1 Why, O God, have you spurned us forever? 2Remember the community you purchased of old 3Rouse yourself, visit its ruins complete. 4Like lions your enemies roared through your house, 5hacking, like woodsmen who lift 6smashing with hatchets and hammers 7They have set your temple on fire, 8They have said in their heart, “Let us utterly crush them.” 9No symbol of ours do we see any more: 10How long, O God, is the foe to insult? 11Why, O LORD, do you hold back your hand, 12Yet God is our king from the ancient days, 13It was you who did cleave the sea by your might, 14It was you who did crush many-headed Leviathan, 15It was you who did cleave the fountains and torrents; 16Yours is the day; yours, too, is the night, 17It was you who did fix all the borders of earth: 18Yet, for all this, the foe has insulted you, LORD, 19Do not give your dove to the beasts, 20Look to the sleek ones - how full they are: 21O let not the downtrodden turn back ashamed: 22Arise, God, and defend your cause: 23Do not forget the uproar of your enemies,