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.
7. They have set fire to your sanctuary. They have defiled to the ground, the dwelling place for your name.
8. They have said in their heart, “We will completely oppress them.” They burned all the meeting places of God in the land.
9. We do not see our signs, and there is no longer a prophet. No one with us knows how long.