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| [1]Wherefore hast thou rejected us, O God, for ever? wherefore is thy wrath kindled against the sheep of thy pasture? |
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| [2]Remember thy congregation which thou hast purchased from the beginning; thou didst ransom the rod of thine inheritance; this mount Sion wherein thou hast dwelt. |
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| [3]Lift up thine hands against their pride continually; because of all that the enemy has done wickedly in thy holy places. |
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| [4]And they that hate thee have boasted in the midst of thy feast; they have set up their standards for signs, |
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| [5]ignorantly as it were in the entrance above; |
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| [6]they cut down its doors at once with axes as in a wood of trees; they have broken it down with hatchet and stone cutter. |
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| [7]They have burnt thy sanctuary with fire to the ground; they have profaned the habitation of thy name. |
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| [8]They have said in their heart, even all their kindred together, Come, let us abolish the feasts of the Lord from the earth. |
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| [9]We have not seen our signs; there is no longer a prophet; and God will not know us any more. |
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| [10]How long, O God, shall the enemy reproach? shall the enemy provoke thy name forever? |
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| [11]Wherefore turnest thou away thine hand, and thy right hand from the midst of thy bosom for ever? |
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| [12]But God is our King of old; he has wrought salvation in the midst of the earth. |
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| [13]Thou didst establish the sea, in thy might, thou didst break to pieces the heads of the dragons in the water. |
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| [14]Thou didst break to pieces the heads of the dragon; thou didst give him for meat to the Ethiopian nations. |
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| [15]Thou didst cleave fountains and torrents; thou driedst up mighty rivers. |
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| [16]The day is thine, and the night is thine; thou hast prepared the sun and the moon. |
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| [17]Thou hast made all the borders of the earth; thou hast made summer and spring. |
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| [18]Remember this thy creation: an enemy has reproached the Lord, and a foolish people has provoked thy name. |
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| [19]Deliver not to the wild beasts a soul that gives praise to thee: forget not for ever the souls of thy poor. |
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| [20]Look upon thy covenant: for the dark places of the earth are filled with the habitations of iniquity. |
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| [21]let not the afflicted and shamed one be rejected: the poor and needy shall praise thy name. |
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| [22]Arise, O God, plead thy cause: remember thy reproaches that come from the foolish one all the day. |
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| [23]Forget not the voice of thy suppliants: let the pride of them that hate thee continually ascend before thee. |
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