1. O God, why do you cast us off forever?Why does your anger smoke against the sheep of your pasture?
2. Remember 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.
3. Direct your steps to the perpetual ruins;the enemy has destroyed everything in the sanctuary!
4. Your foes have roared in the midst of your meeting place; they set up their own signs for signs.
5. They were like those who swing axesin a forest of trees.
6. And all its carved woodthey broke down with hatchets and hammers.
7. They set your sanctuary on fire;they profaned the dwelling place of your name,bringing it down to the ground.