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Yet God Is My King

¹ Why, O God? Have You ^(C1)rejected us forever?
Why does Your anger ^(C2)smoke against the ^(C3)sheep of Your ^(F1)pasture?

² Remember Your congregation, which You have ^(C1)purchased of old,
Which You have ^(C2)redeemed to be the ^(C3)tribe of Your inheritance;
And this Mount ^(C4)Zion, where You have dwelt.

³ Lift up Your steps toward the ^(C1)perpetual ruins;
The enemy ^(C2)has damaged everything within the sanctuary.

⁴ Your adversaries have ^(C1)roared in the midst of Your meeting place;
They have set up their ^(C2)own signs ^(C3)for signs.

⁵ Each seems like one who lifts up
^(F1)An ^(C1)axe against the undergrowth of trees.

⁶ And now its ^(C1)carved work altogether
They smash with hatchet and ^(F1)hammers.

⁷ They have ^(C1)set Your sanctuary on fire;
By bringing it to the ground, they have ^(C2)defiled the dwelling place of Your name.

⁸ They ^(C1)said in their heart, "Let us ^(F1)completely ^(F2)subdue them."
They have burned all the meeting places of God in the land.

⁹ We do not see our ^(C1)signs;
There is ^(C2)no longer any prophet,
Nor is there any among us who knows ^(C3)how long.

¹⁰ How long, O God, will the adversary ^(C1)reproach?
Will the enemy ^(C2)spurn Your name forever?

¹¹ Why ^(C1)do You turn back Your hand, even Your right hand?
From within Your bosom, ^(C2)destroy them!

¹² Yet God is ^(C1)my King from of old,
Who works deeds of ^(F1)salvation in the midst of the earth.

¹³ You ^(C1)divided the sea by Your strength;
You ^(C2)broke the heads of the ^(C3)sea monsters ^(F1)in the waters.

¹⁴ You crushed the heads of ^(F1)(C1)Leviathan;
You gave him as food for the ^(F2)creatures ^(C2)of the desert.

^15 (F1)You ^(C1)split open spring and river;
^(F1)You ^(C2)dried up ever-flowing rivers.

¹⁶ Yours is the day, Yours also is the night;
^(F1)You have ^(C1)established the ^(F2)light and the sun.

^17 (F1)You have ^(C1)caused all the boundaries of the earth to stand firm;
^(F1)You have formed ^(C2)summer and winter.

¹⁸ Remember this, O Yahweh, that the enemy has ^(C1)reproached,
And a ^(C2)wickedly foolish people has spurned Your name.

¹⁹ Do not deliver the soul of Your ^(C1)turtledove to the wild beast;
^(C2)Do not forget the life of Your afflicted forever.

²⁰ Look to the ^(C1)covenant;
For the ^(C2)dark places of the land are full of the haunts of violence.

²¹ Let not the ^(C1)oppressed return dishonored;
Let the ^(C2)afflicted and needy praise Your name.

²² Arise, O God, and ^(C1)plead Your own cause;
Remember ^(F1)how the ^(C2)wicked fool reproaches You all day long.

²³ Do not forget the voice of Your ^(C1)adversaries,
The ^(C2)rumbling of those who rise against You which ascends continually.