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

Remember Your congregation, which You ^(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.

^(F1)Step toward the ^(F2)(C1)irreparable ruins; The enemy ^(C2)has damaged everything in the sanctuary.

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

It ^(F1)seems like one bringing up His ^(C1)axe into a ^(F2)forest of trees.

And now they break down ^(F1)all its ^(C1)carved work With axe and hammers.

They have ^(F1)(C1)burned Your sanctuary ^(F2)to the ground; They have ^(C2)defiled the dwelling place of Your name.

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

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

How long, God, will the enemy ^(C1)taunt You? Shall the enemy ^(C2)treat Your name disrespectfully forever?

Why ^(C1)do You withdraw Your hand, even Your right hand? Extend it from Your chest and ^(C2)destroy them!

Yet God is ^(C1)my King from long ago, Who performs acts of salvation in the midst of the earth.

^(F1)You ^(C1)divided the sea by Your strength; ^(F1)You ^(C2)broke the heads of the ^(C3)sea monsters ^(F2)in the waters.

^(F1)You crushed the heads of ^(F2)(C1)Leviathan; You gave him as food for the ^(F3)creatures ^(C2)of the wilderness.

^(F1)You ^(C1)broke open springs and torrents; ^(F1)You ^(C2)dried up ever-flowing streams.

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

^(F1)You have ^(C1)established all the boundaries of the earth; ^(F1)You have ^(F2)created ^(C2)summer and winter.

Remember this, ^(F1)LORD, that the enemy has ^(C1)taunted You, And a ^(C2)foolish people has treated Your name disrespectfully.

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

Consider the ^(C1)covenant; For the ^(C2)dark places of the land are full of the places of violence.

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

Arise, God, and ^(C1)plead Your own cause; Remember ^(F1)how the ^(C2)foolish person taunts You all day long.

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