1
of
Asaph.
O
God,
why
hast
thou
cast
[us]
off
for
ever?
[why]
doth
thine
anger
smoke
against
the
sheep
of
thy
pasture?
2
Remember
thy
congregation,
[which]
thou
hast
purchased
of
old;
the
rod
of
thine
inheritance,
[which]
thou
hast
redeemed;
this
mount
Zion,
wherein
thou
hast
dwelt.
3
Lift
up
thy
feet
unto
the
perpetual
desolations;
[even]
all
[that]
the
enemy
hath
done
wickedly
in
the
sanctuary.
4
Thine
enemies
roar
in
the
midst
of
thy
congregations;
they
set
up
their
ensigns
[for]
signs.
5
[A
man]
was
famous
according
as
he
had
lifted
up
axes
upon
the
thick
trees.
6
But
now
they
break
down
the
carved
work
thereof
at
once
with
axes
and
hammers.
7
They
have
cast
fire
into
thy
sanctuary,
they
have
defiled
[by
casting
down]
the
dwelling
place
of
thy
name
to
the
ground.
8
They
said
in
their
hearts,
Let
us
destroy
them
together:
they
have
burned
up
all
the
synagogues
of
God
in
the
land.
9
We
see
not
our
signs:
[there
is]
no
more
any
prophet:
neither
[is
there]
among
us
any
that
knoweth
how
long.
10
O
God,
how
long
shall
the
adversary
reproach?
shall
the
enemy
blaspheme
thy
name
for
ever?
11
Why
withdrawest
thou
thy
hand,
even
thy
right
hand?
pluck
[it]
out
of
thy
bosom.
12
For
God
[is]
my
King
of
old,
working
salvation
in
the
midst
of
the
earth.
13
Thou
didst
divide
the
sea
by
thy
strength:
thou
brakest
the
heads
of
the
dragons
in
the
waters.
14
Thou
brakest
the
heads
of
leviathan
in
pieces,
[and]
gavest
him
[to
be]
meat
to
the
people
inhabiting
the
wilderness.
15
Thou
didst
cleave
the
fountain
and
the
flood:
thou
driedst
up
mighty
rivers.
16
The
day
[is]
thine,
the
night
also
[is]
thine:
thou
hast
prepared
the
light
and
the
sun.
17
Thou
hast
set
all
the
borders
of
the
earth:
thou
hast
made
summer
and
winter.
18
Remember
this,
[that]
the
enemy
hath
reproached,
O
LORD,
and
[that]
the
foolish
people
have
blasphemed
thy
name.
19
O
deliver
not
the
soul
of
thy
turtledove
unto
the
multitude
[of
the
wicked]:
forget
not
the
congregation
of
thy
poor
for
ever.
20
Have
respect
unto
the
covenant:
for
the
dark
places
of
the
earth
are
full
of
the
habitations
of
cruelty.
21
O
let
not
the
oppressed
return
ashamed:
let
the
poor
and
needy
praise
thy
name.
22
Arise,
O
God,
plead
thine
own
cause:
remember
how
the
foolish
man
reproacheth
thee
daily.
23
Forget
not
the
voice
of
thine
enemies:
the
tumult
of
those
that
rise
up
against
thee
increaseth
continually.