1O God, have You cast us off forever? Will Your anger smoke against the sheep of Your pasture? 2Remember Your congregation, which You have purchased of old, the scepter of Your inheritance which You have redeemed; this mount Zion in which You have dwelt. 3Lift up Your feet to the perpetual desolations, even all the evil the enemy has done in the sanctuary. 4Your enemies roar in the midst of Your meeting place; they set up their banners for signs. 5They are known for bringing their axes against the thick trees. 6And now all its engravings they strike down with axes and hammers. 7They have set fire to Your sanctuary; they have defiled to the ground the dwelling place of Your name. 8They said in their hearts, Together let us violently oppress them. They have burned up all the meeting places of the Mighty God in the land. 9We do not see our signs; there is no prophet any more; neither is there among us any who knows how long. 10O God, how long shall the adversary reproach? Will the enemy blaspheme Your name forever? 11Why do You withdraw Your hand, even Your right hand? From your bosom, draw it out of Your bosom and exterminate them. 12For God is my King of old, working deliverance in the midst of the earth. 13You have divided the sea by Your strength; You have broken the heads of the sea monsters in the waters. 14You have crushed the heads of leviathan, and given him to be food to the people living in the wilderness. 15You have cleaved open the fountain and the flood; You have dried up mighty rivers. 16The day is Yours, the night also is Yours; You have prepared the light and the sun. 17You have established all the borders of the earth; You have made summer and winter. 18Remember this, that the enemy has reproached, O Jehovah, and that the foolish people have blasphemed Your name. 19O do not deliver the soul of Your turtle dove to the beasts; forget not the community of Your lowly forever. 20Have regard to the covenant; for the dark places of the earth are full of the abode of violence. 21O let not the oppressed return ashamed; let the lowly and needy praise Your name. 22Arise, O God, plead Your own case; remember the daily reproaches of the fool. 23Forget not the voice of Your enemies; the roar of those who rise up against You continually increases.