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[1] Maschil of Asaph. Why, O God, hast Thou cast us off for ever? Why doth Thine anger smoke against the flock of Thy pasture?
[2] Remember Thy congregation, which Thou hast gotten of old, which Thou hast redeemed to be the tribe of Thine inheritance; and mount Zion, wherein Thou hast dwelt.
[3] Lift up Thy steps because of the perpetual ruins, even all the evil that the enemy hath done in the sanctuary.
[4] Thine adversaries have roared in the midst of Thy meeting-place; they have set up their own signs for signs.
[5] It seemed as when men wield upwards axes in a thicket of trees.
[6] And now all the carved work thereof together they strike down with hatchet and hammers.
[7] They have set Thy sanctuary on fire; they have profaned the dwelling-place of Thy name even to the ground.
[8] They said in their heart: 'Let us make havoc of them altogether'; they have burned up all the meeting-places of God in the land.
[9] We see not our signs; there is no more any prophet; neither is there among us any that knoweth how long.
[10] How long, O God, shall the adversary reproach? Shall the enemy blaspheme Thy name for ever?
[11] Why withdrawest Thou Thy hand, even Thy right hand? Draw it out of Thy bosom and consume them.
[12] Yet God is my King of old, working salvation in the midst of the earth.
[13] Thou didst break the sea in pieces by Thy strength; Thou didst shatter the heads of the sea-monsters in the waters.
[14] Thou didst crush the heads of leviathan, Thou gavest him to be food to the folk inhabiting the wilderness.
[15] Thou didst cleave fountain and brook; Thou driedst up ever-flowing rivers.
[16] Thine is the day, Thine also the night; Thou hast establish luminary and sun.
[17] Thou hast set all the borders of the earth; Thou hast made summer and winter.
[18] Remember this, how the enemy hath reproached 𐤉𐤇𐤅𐤇, and how a base people have blasphemed Thy name.
[19] O deliver not the soul of Thy turtle-dove unto the wild beast; forget not the life of Thy poor for ever.
[20] Look upon the covenant; for the dark places of the land are full of the habitations of violence.
[21] O let not the oppressed turn back in confusion; let the poor and needy praise Thy name.
[22] Arise, O God, plead Thine own cause; remember Thy reproach all the day at the hand of the base man.
[23] Forget not the voice of Thine adversaries, the tumult of those that rise up against Thee which ascendeth continually.
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