1Why have You rejected us forever, O God?
2Remember Your congregation,
3Turn Your steps to the everlasting ruins,
4Your foes have roared within Your meeting place;
5like men wielding axes in a thicket of trees
6and smashing all the carvings with hatchets and picks.
7They have burned Your sanctuary to the ground;
8They said in their hearts,
9There are no signs for us to see.
10How long, O God, will the enemy taunt You?
11Why do You withdraw Your strong right hand?
12Yet God is my King from ancient times,
13You divided the sea by Your strength;
14You crushed the heads of Leviathan;
15You broke open the fountain and the flood;
16The day is Yours, and also the night;
17You set all the boundaries of the earth;
18Remember how the enemy has mocked You, O LORD,
19Do not deliver the soul of Your dove to beasts;
20Consider Your covenant,
21Do not let the oppressed retreat in shame;
22Rise up, O God; defend Your cause!
23Do not disregard the clamor of Your adversaries,