[1]MaschilH4905[H8688]of AsaphH623. O GodH430, why hast thou cast us offH2186[H8804]for everH5331? why doth thine angerH639smokeH6225[H8799]against the sheepH6629of thy pastureH4830?[2]RememberH2142[H8798]thy congregationH5712, which thou hast purchasedH7069[H8804]of oldH6924; the rodH7626of thine inheritanceH5159, which thou hast redeemedH1350[H8804]; this mountH2022ZionH6726, wherein thou hast dweltH7931.[H8804][3]Lift upH7311[H8685]thy feetH6471unto the perpetualH5331desolationsH4876; even all that the enemyH341[H8802]hath done wickedlyH7489[H8689]in the sanctuaryH6944.[4]Thine enemiesH6887[H8802]roarH7580[H8804]in the midstH7130of thy congregationsH4150; they set upH7760[H8804]their ensignsH226for signsH226.[5]A man was famousH3045[H8735]according as he had lifted upH935[H8688][H4605]axesH7134upon the thickH5442treesH6086.[6]But now they break downH1986[H8799]the carved workH6603thereof at onceH3162with axesH3781and hammersH3597.[7]They have castH7971[H8765]fireH784into thy sanctuaryH4720, they have defiledH2490[H8765]by casting down the dwelling placeH4908of thy nameH8034to the groundH776.[8]They saidH559[H8804]in their heartsH3820, Let us destroyH3238[H8799]them togetherH3162: they have burned upH8313[H8804]all the synagoguesH4150of GodH410in the landH776.[9]We seeH7200[H8804]not our signsH226: there is no more any prophetH5030: neither is there among us any that knowethH3045[H8802]how longH5704.[10]O GodH430,how long shall the adversaryH6862reproachH2778[H8762]? shall the enemyH341[H8802]blasphemeH5006[H8762]thy nameH8034for everH5331?[11]Why withdrawestH7725[H8686]thou thy handH3027, even thy right handH3225? pluckH3615[H8761]it out ofH7130thy bosomH2436[H8675].[H2436][12]For GodH430is my KingH4428of oldH6924, workingH6466[H8802]salvationH3444in the midstH7130of the earthH776.[13]Thou didst divideH6565[H8782]the seaH3220by thy strengthH5797: thou brakestH7665[H8765]the headsH7218of the dragonsH8577in the watersH4325.[14]Thou brakestH7533[H8765]the headsH7218of leviathanH3882in pieces, and gavestH5414[H8799]him to be meatH3978to the peopleH5971inhabiting the wildernessH6728.[15]Thou didst cleaveH1234[H8804]the fountainH4599and the floodH5158: thou driedst upH3001[H8689]mightyH386riversH5104.[16]The dayH3117is thine, the nightH3915also is thine: thou hast preparedH3559[H8689]the lightH3974and the sunH8121.[17]Thou hast setH5324[H8689]all the bordersH1367of the earthH776: thou hast madeH3335[H8804]summerH7019and winterH2779.[18]RememberH2142[H8798]this, that the enemyH341[H8802]hath reproachedH2778[H8765], O LORDH3068, and that the foolishH5036peopleH5971have blasphemedH5006[H8765]thy nameH8034.[19]O deliverH5414[H8799]not the soulH5315of thy turtledoveH8449unto the multitudeH2416of the wicked: forgetH7911[H8799]not the congregationH2416of thy poorH6041for everH5331.[20]Have respectH5027[H8685]unto the covenantH1285: for the darkH4285places of the earthH776are fullH4390[H8804]of the habitationsH4999of crueltyH2555.[21]O let not the oppressedH1790returnH7725[H8799]ashamedH3637[H8737]: let the poorH6041and needyH34praiseH1984[H8762]thy nameH8034.[22]AriseH6965[H8798],O GodH430, pleadH7378[H8798]thine own causeH7379: rememberH2142[H8798]how the foolish manH5036reproachethH2781thee dailyH3117.[23]ForgetH7911[H8799]not the voiceH6963of thine enemiesH6887[H8802]: the tumultH7588of those that rise upH6965[H8801]against thee increasethH5927[H8802]continuallyH8548.