1 Why have you rejected us forever, God?

Why does your anger burn

against the sheep of your pasture?ae

2 Remember your congregation,

which you purchased long ago

and redeemed as the tribe for your own possession.af

Remember Mount Zion where you dwell.ag

3 Make your wayJ to the perpetual ruins,

to all that the enemy has destroyed in the sanctuary.a

4 Your adversaries roared in the meeting place

where you met with us.A

They set up their emblems as signs.b

5 It was like men in a thicket of trees,

wielding axes,c

6 then smashing all the carvings

with hatchets and picks.d

7 They set your sanctuary on fire;

they utterlyB desecrated

the dwelling place of your name.e

8 They said in their hearts,

“Let’s oppress them relentlessly.”

They burned every place throughout the land

where God met with us.C,f

9 There are no signs for us to see.

There is no longer a prophet.

And none of us knows how long this will last.g

10 God, how long will the enemy mock?

Will the foe insult your name forever?h

11 Why do you hold back your hand?

Stretch outD your right hand and destroy them!i