1O GOD, why hast thou cast us off for ever? Why hath thine anger become inflamed against the sheep of thy flock?

2Remember thy congregation which thou hast possessed of old; the tribe of thine inheritance, which thou hast redeemed; this mount Zion, wherein thou hast dwelt.

3Exalt thy servants over those who are carried away by power; all those who oppress are enemies of thy sanctuary.

4Thine enemies exalted themselves in the midst of thy feasts; they set up their banners for signs.

5Thou knowest this as the exalted one who sits on high: they have hewn down the doors with axes as they would cut the trees of the forest.

6They have destroyed everything with axes and hammers.

7They have set fire to and burned thy sanctuary; they have defiled the dwelling place of thy name on earth.

8They said in their hearts, Let us destroy them together; let us abolish all the feast days of God from the land.

9They did not see the wonders thereof; for there is no more any prophet, neither is there among us any wise man.

10O God, how long shall the adversary reproach? Shall the enemy blaspheme thy name for ever?

11Why withdrawest thou thy hand, even thy strength from the midst of thy congregation?

12For God is our King, who of old has commanded the salvation of Jacob.

13Thou didst divide the sea by thy strength: thou didst break the heads of the dragons in the waters.

14Thou didst break the heads of Leviathan in pieces, and thou gavest him as food to a strong people.

15Thou didst open the fountains in the valleys; thou didst dry up mighty rivers.

16The day is thine, the night also is thine; thou hast prepared the light and the sun.

17Thou hast set all the borders of the earth; thou hast made summer and winter.

18Remember this, that the enemy has reproached, O LORD, and that the foolish people have blasphemed thy name.

19O deliver not to destruction the soul that confesses to thee; forget not the souls of thy poor for ever.

20Respect thy covenant, O LORD; for the habitations of the earth are full of ignorance and cruelty.

21O let not the oppressed return ashamed; let the poor and needy praise thy name.

22Arise, O God, plead thine own cause; remember how the foolish man reproacheth thee daily.

23Forget not the voice of thine enemies; the tumult of those that rise up against thee ascendeth continually.