | 8They say to themselves, "We'll crush them completely;" They burned down all the meeting places of God in the land. |
| 9We do not see our signs; there is no longer any prophet, and there is none among us who knows how long. | 9We see no signs for us; there is no longer a prophet, and no one among us knows the future. |
| 10How long, O God, is the foe to scoff? Is the enemy to revile your name forever? | 10God, how long will the adversary scorn while the enemy despises your name endlessly? |
| 11Why do you hold back your hand, your right hand? Take it from the fold of your garment and destroy them! | 11Why do you not withdraw your hand— your right hand—from your bosom and destroy them? |
| 12Yet God my King is from of old, working salvation in the midst of the earth. | 12But God is my king from ancient times, who brings acts of deliverance throughout the earth. |
| 13You divided the sea by your might; you broke the heads of the sea monsters on the waters. | 13You split the sea by your own power. You shattered the heads of sea monsters in the water. |
| 14You crushed the heads of Leviathan; you gave him as food for the creatures of the wilderness. | 14You crushed the heads of Leviathan. You set it as food for desert creatures. |
| 15You split open springs and brooks; you dried up ever-flowing streams. | 15You opened both the spring and the river; you dried up flowing rivers. |
| 16Yours is the day, yours also the night; you have established the heavenly lights and the sun. | 16Yours is the day, and yours is the night; you established the moon and the sun. |
| 17You have fixed all the boundaries of the earth; you have made summer and winter. | 17You set all the boundaries of the earth; you made summer and winter. |
| 18Remember this, O LORD, how the enemy scoffs, and a foolish people reviles your name. | 18Remember this: The enemy scorns the LORD and a foolish people despises your name. |
| 19Do not deliver the soul of your dove to the wild beasts; do not forget the life of your poor forever. | 19Don't hand over the life of your dove to beasts; do not continuously forget your afflicted ones. |
| 20Have regard for the covenant, for the dark places of the land are full of the habitations of violence. | 20Pay attention to your covenant, for the dark regions of the earth are full of violence. |
| 21Let not the downtrodden turn back in shame; let the poor and needy praise your name. | 21Don't let the oppressed return in humiliation. The poor and needy will praise your name. |
| 22Arise, O God, defend your cause; remember how the foolish scoff at you all the day! | 22Get up, God, and prosecute your case— remember that you're being scorned by fools all day long. |
| 23Do not forget the clamor of your foes, the uproar of those who rise against you, which goes up continually! | 23Don't ignore the shout of those opposing you, The uproar of those who rebel against you continuously. |
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