Why Have You Rejected Us Forever? (Psalm 79:1–13; Jeremiah 52:1–11)
1 ULT A maskil. Of Asaph. Why, God, have you rejected{ us} forever?{ Why} does your nose smoke against the flock of your pasture? BSB BSB: A Maskil of Asaph. Why have You rejected us forever, O God? Why does Your anger smolder against the sheep of Your pasture?
2 ULT Remember your congregation{ that} you acquired{ in} antiquity,{ which} you redeemed, the tribe of your inheritance, this Mount Zion on which you have dwelt. BSB BSB: Remember Your congregation, which You purchased long ago and redeemed as the tribe of Your inheritance—Mount Zion, where You dwell.
3 ULT Lift up your feet to the destructions of perpetuity,{ to} all the enemy has damaged in the holy place. BSB BSB: Turn Your steps to the everlasting ruins, to everything in the sanctuary the enemy has destroyed.
4 ULT Your adversaries roared in the midst of your meeting place; they set up their signs{ as} signs. BSB BSB: Your foes have roared within Your meeting place; they have unfurled their banners as signs,
5 ULT It was known like one bringing upward axes in a thicket of trees. BSB BSB: like men wielding axes in a thicket of trees
6 ULT And now with hatchet and hammers they have broken down its carvings altogether. BSB BSB: and smashing all the carvings with hatchets and picks.
7 ULT They sent your holy place into fire; they profaned the dwelling of your name to the ground. BSB BSB: They have burned Your sanctuary to the ground; they have defiled the dwelling place of Your Name.
8 ULT They said in their heart,“Let us oppress them altogether.” They burned all of the meeting places of God in the land. BSB BSB: They said in their hearts, “We will crush them completely.” They burned down every place where God met us in the land.
9 ULT We do not see our signs; there is no longer a prophet and not one with us knowing until when. BSB BSB: There are no signs for us to see. There is no longer any prophet. And none of us knows how long this will last.
10 ULT Until when, God, will the adversary reproach? Will the enemy despise your name forever? BSB BSB: How long, O God, will the enemy taunt You? Will the foe revile Your name forever?
11 ULT Why do you hold back your hand, even your right hand? From the midst of your bosom finish{ them}! BSB BSB: Why do You withdraw Your strong right hand? Stretch it out to destroy them!
12 ULT But God{ is} my king from antiquity, working salvations in the midst of the earth. BSB BSB: Yet God is my King from ancient times, working salvation on the earth.
13 ULT You, you divided the sea by your strength; you broke the heads of the sea monsters in the waters. BSB BSB: You divided the sea by Your strength; You smashed the heads of the dragons of the sea;
14 ULT You, you crushed the heads of Leviathan; you gave him{ as} food to a people, to the desert- dwellers. BSB BSB: You crushed the heads of Leviathan; You fed him to the creatures of the desert.
15 ULT You, you split open spring and wadi; you, you dry up perpetual rivers. BSB BSB: You broke open the fountain and the flood; You dried up the ever-flowing rivers.
16 ULT The day{ is} to you; the night{ is} also to you. You, you established the light and the sun. BSB BSB: The day is Yours, and also the night; You established the moon and the sun.
17 ULT You, you set all of the boundaries of the earth; summer and winter, you, you formed them. BSB BSB: You set all the boundaries of the earth; You made the summer and winter.
18 ULT Remember this: the enemy has reproached Yahweh, and a foolish people has despised your name. BSB BSB: Remember how the enemy has mocked You, O LORD, how a foolish people has spurned Your name.
19 ULT May you not give the life of your dove to a beast; may you not forget the life of your poor forever. BSB BSB: Do not deliver the soul of Your dove to beasts; do not forget the lives of Your afflicted forever.
20 ULT Regard the covenant, for pastures of violence fill the dark places of the land. BSB BSB: Consider Your covenant, for haunts of violence fill the dark places of the land.
21 ULT May the weak not return ashamed; may the poor and the needy praise your name. BSB BSB: Do not let the oppressed retreat in shame; may the poor and needy praise Your name.
22 ULT Arise, God! Plead your case! Remember your reproach from the fool all of the day. BSB BSB: Rise up, O God; defend Your cause! Remember how the fool mocks You all day long.
23 ULT Do not forget the voice of your adversaries, the uproar of the ones rising against you, going up continually. BSB BSB: Do not disregard the clamor of Your adversaries, the uproar of Your enemies that ascends continually.
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