Psalms

¹ O God, why hast thou cast us off for ever? why doth thine anger smoke against the sheep of thy pasture? Maschil of Asaph.

² Remember thy congregation, which thou hast purchased of old; the rod of thine inheritance, which thou hast redeemed; this mount Zion, wherein thou hast dwelt. Maschil of Asaph.

³ Lift up thy feet unto the perpetual desolations; even all that the enemy hath done wickedly in the sanctuary. Maschil of Asaph.

⁴ Thine enemies roar in the midst of thy congregations; they set up their ensigns for signs. Maschil of Asaph.

⁵ A man was famous according as he had lifted up axes upon the thick trees. Maschil of Asaph.

⁶ But now they break down the carved work thereof at once with axes and hammers. Maschil of Asaph.

⁷ They have cast fire into thy sanctuary, they have defiled by casting down the dwelling place of thy name to the ground. Maschil of Asaph.

⁸ They said in their hearts, Let us destroy them together: they have burned up all the synagogues of God in the land. Maschil of Asaph.

⁹ We see not our signs: there is no more any prophet: neither is there among us any that knoweth how long. Maschil of Asaph.

¹⁰ O God, how long shall the adversary reproach? shall the enemy blaspheme thy name for ever? Maschil of Asaph.

¹¹ Why withdrawest thou thy hand, even thy right hand? pluck it out of thy bosom. Maschil of Asaph.

¹² For God is my King of old, working salvation in the midst of the earth. Maschil of Asaph.

¹³ Thou didst divide the sea by thy strength: thou brakest the heads of the dragons in the waters. Maschil of Asaph.

¹⁴ Thou brakest the heads of leviathan in pieces, and gavest him to be meat to the people inhabiting the wilderness. Maschil of Asaph.

¹⁵ Thou didst cleave the fountain and the flood: thou driedst up mighty rivers. Maschil of Asaph.

¹⁶ The day is thine, the night also is thine: thou hast prepared the light and the sun. Maschil of Asaph.

¹⁷ Thou hast set all the borders of the earth: thou hast made summer and winter. Maschil of Asaph.

¹⁸ Remember this, that the enemy hath reproached, O Lord, and that the foolish people have blasphemed thy name. Maschil of Asaph.

¹⁹ O deliver not the soul of thy turtledove unto the multitude of the wicked: forget not the congregation of thy poor for ever. Maschil of Asaph.

²⁰ Have respect unto the covenant: for the dark places of the earth are full of the habitations of cruelty. Maschil of Asaph.

²¹ O let not the oppressed return ashamed: let the poor and needy praise thy name. Maschil of Asaph.

²² Arise, O God, plead thine own cause: remember how the foolish man reproacheth thee daily. Maschil of Asaph.

²³ Forget not the voice of thine enemies: the tumult of those that rise up against thee increaseth continually.