| King James Bible | Berean Study Bible |
| 1Maschil of Asaph. O God, why hast thou cast us off for ever? why doth thine anger smoke against the sheep of thy pasture? | 1A Maskil of Asaph. Why have You rejected us forever, O God? Why does Your anger smolder against the sheep of Your pasture? |
| 2Remember thy congregation, which thou hast purchased of old; the rod of thine inheritance, which thou hast redeemed; this mount Zion, wherein thou hast dwelt. | 2Remember Your congregation, which You purchased long ago and redeemed as the tribe of Your inheritance—Mount Zion where You dwell. |
| 3Lift up thy feet unto the perpetual desolations; even all that the enemy hath done wickedly in the sanctuary. | 3Turn Your steps to the everlasting ruins, to everything in the sanctuary the enemy has destroyed. |
| 4Thine enemies roar in the midst of thy congregations; they set up their ensigns for signs. | 4Your foes have roared within Your meeting place; they have unfurled their banners as signs, |
| 5A man was famous according as he had lifted up axes upon the thick trees. | 5like men wielding axes in a thicket of trees |
| 6But now they break down the carved work thereof at once with axes and hammers. | 6and smashing all the carvings with hatchets and picks. |
| 7They have cast fire into thy sanctuary, they have defiled by casting down the dwelling place of thy name to the ground. | 7They have burned Your sanctuary to the ground; they have defiled the dwelling place of Your Name. |
| 8They said in their hearts, Let us destroy them together: they have burned up all the synagogues of God in the land. | 8They said in their hearts, “We will crush them completely.” They burned down every place where God met us in the land. |
| 9We see not our signs: there is no more any prophet: neither is there among us any that knoweth how long. | 9There are no signs for us to see. There is no longer any prophet. And none of us knows how long this will last. |
| 10O God, how long shall the adversary reproach? shall the enemy blaspheme thy name for ever? | 10How long, O God, will the enemy taunt You? Will the foe revile Your name forever? |
| 11Why withdrawest thou thy hand, even thy right hand? pluck it out of thy bosom. | 11Why do You withdraw Your strong right hand? Stretch it out to destroy them! |
| 12For God is my King of old, working salvation in the midst of the earth. | 12Yet God is my King from ancient times, working salvation on the earth. |
| 13Thou didst divide the sea by thy strength: thou brakest the heads of the dragons in the waters. | 13You divided the sea by Your strength; You smashed the heads of the dragons of the sea; |
| 14Thou brakest the heads of leviathan in pieces, and gavest him to be meat to the people inhabiting the wilderness. | 14You crushed the heads of Leviathan; You fed him to the creatures of the desert. |
| 15Thou didst cleave the fountain and the flood: thou driedst up mighty rivers. | 15You broke open the fountain and the flood; You dried up the ever-flowing rivers. |
| 16The day is thine, the night also is thine: thou hast prepared the light and the sun. | 16The day is Yours, and also the night; You established the moon and the sun. |
| 17Thou hast set all the borders of the earth: thou hast made summer and winter. | 17You set all the boundaries of the earth; You made the summer and winter. |
| 18Remember this, that the enemy hath reproached, O LORD, and that the foolish people have blasphemed thy name. | 18Remember how the enemy has mocked You, O LORD, how a foolish people has spurned Your name. |
| 19O deliver not the soul of thy turtledove unto the multitude of the wicked: forget not the congregation of thy poor for ever. | 19Do not deliver the soul of Your dove to beasts; do not forget the lives of Your afflicted forever. |
| 20Have respect unto the covenant: for the dark places of the earth are full of the habitations of cruelty. | 20Consider Your covenant, for haunts of violence fill the dark places of the land. |
| 21O let not the oppressed return ashamed: let the poor and needy praise thy name. | 21Do not let the oppressed retreat in shame; may the poor and needy praise Your name. |
| 22Arise, O God, plead thine own cause: remember how the foolish man reproacheth thee daily. | 22Rise up, O God; defend Your cause! Remember how the fool mocks You all day long. |
| 23Forget not the voice of thine enemies: the tumult of those that rise up against thee increaseth continually. | 23Do not disregard the clamor of Your adversaries, the uproar of Your enemies that ascends continually. |
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