5. They seemed as men that lifted up Axes upon a thicket of trees.
6. And now all the carved work thereof They break down with hatchet and hammers.
7. They have set thy sanctuary on fire; They have profaned the dwelling-place of thy name by casting it to the ground.
8. They said in their heart, Let us make havoc of them altogether: They have burned up all the synagogues of God in the land.
9. We see not our signs: There is no more any prophet; Neither is there among us any that knoweth how long.
10. How long, O God, shall the adversary reproach? Shall the enemy blaspheme thy name for ever?
11. Why drawest thou back thy hand, even thy right hand? Pluck it out of thy bosom and consume them.
12. Yet God is my King of old, Working salvation in the midst of the earth.
13. Thou didst divide the sea by thy strength: Thou brakest the heads of the sea-monsters in the waters.
14. Thou brakest the heads of leviathan in pieces; Thou gavest him to be food to the people inhabiting the wilderness.
15. Thou didst cleave fountain and flood: Thou driedst up mighty rivers.
16. The day is thine, the night also is thine: Thou hast prepared the light and the sun.