3. Hurry and look at the permanent ruins,and all the damage the enemy has done to the temple!
4. Your enemies roar in the middle of your sanctuary;they set up their battle flags.
5. They invade like lumberjacksswinging their axes in a thick forest.
6. And now they are tearing down all its engravingswith axes and crowbars.
7. They set your sanctuary on fire;they desecrate your dwelling place by knocking it to the ground.
8. They say to themselves,“We will oppress all of them.”They burn down all the places where people worship God in the land.
9. We do not see any signs of God’s presence;there are no longer any prophetsand we have no one to tell us how long this will last.
10. How long, O God, will the adversary hurl insults?Will the enemy blaspheme your name forever?
11. Why do you remain inactive?Intervene and destroy him!
12. But God has been my king from ancient times,performing acts of deliverance on the earth.
13. You destroyed the sea by your strength;you shattered the heads of the sea monster in the water.
14. You crushed the heads of Leviathan;you fed him to the people who live along the coast.
15. You broke open the spring and the stream;you dried up perpetually flowing rivers.