4 Thine adversaries roar in the midst of thy place of assembly; they set up their signs for signs.
5 A man was known as he could lift up axes in the thicket of trees;
6 And now they break down its carved work altogether, with hatchets and hammers.
7 They have set on fire thy sanctuary, they have profaned the habitation of thy name to the ground.
8 They said in their heart, Let us destroy them together: they have burned up all ·God's places of assembly in the land.
9 We see not our signs; there is no more any prophet, neither is there among us any that knoweth how long.
10 How long, O God shall the adversary reproach? Shall the enemy contemn thy name for ever?