1. Why, O God, have you rejected us forever? Why does your anger smoke against the sheep of your pasture?
2. Remember your congregation that you bought long ago, when you redeemed the tribe of your inheritance. Remember Mount Zion where you have dwelt.
3. Lift your steps to the perpetual ruins, to all that the enemy has ruined in the sanctuary.
4. Your enemies have roared in the midst of your meeting place; they have set up their signs for signs.
5. They are known to be like those who wield axes in a thicket of trees.
6. And now its carved works altogether they have smashed with axe and hammer.