Maschil of Asaph. O God,{H430} why hast thou cast [us] off{H2186} for ever?{H5331} Why doth thine anger{H639} smoke{H6225} against the sheep{H6629} of thy pasture?{H4830}

Remember{H2142} thy congregation,{H5712} which thou hast gotten{H7069} of old,{H6924} Which{H7626} thou hast redeemed{H1350} to be the tribe of thine inheritance;{H5159} [And] mount{H2022} Zion,{H6726} wherein thou hast dwelt.{H7931}

Lift up{H7311} thy feet{H6471} unto the perpetual{H5331} ruins,{H4876} All the evil{H7489} that the enemy{H341} hath done in the sanctuary.{H6944}

Thine adversaries{H6887} have roared{H7580} in the midst{H7130} of thine assembly;{H4150} They have set up{H7760} their ensigns{H226} for signs.{H226}

They seemed{H3045} as men that lifted up{H935} Axes{H7134} upon a thicket{H5442} of trees.{H6086}

And now{H3162} all the carved work{H6603} thereof They break down{H1986} with hatchet{H3781} and hammers.{H3597}

They have set{H7971} thy sanctuary{H4720} on fire;{H784} They have profaned{H2490} the dwelling-place{H4908} of thy name{H8034} [by casting it] to the ground.{H776}

They said{H559} in their heart,{H3820} Let us make havoc{H3238} of them altogether:{H3162} They have burned up{H8313} all the synagogues{H4150} of God{H410} in the land.{H776}

We see{H7200} not our signs:{H226} There is no more any prophet;{H5030} Neither is there among us any that knoweth{H3045} how long.{H5704}

How long, O God,{H430} shall the adversary{H6862} reproach?{H2778} Shall the enemy{H341} blaspheme{H5006} thy name{H8034} for ever?{H5331}

Why drawest{H7725} thou back thy hand,{H3027} even thy right hand?{H3027} [Pluck]{H3615} [it] out of{H7130} thy bosom{H2436} [and] consume [them].

Yet God{H430} is my King{H4428} of old,{H6924} Working{H6466} salvation{H3444} in the midst{H7130} of the earth.{H776}

Thou didst divide{H6565} the sea{H3220} by thy strength:{H5797} Thou brakest{H7665} the heads{H7218} of the sea-monsters{H8577} in the waters.{H4325}

Thou brakest{H7533} the heads{H7218} of leviathan{H3882} in pieces; Thou gavest{H5414} him to be food{H3978} to the people{H5971} inhabiting the wilderness.{H6728}

Thou didst cleave{H1234} fountain{H4599} and flood:{H5158} Thou driedst up{H3001} mighty{H386} rivers.{H5104}

The day{H3117} is thine, the night{H3915} also is thine: Thou hast prepared{H3559} the light{H3974} and the sun.{H8121}

Thou hast set{H5324} all the borders{H1367} of the earth:{H776} Thou hast made{H3335} summer{H7019} and winter.{H2779}

Remember{H2142} this, that the enemy{H341} hath reproached,{H2778} O Jehovah,{H3068} And that a foolish{H5036} people{H5971} hath blasphemed{H5006} thy name.{H8034}

Oh deliver{H5414} not the soul{H5315} of thy turtle-dove{H8449} unto the wild beast:{H2416} Forget{H7911} not the life{H2416} of thy poor{H6041} for ever.{H5331}

Have respect{H5027} unto the covenant;{H1285} For the dark{H4285} places of the earth{H776} are full{H4390} of the habitations{H4999} of violence.{H2555}

Oh let not the oppressed{H1790} return{H7725} ashamed:{H3637} Let the poor{H6041} and needy{H34} praise{H1984} thy name.{H8034}

Arise,{H6965} O God,{H430} plead{H7378} thine own cause:{H7379} Remember{H2142} how the foolish man{H5036} reproacheth{H2781} thee all the day.{H3117}

Forget{H7911} not the voice{H6963} of thine adversaries:{H6887} The tumult{H7588} of those that rise up{H6965} against thee ascendeth{H5927} continually.{H8548}