4Thine adversaries have roared in the midst of Thy meeting-place; they have set up their own signs for signs.
5It seemed as when men wield upwards axes in a thicket of trees.
6And now all the carved work thereof together they strike down with hatchet and hammers.
7They have set Thy sanctuary on fire; they have profaned the dwelling-place of Thy name even to the ground.
8They said in their heart: 'Let us make havoc of them altogether'; they have burned up all the meeting-places of God in the land.
9We see not our signs; there is no more any prophet; neither is there among us any that knoweth how long.
10How long, O God, shall the adversary reproach? Shall the enemy blaspheme Thy name for ever?