| King James Bible | International Standard Version |
| 1Maschil of Asaph. O God, why hast thou cast us off for ever? why doth thine anger smoke against the sheep of thy pasture? | 1Why, God? Have you rejected us forever? Your anger is burning against the sheep of your pasture. |
| 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. | 2Remember your community, whom you purchased long ago, the tribe whom you redeemed for your possession. Remember Mount Zion, where you live. |
| 3Lift up thy feet unto the perpetual desolations; even all that the enemy hath done wickedly in the sanctuary. | 3Hurry! Look at the permanent ruins— every calamity the enemy brought upon the Holy Place. |
| 4Thine enemies roar in the midst of thy congregations; they set up their ensigns for signs. | 4Those who are opposing you roar where we were meeting with you; they unfurl their war banners as signs. |
| 5A man was famous according as he had lifted up axes upon the thick trees. | 5As one blazes a trail through a forest with an ax, |
| 6But now they break down the carved work thereof at once with axes and hammers. | 6now they're tearing down all its carved work with hatchets and hammers. |
| 7They have cast fire into thy sanctuary, they have defiled by casting down the dwelling place of thy name to the ground. | 7They burned your sanctuary to the ground, desecrating your dwelling place. |
| 8They said in their hearts, Let us destroy them together: they have burned up all the synagogues 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 see not our signs: there is no more any prophet: neither is there among us any that knoweth how long. | 9We see no signs for us; there is no longer a prophet, and no one among us knows the future. |
| 10O God, how long shall the adversary reproach? shall the enemy blaspheme thy name for ever? | 10God, how long will the adversary scorn while the enemy despises your name endlessly? |
| 11Why withdrawest thou thy hand, even thy right hand? pluck it out of thy bosom. | 11Why do you not withdraw your hand— your right hand—from your bosom and destroy them? |
| 12For God is my King 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. |
| 13Thou didst divide the sea by thy strength: thou brakest the heads of the dragons in the waters. | 13You split the sea by your own power. You shattered the heads of sea monsters in the water. |
| 14Thou brakest the heads of leviathan in pieces, and gavest him to be meat to the people inhabiting the wilderness. | 14You crushed the heads of Leviathan. You set it as food for desert creatures. |
| 15Thou didst cleave the fountain and the flood: thou driedst up mighty rivers. | 15You opened both the spring and the river; you dried up flowing rivers. |
| 16The day is thine, the night also is thine: thou hast prepared the light and the sun. | 16Yours is the day, and yours is the night; you established the moon and the sun. |
| 17Thou hast set all the borders of the earth: thou hast made summer and winter. | 17You set all the boundaries of the earth; you made summer and winter. |
| 18Remember this, that the enemy hath reproached, O LORD, and that the foolish people have blasphemed thy name. | 18Remember this: The enemy scorns the LORD and a foolish people despises your name. |
| 19O deliver not the soul of thy turtledove unto the multitude of the wicked: forget not the congregation of thy poor for ever. | 19Don't hand over the life of your dove to beasts; do not continuously forget your afflicted ones. |
| 20Have respect unto the covenant: for the dark places of the earth are full of the habitations of cruelty. | 20Pay attention to your covenant, for the dark regions of the earth are full of violence. |
| 21O let not the oppressed return ashamed: let the poor and needy praise thy name. | 21Don't let the oppressed return in humiliation. The poor and needy will praise your name. |
| 22Arise, O God, plead thine own cause: remember how the foolish man reproacheth thee daily. | 22Get up, God, and prosecute your case— remember that you're being scorned by fools all day long. |
| 23Forget not the voice of thine enemies: the tumult of those that rise up against thee increaseth continually. | 23Don't ignore the shout of those opposing you, The uproar of those who rebel against you continuously. |
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