1. Understanding for Asaph.O God, why hast thou cast us off unto the end: why is thy wrath enkindled against the sheep of thy pasture?
2. Remember thy congregation, which thou hast possessed from the beginning. The sceptre of thy inheritance which thou hast redeemed: mount Sion in which thou hast dwelt.
3. Lift up thy hands against their pride unto the end; see what things the enemy hath done wickedly in the sanctuary.
4. And they that hate thee have made their boasts, in the midst of thy solemnity. They have set up their ensigns for signs,
5. and they knew not both in the going out and on the highest top. As with axes in a wood of trees,