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Why Have You Rejected Us Forever?

Psalm subtitle:A Maskil of Asaph.

Verse1Why have You rejected us forever, O God? Why does Your anger smolder against the sheep of Your pasture?

Verse2Remember Your congregation, which You purchased long ago and redeemed as the tribe of Your inheritance— Mount Zion, where You dwell.

Verse3Turn Your steps to the everlasting ruins, to everything in the sanctuary the enemy has destroyed.

Verse4Your foes have roared within Your meeting place; they have unfurled their banners as signs,

Verse5like men wielding axes in a thicket of trees

Verse6and smashing all the carvings with hatchets and picks.

Verse7They have burned Your sanctuary to the ground; they have defiled the dwelling place of Your Name.

Verse8They said in their hearts, “We will crush them completely.” They burned down every place where God met us in the land.

Verse9There are no signs for us to see. There is no longer any prophet. And none of us knows how long this will last.

Verse10How long, O God, will the enemy taunt You? Will the foe revile Your name forever?

Verse11Why do You withdraw Your strong right hand? Stretch it out to destroy them!

Verse12Yet God is my King from ancient times, working salvation on the earth.

Verse13You divided the sea by Your strength; You smashed the heads of the dragons of the sea;

Verse14You crushed the heads of Leviathan; You fed him to the creatures of the desert.

Verse15You broke open the fountain and the flood; You dried up the ever-flowing rivers.

Verse16The day is Yours, and also the night; You established the moon and the sun.

Verse17You set all the boundaries of the earth; You made the summer and winter.

Verse18Remember how the enemy has mocked You, O LORD, how a foolish people has spurned Your name.

Verse19Do not deliver the soul of Your dove to beasts; do not forget the lives of Your afflicted forever.

Verse20Consider Your covenant, for haunts of violence fill the dark places of the land.

Verse21Do not let the oppressed retreat in shame; may the poor and needy praise Your name.

Verse22Rise up, O God; defend Your cause! Remember how the fool mocks You all day long.

Verse23Do not disregard the clamor of Your adversaries, the uproar of Your enemies that ascends continually.