1 ¶ Maschil of Asaph. O God, why hast thou cast us off for ever? why doth thine anger smoke against the sheep of thy pasture? See also: Deuteronomy 29:20 Psalms 79:13 Psalms 100:3 Psalms 44:9 Psalms 95:7
2 Remember thy congregation, which thou hast purchased of old; the rod of thine inheritance, which thou hast redeemed; this mount Zion, wherein thou hast dwelt. See also: Jeremiah 10:16 Exodus 15:13 Exodus 15:16 Deuteronomy 32:9 Deuteronomy 4:20
3 Lift up thy feet unto the perpetual desolations; even all that the enemy hath done wickedly in the sanctuary. See also: Lamentations 1:10 Daniel 9:17 Psalms 79:1 Mark 11:17 Joshua 10:24
4 Thine enemies roar in the midst of thy congregations; they set up their ensigns for signs. See also: Lamentations 2:7 Matthew 24:15 Numbers 2:2 2 Chronicles 36:17 Daniel 6:27
5 A man was famous according as he had lifted up axes upon the thick trees. See also: 1 Kings 5:6 2 Chronicles 2:14 Jeremiah 46:22-23
6 But now they break down the carved work thereof at once with axes and hammers. See also: 1 Kings 6:18 1 Kings 6:29 1 Kings 6:32 1 Kings 6:35
7 They have cast fire into thy sanctuary, they have defiled by casting down the dwelling place of thy name to the ground. See also: 2 Kings 25:9 Deuteronomy 12:5 Psalms 89:39 Ezekiel 24:21 Matthew 22:7
8 They said in their hearts, Let us destroy them together: they have burned up all the synagogues of God in the land. See also: Psalms 83:4 2 Kings 2:3 2 Kings 2:5 2 Kings 4:23 Esther 3:8-9
9 We see not our signs: there is no more any prophet: neither is there among us any that knoweth how long. See also: Ezekiel 7:26 Amos 8:11 1 Samuel 3:1 Exodus 12:13 Lamentations 2:9
10 O God, how long shall the adversary reproach? shall the enemy blaspheme thy name for ever? See also: Psalms 89:50-51 Psalms 13:1-2 Psalms 44:16 Psalms 79:4-5 Psalms 79:12
11 Why withdrawest thou thy hand, even thy right hand? pluck it out of thy bosom. See also: Lamentations 2:3 Psalms 78:65-66 Psalms 44:23 Isaiah 64:12
12 ¶ For God is my King of old, working salvation in the midst of the earth. See also: Psalms 44:4 Isaiah 33:22 Exodus 19:5-6 Exodus 15:2-15 Numbers 23:21-22
13 Thou didst divide the sea by thy strength: thou brakest the heads of the dragons in the waters. See also: Exodus 14:21 Psalms 78:13 Isaiah 51:9-10 Ezekiel 29:3 Ezekiel 32:2
14 Thou brakest the heads of leviathan in pieces, and gavest him to be meat to the people inhabiting the wilderness. See also: Isaiah 27:1 Psalms 72:9 Job 41:1-34 Psalms 104:25-26 Numbers 14:9
15 Thou didst cleave the fountain and the flood: thou driedst up mighty rivers. See also: Numbers 20:11 Exodus 17:5-6 Psalms 105:41 Isaiah 48:21 Joshua 2:10
16 The day is thine, the night also is thine: thou hast prepared the light and the sun. See also: Genesis 1:3-5 Psalms 136:7-9 Matthew 5:45 Psalms 104:19 Genesis 1:14-18
17 Thou hast set all the borders of the earth: thou hast made summer and winter. See also: Deuteronomy 32:8 Acts 17:26 Genesis 8:22 Acts 14:17 Psalms 24:1-2
18 ¶ Remember this, that the enemy hath reproached, O LORD, and that the foolish people have blasphemed thy name. See also: Psalms 39:8 Deuteronomy 32:6 Revelation 16:19 Deuteronomy 32:27 Psalms 41:1
19 O deliver not the soul of thy turtledove unto the multitude of the wicked: forget not the congregation of thy poor for ever. See also: Song of Solomon 2:14 James 2:5-6 Psalms 9:18 Matthew 10:16 Psalms 68:10
20 Have respect unto the covenant: for the dark places of the earth are full of the habitations of cruelty. See also: Genesis 17:7-8 Psalms 106:45 Hebrews 8:10 Psalms 89:28 Psalms 89:34-36
21 O let not the oppressed return ashamed: let the poor and needy praise thy name. See also: Psalms 12:5 Ezra 3:11 Psalms 9:18 Psalms 35:10 Psalms 103:6
22 Arise, O God, plead thine own cause: remember how the foolish man reproacheth thee daily. See also: Psalms 74:18 Psalms 53:1 Isaiah 52:5 Psalms 9:19-20 Psalms 75:4-5
23 Forget not the voice of thine enemies: the tumult of those that rise up against thee increaseth continually. See also: Psalms 65:7 Isaiah 37:29 Psalms 2:1-2 Psalms 10:11-12 Psalms 13:1