Yet God Is My King
A Maskil of Asaph.
Why, O God? Have You arejected us forever?
Why does Your anger bsmoke against the csheep of Your pasture?
2 Remember Your congregation, which You have apurchased of old,
Which You have bredeemed to be the ctribe of Your inheritance;
And this Mount dZion, where You have dwelt.
3 Lift up Your steps toward the aperpetual ruins;
The enemy bhas damaged everything within the sanctuary.
4 Your adversaries have aroared in the midst of Your meeting place;
They have set up their bown signs cfor signs.
5 Each seems like one who lifts up
An aaxe against the undergrowth of trees.
6 And now its acarved work altogether
They smash with hatchet and hammers.
7 They have aset Your sanctuary on fire;
By bringing it to the ground, they have bdefiled the dwelling place of Your name.
8 They asaid in their heart, “Let us completely subdue them.”
They have burned all the meeting places of God in the land.
9 We do not see our asigns;
There is bno longer any prophet,
Nor is there any among us who knows chow long.
10 How long, O God, will the adversary areproach?
Will the enemy bspurn Your name forever?
11 Why ado You turn back Your hand, even Your right hand?
From within Your bosom, bdestroy them!
12 Yet God is amy King from of old,
Who works deeds of salvation in the midst of the earth.
13 You adivided the sea by Your strength;
You bbroke the heads of the csea monsters in the waters.
14 You crushed the heads of aLeviathan;
You gave him as food for the creatures bof the desert.
15 You asplit open spring and river;
You bdried up ever‑flowing rivers.
16 Yours is the day, Yours also is the night;
You have aestablished the light and the sun.
17 You have acaused all the boundaries of the earth to stand firm;
You have formed bsummer and winter.
18 Remember this, O Yahweh, that the enemy has areproached,
And a bwickedly foolish people has spurned Your name.
19 Do not deliver the soul of Your aturtledove to the wild beast;
bDo not forget the life of Your afflicted forever.
20 Look to the acovenant;
For the bdark places of the land are full of the haunts of violence.
21 Let not the aoppressed return dishonored;
Let the bafflicted and needy praise Your name.
22 Arise, O God, and aplead Your own cause;
Remember how the bwicked fool reproaches You all day long.
23 Do not forget the voice of Your aadversaries,
The brumbling of those who rise against You which ascends continually.