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Maschil[H4905] of Asaph[H623]. O God[H430], why hast thou cast us off[H2186] for ever?[H5331] why doth thine anger[H639] smoke[H6225] against the sheep[H6629] of thy pasture?[H4830]
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Remember[H2142] thy congregation[H5712], which thou hast purchased[H7069] of old[H6924]; the rod[H7626] of thine inheritance[H5159], which thou hast redeemed[H1350]; this mount[H2022] Zion[H6726], wherein thou hast dwelt[H7931].
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Lift up[H7311] thy feet[H6471] unto the perpetual[H5331] desolations[H4876]; even all that the enemy[H341] hath done wickedly[H7489] in the sanctuary[H6944].
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Thine enemies[H6887] roar[H7580] in the midst[H7130] of thy congregations[H4150]; they set up[H7760] their ensigns[H226] for signs[H226].
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A man was famous[H3045] according as he had lifted up[H935] axes[H7134] upon the thick[H5442] trees[H6086].
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But now they break down[H1986] the carved work[H6603] thereof at once[H3162] with axes[H3781] and hammers[H3597].
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They have cast[H7971] fire[H784] into thy sanctuary[H4720], they have defiled[H2490] by casting down the dwelling place[H4908] of thy name[H8034] to the ground[H776].
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They said[H559] in their hearts[H3820], Let us destroy[H3238] them together[H3162]: they have burned up[H8313] all the synagogues[H4150] of God[H410] in the land[H776].
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We see[H7200] not our signs[H226]: there is no more any prophet[H5030]: neither is there among us any that knoweth[H3045] how long[H5704].
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O God[H430], how long shall the adversary[H6862] reproach?[H2778] shall the enemy[H341] blaspheme[H5006] thy name[H8034] for ever?[H5331]
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Why withdrawest[H7725] thou thy hand[H3027], even thy right hand?[H3225] pluck[H3615] it out of[H7130] thy bosom[H2436].
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For God[H430] is my King[H4428] of old[H6924], working[H6466] salvation[H3444] in the midst[H7130] of the earth[H776].
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Thou didst divide[H6565] the sea[H3220] by thy strength[H5797]: thou brakest[H7665] the heads[H7218] of the dragons[H8577] in the waters[H4325].
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Thou brakest[H7533] the heads[H7218] of leviathan[H3882] in pieces, and gavest[H5414] him to be meat[H3978] to the people[H5971] inhabiting the wilderness[H6728].
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Thou didst cleave[H1234] the fountain[H4599] and the flood[H5158]: thou driedst up[H3001] mighty[H386] rivers[H5104].
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The day[H3117] is thine, the night[H3915] also is thine: thou hast prepared[H3559] the light[H3974] and the sun[H8121].
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Thou hast set[H5324] all the borders[H1367] of the earth[H776]: thou hast made[H3335] summer[H7019] and winter[H2779].
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Remember[H2142] this, that the enemy[H341] hath reproached[H2778], O LORD[H3068], and that the foolish[H5036] people[H5971] have blasphemed[H5006] thy name[H8034].
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O deliver[H5414] not the soul[H5315] of thy turtledove[H8449] unto the multitude[H2416] of the wicked: forget[H7911] not the congregation[H2416] of thy poor[H6041] for ever[H5331].
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Have respect[H5027] unto the covenant[H1285]: for the dark[H4285] places of the earth[H776] are full[H4390] of the habitations[H4999] of cruelty[H2555].
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O let not the oppressed[H1790] return[H7725] ashamed[H3637]: let the poor[H6041] and needy[H34] praise[H1984] thy name[H8034].
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Arise[H6965], O God[H430], plead[H7378] thine own cause[H7379]: remember[H2142] how the foolish man[H5036] reproacheth[H2781] thee daily[H3117].
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Forget[H7911] not the voice[H6963] of thine enemies[H6887]: the tumult[H7588] of those that rise up[H6965] against thee increaseth[H5927] continually[H8548].