| 1 | An Instruction of Asaph. Why, O God, hast Thou cast off for ever? Thine anger smoketh against the flock of Thy pasture. |
| 2 | Remember Thy company. Thou didst purchase of old, Thou didst redeem the rod of Thy inheritance, This mount Zion— Thou didst dwell in it. |
| 3 | Lift up Thy steps to the perpetual desolations, Everything the enemy did wickedly in the sanctuary. |
| 4 | Roared have thine adversaries, In the midst of Thy meeting-places, They have set their ensigns as ensigns. |
| 5 | He is known as one bringing in on high Against a thicket of wood—axes. |
| 6 | And now, its carvings together With axe and hatchet they break down, |
| 7 | They have sent into fire Thy sanctuary, to the earth they polluted the tabernacle of Thy name, |
| 8 | They said in their hearts, 'Let us oppress them together,' They did burn all the meeting-places of God in the land. |
| 9 | Our ensigns we have not seen, There is no more a prophet, Nor with us is one knowing how long. |
| 10 | Till when, O God, doth an adversary reproach? Doth an enemy despise thy name for ever? |
| 11 | Why dost Thou turn back Thy hand, Even Thy right hand? From the midst of Thy bosom remove [it]. |
| 12 | And God [is] my king of old, Working salvation in the midst of the earth. |
| 13 | Thou hast broken by Thy strength a sea-[monster], Thou hast shivered Heads of dragons by the waters, |
| 14 | Thou hast broken the heads of leviathan, Thou makest him food, For the people of the dry places. |
| 15 | Thou hast cleaved a fountain and a stream, Thou hast dried up perennial flowings. |
| 16 | Thine [is] the day, also Thine [is] the night, Thou hast prepared a light giver—the sun. |
| 17 | Thou hast set up all the borders of earth, Summer and winter Thou hast formed them. |
| 18 | Remember this—an enemy reproached Jehovah, And a foolish people have despised Thy name. |
| 19 | Give not up to a company, The soul of Thy turtle-dove, The company of Thy poor ones forget not for ever. |
| 20 | Look attentively to the covenant, For the dark places of earth, Have been full of habitations of violence. |
| 21 | Let not the oppressed turn back ashamed, Let the poor and needy praise Thy name, |
| 22 | Arise, O God, plead Thy plea, Remember Thy reproach from a fool all the day. |
| 23 | Forget not the voice of Thine adversaries, The noise of Thy withstanders is going up continually! |