[1] O God, why hast thou cast us off for ever? Why doth thine anger smoke against the sheep 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 feet unto the perpetual ruins, All the evil that the enemy hath done in the sanctuary.
[4] Thine adversaries have roared in the midst of thine assembly; They have set up their ensigns for signs.
[5] They seemed as men that lifted up Axes upon a thicket of trees.
[6] And now all the carved work thereof They break down with hatchet and hammers.
[7] They have set thy sanctuary on fire; They have profaned the dwelling-place of thy name by casting it to the ground.
[8] They said in their heart, Let us make havoc of them altogether: They have burned up all the synagogues 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 drawest thou back thy hand, even thy right hand? Pluck 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 divide the sea by thy strength: Thou brakest the heads of the sea-monsters in the waters.
[14] Thou brakest the heads of leviathan in pieces; Thou gavest him to be food to the people inhabiting the wilderness.
[15] Thou didst cleave fountain and flood: Thou driedst up mighty rivers.
[16] The day is thine, the night also is thine: Thou hast prepared the light and the sun.
[17] Thou hast set all the borders of the earth: Thou hast made summer and winter.
[18] Remember this, that the enemy hath reproached, O Jehovah, And that a foolish people hath blasphemed thy name.
[19] Oh deliver not the soul of thy turtle-dove unto the wild beast: Forget not the life of thy poor for ever.
[20] Have respect unto the covenant; For the dark places of the earth are full of the habitations of violence.
[21] Oh let not the oppressed return ashamed: Let the poor and needy praise thy name.
[22] Arise, O God, plead thine own cause: Remember how the foolish man reproacheth thee all the day.
[23] Forget not the voice of thine adversaries: The tumult of those that rise up against thee ascendeth continually.