[an error occurred while processing this directive] | Holman Christian Standard Bible |
1[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 1A Maskil of Asaph. Why have You rejected us forever, God? Why does Your anger burn 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 for Your own possession. Remember Mount Zion where You dwell. |
3[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 3Make Your way to the everlasting ruins, to all that the enemy has destroyed in the sanctuary. |
4[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 4Your adversaries roared in the meeting place where You met with us. They set up their emblems as signs. |
5[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 5It was like men in a thicket of trees, wielding axes, |
6[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 6then smashing all the carvings with hatchets and picks. |
7[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 7They set Your sanctuary on fire; they utterly desecrated the dwelling place of Your name. |
8[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 8They said in their hearts," Let us oppress them relentlessly." They burned down every place throughout the land where God met with us. |
9[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 9There are no signs for us to see. There is no longer a prophet. And none of us knows how long this will last. |
10[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 10God, how long will the enemy mock? Will the foe insult Your name forever? |
11[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 11Why do You hold back Your hand? Stretch out Your right hand and destroy them! |
12[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 12God my King is from ancient times, performing saving acts on the earth. |
13[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 13You divided the sea with Your strength; You smashed the heads of the sea monsters in the waters; |
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 opened up springs and streams; You dried up ever-flowing rivers. |
16[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 16The day is Yours, 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 summer and winter. |
18[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 18Remember this: the enemy has mocked Yahweh, and a foolish people has insulted Your name. |
19[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 19Do not give the life of Your dove to beasts; do not forget the lives of Your poor people forever. |
20[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 20Consider the covenant, for the dark places of the land are full of violence. |
21[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 21Do not let the oppressed turn away in shame; let the poor and needy praise Your name. |
22[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 22Rise up, God, defend Your cause! Remember the insults that fools bring against You all day long. |
23[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 23Do not forget the clamor of Your adversaries, the tumult of Your opponents that goes up constantly. |
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