| English Standard Version | Christian Standard Bible |
| 1O God, why do you cast us off forever? Why does your anger smoke against the sheep of your pasture? | 1Why have you rejected us forever, God? Why does your anger burn against the sheep of your pasture? |
| 2Remember your congregation, which you have purchased of old, which you have redeemed to be the tribe of your heritage! Remember Mount Zion, where you have dwelt. | 2Remember your congregation, which you purchased long ago and redeemed as the tribe for your own possession. Remember Mount Zion where you dwell. |
| 3Direct your steps to the perpetual ruins; the enemy has destroyed everything in the sanctuary! | 3Make your way to the perpetual ruins, to all that the enemy has destroyed in the sanctuary. |
| 4Your foes have roared in the midst of your meeting place; they set up their own signs for signs. | 4Your adversaries roared in the meeting place where you met with us. They set up their emblems as signs. |
| 5They were like those who swing axes in a forest of trees. | 5It was like men in a thicket of trees, wielding axes, |
| 6And all its carved wood they broke down with hatchets and hammers. | 6then smashing all the carvings with hatchets and picks. |
| 7They set your sanctuary on fire; they profaned the dwelling place of your name, bringing it down to the ground. | 7They set your sanctuary on fire; they utterly desecrated the dwelling place of your name. |
| 8They said to themselves, “We will utterly subdue them”; they burned all the meeting places of God in the land. | 8They said in their hearts, "Let us oppress them relentlessly." They burned every place throughout the land where God met with us. |
| 9We do not see our signs; there is no longer any prophet, and there is none among us who knows how long. | 9There are no signs for us to see. There is no longer a prophet. And none of us knows how long this will last. |
| 10How long, O God, is the foe to scoff? Is the enemy to revile your name forever? | 10God, how long will the enemy mock? Will the foe insult your name forever? |
| 11Why do you hold back your hand, your right hand? Take it from the fold of your garment and destroy them! | 11Why do you hold back your hand? Stretch out your right hand and destroy them! |
| 12Yet God my King is from of old, working salvation in the midst of the earth. | 12God my King is from ancient times, performing saving acts on the earth. |
| 13You divided the sea by your might; you broke the heads of the sea monsters on the waters. | 13You divided the sea with your strength; you smashed the heads of the sea monsters in the water; |
| 14You crushed the heads of Leviathan; you gave him as food for the creatures of the wilderness. | 14you crushed the heads of Leviathan; you fed him to the creatures of the desert. |
| 15You split open springs and brooks; you dried up ever-flowing streams. | 15You opened up springs and streams; you dried up ever-flowing rivers. |
| 16Yours is the day, yours also the night; you have established the heavenly lights and the sun. | 16The day is yours, also the night; you established the moon and the sun. |
| 17You have fixed all the boundaries of the earth; you have made summer and winter. | 17You set all the boundaries of the earth; you made summer and winter. |
| 18Remember this, O LORD, how the enemy scoffs, and a foolish people reviles your name. | 18Remember this: the enemy has mocked the LORD, and a foolish people has insulted your name. |
| 19Do not deliver the soul of your dove to the wild beasts; do not forget the life of your poor forever. | 19Do not give to beasts the life of your dove; do not forget the lives of your poor people forever. |
| 20Have regard for the covenant, for the dark places of the land are full of the habitations of violence. | 20Consider the covenant, for the dark places of the land are full of violence. |
| 21Let not the downtrodden turn back in shame; let the poor and needy praise your name. | 21Do not let the oppressed turn away in shame; let the poor and needy praise your name. |
| 22Arise, O God, defend your cause; remember how the foolish scoff at you all the day! | 22Rise up, God, champion your cause! Remember the insults that fools bring against you all day long. |
| 23Do not forget the clamor of your foes, the uproar of those who rise against you, which goes up continually! | 23Do not forget the clamor of your adversaries, the tumult of your opponents that goes up constantly. |
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