Verse
BSB
Berean Standard Bible
WEB
World English Bible
A
Maskil
of
Asaph.
Why have You rejected us forever ,
O
God
? Why does Your anger smolder against the sheep of Your pasture?
>
God,
why have you rejected us forever? Why does your anger smolder against the sheep of your pasture?
Remember Your congregation, which You purchased long
ago
and
redeemed as
the tribe of Your inheritance —
Mount Zion where
You dwell
.
Remember your congregation, which you purchased of
old,
Which
you
have
redeemed to
be
the tribe of your inheritance ;
Mount Zion ,
in
which
you have
lived
.
Turn
Your steps
to the everlasting
ruins, to
everything
in
the sanctuary
the enemy has destroyed
.
Lift
up
your feet
to the perpetual
ruins, All
the evil
that
the enemy has done
in
the
sanctuary
.
Your foes
have roared within
Your meeting
place;
they have unfurled
their banners
as signs ,
Your adversaries
have roared in
the
midst
of
your assembly.
They have set
up
their standards
as signs .
like men wielding axes in
a thicket of trees
They
behaved
like men wielding axes ,
Cutting
through
a thicket of trees .
and
smashing
all the
carvings
with hatchets
and picks
.
Now
all its
carved
work
They
break
down
with hatchet
and hammers
.
They have burned Your sanctuary to the ground ;
they have defiled
the dwelling place of Your Name.
They have burned your sanctuary to the ground .
They have profaned
the dwelling -
place of your Name.
They said in their hearts
, “
We will crush them completely. ”
They burned down
every
place
where
God
met
us
in the land.
They said in their heart
, "
We will crush them completely. "
They have
burned up
all
the
places
in the land where
God
was
worshiped
.
There
are
no signs for
us
to
see
. There is no longer any prophet .
And
none
of
us knows how long this
will
last
.
We
see
no miraculous
signs. There is no longer any prophet ,
Neither
is
there
among
us anyone
who
knows how long.
How long, O
God, will
the enemy
taunt
You
? Will
the foe
revile
Your name forever?
How long, God, shall
the adversary
reproach
? Shall
the enemy
blaspheme
your name forever?
Why do You withdraw
Your strong
right hand? Stretch
it out to
destroy
them!
Why do you draw
back
your hand,
even
your
right hand? Take
it out of
your
pocket
and
consume
them!
Yet God is my King from
ancient
times
, working salvation on
the earth.
Yet God is my King of
old
, Working salvation in
the midst
of
the
earth.
You divided the sea by Your strength ;
You smashed
the heads of the dragons
of
the
sea ;
You divided the sea by your strength .
You broke
the heads of the sea monsters
in
the
waters.
You crushed
the heads of Leviathan ;
You fed
him to the
creatures
of
the
desert.
You broke
the heads of Leviathan in
pieces.
You gave
him as
food
to people
and
desert creatures
.
You broke
open
the
fountain
and the
flood;
You dried up the
ever-flowing
rivers.
You opened
up
spring
and stream.
You dried up mighty
rivers.
The day is Yours, and
also
the night ;
You established
the moon
and the sun.
The day is yours, the night is
also
yours.
You have
prepared
the light
and the sun.
You set all the boundaries of the earth ;
You made the
summer and winter.
You have
set all the boundaries of the earth .
You have
made summer and winter.
Remember how
the enemy has mocked You, O
LORD,
how
a
foolish people has
spurned
Your name.
Remember this,
that
the enemy has mocked you, Yahweh.
Foolish people have
blasphemed
your name.
Do
not
deliver the soul of Your dove to beasts ;
do
not
forget the lives
of Your afflicted
forever.
Don't
deliver the soul of your dove to wild
beasts .
Don't
forget the life
of your poor
forever.
Consider
Your covenant, for haunts of violence fill the dark places of the land
.
Honor
your covenant, For haunts of violence fill the dark places of the earth
.
Do
not
let the oppressed retreat
in
shame;
may
the poor and needy praise Your name.
Don't
let the oppressed return
ashamed.
Let
the poor and needy praise your name.
Rise
up
, O
God ;
defend
Your cause !
Remember how the fool
mocks You all day long
.
Arise
, God !
Plead
your own
cause .
Remember how the foolish
man
mocks you all day.
Do
not
disregard
the clamor
of Your adversaries ,
the uproar
of Your
enemies
that
ascends continually.
Don't
forget
the voice
of your adversaries .
The tumult
of those
who
rise
up
against
you
ascends continually.
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