[1] O God, why have you rejected us forever? Why does your anger smolder against the sheep of your pasture? [2] Remember the nation you purchased long ago, the people of your inheritance, whom you redeemed—Mount Zion, where you dwelt. [3] Turn your steps toward these everlasting ruins, all this destruction the enemy has brought on the sanctuary. [4] Your foes roared in the place where you met with us; they set up their standards as signs. [5] They behaved like men wielding axes to cut through a thicket of trees. [6] They smashed all the carved paneling with their axes and hatchets. [7] They burned your sanctuary to the ground; they defiled the dwelling place of your Name. [8] They said in their hearts, “We will crush them completely!” They burned every place where God was worshiped in the land. [9] We are given no signs from God; no prophets are left, and none of us knows how long this will be. [10] How long will the enemy mock you, God? Will the foe revile your name forever?
