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- O God, why have You rejected us forever? Why does Your anger smoke against the sheep of Your pasture?
- Remember Your congregation, which You have purchased of old, Which You have redeemed to be the tribe of Your inheritance; And this Mount Zion, where You have dwelt.
- Turn Your footsteps toward the perpetual ruins; The enemy has damaged everything within the sanctuary.
- Your adversaries have roared in the midst of Your meeting place; They have set up their own standards for signs.
- It seems as if one had lifted up His axe in a forest of trees.
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- Why have you rejected us forever, O God? Why does your anger smolder against the sheep of your pasture?
- Remember the people you purchased of old, the tribe of your inheritance, whom you redeemed-- Mount Zion, where you dwelt.
- Turn your steps toward these everlasting ruins, all this destruction the enemy has brought on the sanctuary.
- Your foes roared in the place where you met with us; they set up their standards as signs.
- They behaved like men wielding axes to cut through a thicket of trees.
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- And now all its carved work They smash with hatchet and hammers.
- They have burned Your sanctuary to the ground; They have defiled the dwelling place of Your name.
- They said in their heart, "Let us completely subdue them." They have burned all the meeting places of God in the land.
- We do not see our signs; There is no longer any prophet, Nor is there any among us who knows how long.
- How long, O God, will the adversary revile, And the enemy spurn Your name forever?
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- They smashed all the carved paneling with their axes and hatchets.
- They burned your sanctuary to the ground; they defiled the dwelling place of your Name.
- They said in their hearts, "We will crush them completely!" They burned every place where God was worshiped in the land.
- We are given no miraculous signs; no prophets are left, and none of us knows how long this will be.
- How long will the enemy mock you, O God? Will the foe revile your name forever?
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- Why do You withdraw Your hand, even Your right hand? From within Your bosom, destroy them!
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- Why do you hold back your hand, your right hand? Take it from the folds of your garment and destroy them!
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