7They have burnt your sanctuary with fire to the ground; they have profaned the habitation of your name.
8They have said in their heart, even all their kindred together, Come, let us abolish the feasts of the Lord from the earth.
9We have not seen our signs; there is no longer a prophet; and God will not know us any more.
10How long, O God, shall the enemy reproach? shall the enemy provoke your name forever?
11Therefore turn you away your hand, and your right hand from the midst of your bosom for ever?
12But God is our King of old; he has wrought salvation in the midst of the earth.
13You did establish the sea, in your might, you did break to pieces the heads of the dragons in the water.
14You did break to pieces the heads of the dragon; you did give him for meat to the Ethiopian nations.
15You did cleave fountains and torrents; you dried up mighty rivers.
16The day is your, and the night is your; you have prepared the sun and the moon.
17You have made all the borders of the earth; you have made summer and spring.
18Remember this your creation: an enemy has reproached the Lord, and a foolish people has provoked your name.
19Deliver not to the wild beasts a soul that gives praise to you: forget not for ever the souls of your poor.