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Remember Your congregation, which You have purchased of old,
The tribe of Your inheritance, which You have redeemed —
This Mount Zion where You have dwelt.
The tribe of Your inheritance, which You have redeemed —
This Mount Zion where You have dwelt.
Walk through the awful ruins of the city;
see how the enemy has destroyed your sanctuary.
see how the enemy has destroyed your sanctuary.
Lift up Your feet to the perpetual desolations.
The enemy has damaged everything in the sanctuary.
The enemy has damaged everything in the sanctuary.
There your enemies shouted their victorious battle cries;
there they set up their battle standards.
there they set up their battle standards.
Your enemies roar in the midst of Your meeting place;
They set up their banners for signs.
They set up their banners for signs.
They swung their axes
like woodcutters in a forest.
like woodcutters in a forest.
They seem like men who lift up
Axes among the thick trees.
Axes among the thick trees.
With axes and picks,
they smashed the carved paneling.
they smashed the carved paneling.
And now they break down its carved work, all at once,
With axes and hammers.
With axes and hammers.
They burned your sanctuary to the ground.
They defiled the place that bears your name.
They defiled the place that bears your name.
They have set fire to Your sanctuary;
They have defiled the dwelling place of Your name to the ground.
They have defiled the dwelling place of Your name to the ground.
Then they thought, “Let’s destroy everything!”
So they burned down all the places where God was worshiped.
So they burned down all the places where God was worshiped.
We no longer see your miraculous signs.
All the prophets are gone,
and no one can tell us when it will end.
All the prophets are gone,
and no one can tell us when it will end.
We do not see our signs;
There is no longer any prophet;
Nor is there any among us who knows how long.
There is no longer any prophet;
Nor is there any among us who knows how long.
How long, O God, will you allow our enemies to insult you?
Will you let them dishonor your name forever?
Will you let them dishonor your name forever?
Why do you hold back your strong right hand?
Unleash your powerful fist and destroy them.
Unleash your powerful fist and destroy them.
Why do You withdraw Your hand, even Your right hand?
Take it out of Your bosom and destroy them.
Take it out of Your bosom and destroy them.
You, O God, are my king from ages past,
bringing salvation to the earth.
bringing salvation to the earth.
For God is my King from of old,
Working salvation in the midst of the earth.
Working salvation in the midst of the earth.
You split the sea by your strength
and smashed the heads of the sea monsters.
and smashed the heads of the sea monsters.
You caused the springs and streams to gush forth,
and you dried up rivers that never run dry.
and you dried up rivers that never run dry.
You broke open the fountain and the flood;
You dried up mighty rivers.
You dried up mighty rivers.
The day is Yours, the night also is Yours;
You have prepared the light and the sun.
You have prepared the light and the sun.
You set the boundaries of the earth,
and you made both summer and winter.
and you made both summer and winter.
You have set all the borders of the earth;
You have made summer and winter.
You have made summer and winter.
See how these enemies insult you, LORD.
A foolish nation has dishonored your name.
A foolish nation has dishonored your name.
Remember this, that the enemy has reproached, O Lord,
And that a foolish people has blasphemed Your name.
And that a foolish people has blasphemed Your name.
Don’t let these wild beasts destroy your turtledoves.
Don’t forget your suffering people forever.
Don’t forget your suffering people forever.
Oh, do not deliver the life of Your turtledove to the wild beast!
Do not forget the life of Your poor forever.
Do not forget the life of Your poor forever.
Remember your covenant promises,
for the land is full of darkness and violence!
for the land is full of darkness and violence!
Don’t let the downtrodden be humiliated again.
Instead, let the poor and needy praise your name.
Instead, let the poor and needy praise your name.
Oh, do not let the oppressed return ashamed!
Let the poor and needy praise Your name.
Let the poor and needy praise Your name.
Arise, O God, and defend your cause.
Remember how these fools insult you all day long.
Remember how these fools insult you all day long.