Jehovah, I have loved the habitation of thy house, and the place where thy glory dwelleth.

My tears have been my bread day and night, while they say unto me all the day, Where is thy God?

As with a crushing in my bones mine adversaries reproach me, while they say unto me all the day, Where is thy God?

There were they in great fear, where no fear was; for God scattereth the bones of him that encampeth against thee. Thou hast put them to shame, for God hath despised them.

I sink in deep mire, where there is no standing; I am come into the depths of waters, and the flood overfloweth me.

And he forsook the tabernacle at Shiloh, the tent where he had dwelt among men,

Wherefore should the nations say, Where is their God? Let the avenging of the blood of thy servants that is shed be known among the nations in our sight.

He ordained it in Joseph for a testimony, when he went forth over the land of Egypt, where I heard a language that I knew not.

Yea, the sparrow hath found a house, and the swallow a nest for herself, where she layeth her young, thine altars, O Jehovah of hosts, my King and my God.

Where, Lord, are thy former loving-kindnesses, which thou swarest unto David in thy faithfulness?

Where the birds make their nests; as for the stork, the fir trees are her house.

Wherefore should the nations say, Where then is their God?