Why, O God, have you rejected [us] forever? [Why] does your anger smoke against the sheep of your pasture?

You split open [the] sea by your strength; You broke [the] heads of [the] sea monsters in the waters.

You crushed the heads of Leviathan; you gave him [as] food to [the] desert dwelling creatures.

Yours [is the] day, yours [is the] night also. You established light and [the] sun.

But God [has been] my king from long ago, working salvation in the midst of the earth.

We do not see our signs, and there is no longer a prophet. No one with us knows how long.

Remember your congregation [that] you bought long ago, [when] you redeemed the tribe of your inheritance. [Remember] {Mount Zion} where you have dwelt.

O Yahweh, remember this: [the] enemy taunts, and foolish people treat your name with contempt.

How long, O God, will [the] adversary taunt? Will [the] enemy treat your name with contempt forever?

They have said in their heart, "We will completely oppress them." They burned all the meeting places of God in the land.

You defined all [the] boundaries of [the] earth; Summer and winter--you formed them.

You split open spring and wadi. You dried up ever-flowing rivers.

They have set fire to your sanctuary. They have defiled to the ground, the dwelling place for your name.

Lift your steps to the perpetual ruins, [to] all [that the] enemy has ruined in the sanctuary.

Do not give to beasts the life of your dove; do not ever forget the life of your afflicted ones.

Rise up, O God, plead your cause; remember the reproaching of you by [the] foolish {all day long}.

Have regard for the covenant, because [the] dark places of [the] land are full of [the] haunts of violence.

Do not let [the] oppressed turn back humiliated; let [the] poor and needy praise your name.

Why do you draw back your hand, even your right hand? [Take it] from your bosom; destroy [them]!

Your enemies have roared in the midst of your meeting place; they have set up their signs [for] signs.

They are known [to be] like [those who] {wield} axes in a thicket of trees.

And now its carved works altogether they have smashed with axe and hammer.

Do not forget the sound of your adversaries, the roar of those rising up against you ascending continually.