1Maschil of Asaph. O God, why hast thou cast us off forever? why doth thine anger smoke against the sheep of thy pasture?⇆ compare2Remember thy congregation, which thou hast purchased of old; the rod of thine inheritance, which thou hast redeemed; this mount Zion, wherein thou hast dwelt.⇆ compare3Lift up thy feet unto the perpetual desolations; even all that the enemy hath done wickedly in the sanctuary.⇆ compare4Thine enemies roar in the midst of thy congregations; they set up their ensigns for signs.⇆ compare5A man was famous according as he had lifted up axes upon the thick trees.⇆ compare6But now they break down the carved work thereof at once with axes and hammers.⇆ compare7They have cast fire into thy sanctuary, they have defiled by casting down the dwelling place of thy name to the ground.⇆ compare8They said in their hearts, Let us destroy them together: they have burned up all the synagogues of God in the land.⇆ compare9We see not our signs: there is no more any prophet: neither is there among us any that knoweth how long.⇆ compare10O God, how long shall the adversary reproach? shall the enemy blaspheme thy name forever?⇆ compare11Why withdrawest thou thy hand, even thy right hand? pluck it out of thy bosom.⇆ compare12For God is my King of old, working salvation in the midst of the earth.⇆ compare13Thou didst divide the sea by thy strength: thou didst break the heads of the dragons in the waters.⇆ compare14Thou didst break the heads of leviathan in pieces, and gavest him to be meat to the people inhabiting the wilderness.⇆ compare15Thou didst cleave the fountain and the flood: thou driedst up mighty rivers.⇆ compare16The day is thine, the night also is thine: thou hast prepared the light and the sun.⇆ compare17Thou hast set all the borders of the earth: thou hast made summer and winter.⇆ compare18Remember this, that the enemy hath reproached, O LORD, and that the foolish people have blasphemed thy name.⇆ compare19O deliver not the soul of thy turtledove unto the multitude of the wicked: forget not the congregation of thy poor forever.⇆ compare20Have respect unto the covenant: for the dark places of the earth are full of the habitations of cruelty.⇆ compare21O let not the oppressed return ashamed: let the poor and needy praise thy name.⇆ compare22Arise, O God, plead thine own cause: remember how the foolish man reproacheth thee daily.⇆ compare23Forget not the voice of thine enemies: the tumult of those that rise up against thee increaseth continually.⇆ compare