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[1]O God, why hast thou put us away forever? Why is thy wrath kindled against the sheep of thy pasture?
[2]Think upon thy congregation, which thou hast possessed of old, and on the rod of thine inheritance, which thou hast redeemed , and on this mount Zion, wherein thou hast dwelt.
[3]Lift up thy strokes, that thou mayest forever destroy every enemy that doeth evil to the szanctuary.
[4]Thine adversaries roar in the midst of thy congregation, and set up their banners for signs.
[5]He that lifted the axes upon the thick trees, was renowned, as one, that brought a thing to perfection:
[6]But now they break down the carved work thereof with axes and hammers.
[7]They have cast thy sanctuary into the fire, and raised it to the ground, and have defiled the dwelling place of thy name.
[8]They said in their hearts, Let us destroy them altogether: they have burned all the synagogues of God in the land.
[9]We see not our signs: there is not one prophet more, nor any with us that knoweth how long.
[10]O God, how long shall the adversary reproach thee? Shall the enemy blaspheme thy name forever?
[11]Why withdrawest thou thine hand, even thy right hand? Draw it out of thy bosom, and consume them.
[12]Even God is my King of old, working salvation in the midst of the earth.
[13]Thou didst divide the sea by thy power: thou breakest the heads of the dragons in the waters.
[14]Thou breakest the head of Leviathan in pieces, and gavest him to be meat for the people in wilderness.
[15]Thou breakest up the fountain and river: thou dryest up mighty rivers.
[16]The day is thine, and the night 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 the Lord, and the foolish people hath blasphemed thy name.
[19]Give not the soul of thy turtle dove unto the beast, and forget not the congregation of thy poor forever.
[20]Consider thy covenant: for the dark places of the earth are full of the habitations of the cruel.
[21]Oh let not the oppressed return ashamed, but let the poor and needy praise thy name.
[22]Arise, O God: maintain thine own cause: remember thy daily reproach by the foolish man.
[23]Forget not the voice of thine enemies: for the tumult of them, that rise against thee, ascendeth continually.
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