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¹ [Maschil of Asaph.] O God, why hast thou cast vs off for euer? why doeth thine anger smoke against the sheepe of thy pasture? ² Remember thy Congregation which thou hast purchased of olde: the rod of thine inheritance which thou hast redeemed, this mount Sion, wherein thou hast dwelt. ³ Lift vp thy feete vnto the perpetuall desolations: euen all that the enemie hath done wickedly in the Sanctuarie. ⁴ Thine enemies roare in the midst of thy congregations: they set vp their ensignes for signes. ⁵ A man was famous according as he had lifted vp axes vpon the thicke trees. ⁶ But now they breake downe the carued worke thereof at once, with axes and hammers. ⁷ They haue cast fire into thy Sanctuary, they haue defiled by casting downe, the dwelling place of thy Nawe to the ground. ⁸ They said in their hearts, Let vs destroy them together: they haue burnt vp all the Synagogues of God in the land. ⁹ We see not our signes, there is no more any prophet, neither is there among vs any that knoweth howe long. ¹⁰ O God, how long shall the aduersarie reproach? shall the enemie blaspheme thy Name for euer? ¹¹ Why withdrawest thou thy hand, euen thy right hand? plucke it out of thy bosome.

¹² For God is my King of old working saluation in the midst of the earth. ¹³ Thou didst diuide the sea by thy strength: thou brakest the heads of the dragons in the waters. ¹⁴ Thou brakest the heads of Leuiathan in pieces, and gauest him to bee meat to the people inhabiting the wildernesse. ¹⁵ Thou didst cleaue the fountaine and the flood: thou driedst vp mightie riuers. ¹⁶ The day is thine, the night also is thine: thou hast prepared the light and the sunne. ¹⁷ Thou hast set all the borders of the earth: Thou hast made Summer and Winter.

¹⁸ Remember this, that the enemie hath reproached, O Lord, and that the foolish people haue blasphemed thy Name. ¹⁹ O deliuer not the soule of thy turtle doue vnto the multitude of the wicked forget not the Congregation of thy poore for euer. ²⁰ Haue respect vnto the couenant: for the darke places of the earth are full of the habitations of crueltie. ²¹ O let not the oppressed returne ashamed: let the poore and needie praise thy name. ²² Arise, O God, plead thine owne cause: remember how the foolish man reprocheth thee daily. ²³ Forget not the voyce of thine enemies: the tumult of those that rise vp against thee, increaseth continually.