1“A Maskil of Assaph.” Why, O God, hast thou cast us off for ever? why will thy anger smoke against the flock of thy pasture?
2Remember thy congregation, which thou didst acquire of old; which thou didst redeem as the tribe of thy inheritance: this mount Zion, whereon thou hast dwelt.
3Lift up thy steps unto the perpetual heaps of ruins: the enemy hath ill-used every thing in the sanctuary.
4Thy adversaries have roared in the midst of thy places of assembly: they have set up their signs for signs.
5The enemy is known as one that lifteth up high axes against the thickets of a forest.
6And now they hew in pieces the carved work thereof altogether with hatchets and hammers.
7They have set on fire thy sanctuary; to the ground have they profaned the dwelling-place of thy name.
8They have said in their heart, We will oppress them altogether: they have burnt up all the places of assembly of God in the land.
9Our signs do we not see: there is no more any prophet: and there is no one among us that knoweth how long.
10How long, O God, shall the adversary utter defiance? shall the enemy blaspheme thy name for ever?