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¹ O God, why have You ^(a)rejected us forever?
Why does Your anger ^(b)smoke against the ^(c)sheep of Your ^[b]pasture?
² Remember Your congregation, which You have ^(d)purchased of old,
Which You have ^(e)redeemed to be the ^(f)tribe of Your inheritance;
And this Mount ^(g)Zion, where You have dwelt.
^3 [c]Turn Your footsteps toward the ^(h)perpetual ruins;
The enemy ⁽ⁱ⁾has damaged everything within the sanctuary.
⁴ Your adversaries have ^(j)roared in the midst of Your meeting place;
They have set up their ^(k)own ^[d]standards ^(l)for signs.
⁵ It seems as if one had lifted up
His ^[e](m)axe in a ^[f]forest of trees.
⁶ And now ^[g]all its ⁽ⁿ⁾carved work
They smash with hatchet and ^[h]hammers.
⁷ They have ^[i](o)burned Your sanctuary ^[j]to the ground;
They have ^(p)defiled the dwelling place of Your name.
⁸ They ^(q)said in their heart, "Let us ^[k]completely ^[l]subdue them."
They have burned all the meeting places of God in the land.
⁹ We do not see our ^(r)signs;
There is ^(s)no longer any prophet,
Nor is there any among us who knows ^(t)how long.
¹⁰ How long, O God, will the adversary ^(u)revile,
And the enemy ^(v)spurn Your name forever?
¹¹ Why ^(w)do You withdraw Your hand, even Your right hand?
From within Your bosom, ^(x)destroy them!

¹² Yet God is ^(y)my king from of old,
Who works deeds of deliverance in the midst of the earth.
^13 [m]You ^(z)divided the sea by Your strength;
^[n]You ^(aa)broke the heads of the ^(ab)sea monsters ^[o]in the waters.
^14 [p]You crushed the heads of ^[q](ac)Leviathan;
^[r]You gave him as food for the ^[s]creatures ^(ad)of the wilderness.
^15 [t]You ^(ae)broke open springs and torrents;
^[u]You ^(af)dried up ever-flowing streams.
¹⁶ Yours is the day, Yours also is the night;
^[v]You have ^(ag)prepared the ^[w]light and the sun.
^17 [x]You have ^(ah)established all the boundaries of the earth;
^[y]You have ^[z]made ^(ai)summer and winter.

¹⁸ Remember this, ^[aa]O Lord, that the enemy has ^(aj)reviled,
And a ^(ak)foolish people has spurned Your name.
¹⁹ Do not deliver the soul of Your ^(al)turtledove to the wild beast;
^(am)Do not forget the life of Your afflicted forever.
²⁰ Consider the ^(an)covenant;
For the ^(ao)dark places of the land are full of the habitations of violence.
²¹ Let not the ^(ap)oppressed return dishonored;
Let the ^(aq)afflicted and needy praise Your name.

²² Arise, O God, and ^(ar)plead Your own cause;
Remember ^[ab]how the ^(as)foolish man reproaches You all day long.
²³ Do not forget the voice of Your ^(at)adversaries,
The ^(au)uproar of those who rise against You which ascends continually.