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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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- 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 hold back your hand, your right hand? Take it from the folds of your garment and destroy them!
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