<vn='1'><sn="4905">Maschil</s> of <sn="623">Asaph</s>. O <sn="430">God</s>, <sn="4100">why</s> hast thou cast us <sn="2186">off</s><sn="5331">forever</s>? why doth thine <sn="639">anger</s><sn="6225">smoke</s> against the <sn="6629">sheep</s> of thy <sn="4830">pasture</s>? </v>
<vn='2'><sn="2142">Remember</s> thy <sn="5712">congregation</s>, which thou hast <sn="7069">purchased</s> of <sn="6924">old</s>; the <sn="7626">rod</s> of thine <sn="5159">inheritance</s>, which thou hast <sn="1350">redeemed</s>; <sn="2088">this</s><sn="2022">mount</s><sn="6726">Zion</s>, wherein thou hast <sn="7931">dwelt</s>. </v>
<vn='3'>Lift <sn="7311">up</s> thy <sn="6471">feet</s> unto the <sn="5331">perpetual</s><sn="4876">desolations</s>; even <sn="3605">all</s> that the <sn="341">enemy</s> hath done <sn="7489">wickedly</s> in the <sn="6944">sanctuary</s>. </v>
<vn='4'>Thine <sn="6887">enemies</s><sn="7580">roar</s> in the <sn="7130">midst</s> of thy <sn="4150">congregations</s>; they set <sn="7760">up</s> their <sn="226">ensigns</s> for <sn="226">signs</s>. </v>
<vn='5'> A man was <sn="3045">famous</s> according as he had lifted <sn="935 4605">up</s><sn="7134">axes</s> upon the <sn="5442">thick</s><sn="6086">trees</s>. </v>
<vn='6'>But <sn="6258">now</s> they break <sn="1986">down</s> the carved <sn="6603">work</s> thereof at <sn="3162">once</s> with <sn="3781">axes</s> and <sn="3597">hammers</s>. </v>
<vn='7'>They have <sn="7971">cast</s><sn="784">fire</s> into thy <sn="4720">sanctuary</s>, they have <sn="2490">defiled</s> by casting down the dwelling <sn="4908">place</s> of thy <sn="8034">name</s> to the <sn="776">ground</s>. </v>
<vn='8'>They <sn="559">said</s> in their <sn="3820">hearts</s>, Let us <sn="3238">destroy</s> them <sn="3162">together</s>: they have burned <sn="8313">up</s><sn="3605">all</s> the <sn="4150">synagogues</s> of <sn="410">God</s> in the <sn="776">land</s>. </v>
<vn='9'>We <sn="7200">see</s><sn="3808">not</s> our <sn="226">signs</s>: there is <sn="369">no</s><sn="5750">more</s> any <sn="5030">prophet</s>: <sn="3808">neither</s> is there <sn="854">among</s> us any that <sn="3045">knoweth</s> how <sn="5704 4100">long</s>. </v>
<vn='10'>O <sn="430">God</s>, how <sn="5704 4970">long</s> shall the <sn="6862">adversary</s><sn="2778">reproach</s>? shall the <sn="341">enemy</s><sn="5006">blaspheme</s> thy <sn="8034">name</s><sn="5331">forever</s>? </v>
<vn='11'><sn="4100">Why</s><sn="7725">withdrawest</s> thou thy <sn="3027">hand</s>, even thy right <sn="3225">hand</s>? <sn="3615">pluck</s> it out <sn="4480 7130">of</s> thy <sn="2436">bosom</s>. </v>
<vn='12'>For <sn="430">God</s> is my <sn="4428">King</s> of <sn="4480 6924">old</s>, <sn="6466">working</s><sn="3444">salvation</s> in the <sn="7130">midst</s> of the <sn="776">earth</s>. </v>
<vn='13'><sn="859">Thou</s> didst <sn="6565">divide</s> the <sn="3220">sea</s> by thy <sn="5797">strength</s>: thou didst <sn="7665">break</s> the <sn="7218">heads</s> of the <sn="8577">dragons</s><sn="5921">in</s> the <sn="4325">waters</s>. </v>
<vn='14'><sn="859">Thou</s> didst <sn="7533">break</s> the <sn="7218">heads</s> of <sn="3882">leviathan</s> in pieces, and <sn="5414">gavest</s> him to be <sn="3978">meat</s> to the <sn="5971">people</s> inhabiting the <sn="6728">wilderness</s>. </v>
<vn='15'><sn="859">Thou</s> didst <sn="1234">cleave</s> the <sn="4599">fountain</s> and the <sn="5158">flood</s>: <sn="859">thou</s> driedst <sn="3001">up</s><sn="386">mighty</s><sn="5104">rivers</s>. </v>
<vn='16'>The <sn="3117">day</s> is thine, the <sn="3915">night</s><sn="637">also</s> is thine: <sn="859">thou</s> hast <sn="3559">prepared</s> the <sn="3974">light</s> and the <sn="8121">sun</s>. </v>
<vn='17'><sn="859">Thou</s> hast <sn="5324">set</s><sn="3605">all</s> the <sn="1367">borders</s> of the <sn="776">earth</s>: <sn="859">thou</s> hast <sn="3335">made</s><sn="7019">summer</s> and <sn="2779">winter</s>. </v>
<vn='18'><sn="2142">Remember</s><sn="2063">this</s>, that the <sn="341">enemy</s> hath <sn="2778">reproached</s>, O <sn="3068">LORD</s>, and that the <sn="5036">foolish</s><sn="5971">people</s> have <sn="5006">blasphemed</s> thy <sn="8034">name</s>. </v>
<vn='19'>O <sn="5414">deliver</s><sn="408">not</s> the <sn="5315">soul</s> of thy <sn="8449">turtledove</s> unto the <sn="2416">multitude</s> of the wicked: <sn="7911">forget</s><sn="408">not</s> the <sn="2416">congregation</s> of thy <sn="6041">poor</s><sn="5331">forever</s>. </v>
<vn='20'>Have <sn="5027">respect</s> unto the <sn="1285">covenant</s>: <sn="3588">for</s> the dark <sn="4285">places</s> of the <sn="776">earth</s> are <sn="4390">full</s> of the <sn="4999">habitations</s> of <sn="2555">cruelty</s>. </v>
<vn='21'>O let <sn="408">not</s> the <sn="1790">oppressed</s><sn="7725">return</s><sn="3637">ashamed</s>: let the <sn="6041">poor</s> and <sn="34">needy</s><sn="1984">praise</s> thy <sn="8034">name</s>. </v>
<vn='22'><sn="6965">Arise</s>, O <sn="430">God</s>, plead thine own <sn="7378 7379">cause</s>: <sn="2142">remember</s><sn="4480">how</s> the foolish <sn="5036">man</s><sn="2781">reproacheth</s> thee <sn="3605 3117">daily</s>. </v>
<vn='23'><sn="7911">Forget</s><sn="408">not</s> the <sn="6963">voice</s> of thine <sn="6887">enemies</s>: the <sn="7588">tumult</s> of those that rise up <sn="6965">against</s> thee <sn="5927">increaseth</s><sn="8548">continually</s>. </v>