1 Maschil of Asaph.
2 Remember thy congregation,
3 Lift up thy feet unto the perpetual desolations;
4 Thine enemies roar in the midst of thy congregations; they set up their ensigns
5 A man
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
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:
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
12 For God
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,
15 Thou didst cleave the fountain and the flood: thou driedst up mighty rivers.
16 The day
17 Thou hast set all the borders of the earth: thou hast made summer and winter.
18 Remember this,
19 O deliver not the soul of thy turtledove unto the multitude
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.