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| 1[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 1A maskil of Asaph. O God, why have you rejected us forever? Why does your anger smolder against the sheep of your pasture? |
| 2[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 2Remember the nation you purchased long ago, the people of your inheritance, whom you redeemed-- Mount Zion, where you dwelt. |
| 3[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 3Turn your steps toward these everlasting ruins, all this destruction the enemy has brought on the sanctuary. |
| 4[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 4Your foes roared in the place where you met with us; they set up their standards as signs. |
| 5[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 5They behaved like men wielding axes to cut through a thicket of trees. |
| 6[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 6They smashed all the carved paneling with their axes and hatchets. |
| 7[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 7They burned your sanctuary to the ground; they 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 every place where God was worshiped in the land. |
| 9[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 9We are given no signs from God; no prophets are left, and none of us knows how long this will be. |
| 10[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 10How long will the enemy mock you, God? Will the foe revile your name forever? |
| 11[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 11Why do you hold back your hand, your right hand? Take it from the folds of your garment and destroy them! |
| 12[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 12But God is my King from long ago; he brings salvation on the earth. |
| 13[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 13It was you who split open the sea by your power; you broke the heads of the monster in the waters. |
| 14[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 14It was you who crushed the heads of Leviathan and gave it as food to the creatures of the desert. |
| 15[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 15It was you who opened up springs and streams; you dried up the ever-flowing rivers. |
| 16[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 16The day is yours, and yours also the night; you established the sun and moon. |
| 17[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 17It was you who set all the boundaries of the earth; you made both summer and winter. |
| 18[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 18Remember how the enemy has mocked you, LORD, how foolish people have reviled your name. |
| 19[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 19Do not hand over the life of your dove to wild beasts; do not forget the lives of your afflicted people forever. |
| 20[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 20Have regard for your covenant, because 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 disgrace; may the poor and needy praise your name. |
| 22[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 22Rise up, O God, and defend your cause; remember how fools mock you all day long. |
| 23[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 23Do not ignore the clamor of your adversaries, the uproar of your enemies, which rises continually. |
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