2Remember thy congregation, which thou hast possessed from the beginning. The sceptre of thy inheritance which thou hast redeemed: mount Sion in which thou hast dwelt.
3Lift up thy hands against their pride unto the end; see what things the enemy hath done wickedly in the sanctuary.
4And they that hate thee have made their boasts, in the midst of thy solemnity. They have set up their ensigns for signs,
5And they knew not both in the going out and on the highest top. As with axes in a wood of trees,
6They have cut down at once the gates thereof, with axe and hatchet they have brought it down.