1 O God, why do you cast us off forever?Why does your anger smoke against the sheep of your pasture?
2 Remember your congregation, which you have purchased of old,which you have redeemed to be the tribe of your heritage!Remember Mount Zion, where you have dwelt.
3 Direct your steps to the perpetual ruins;the enemy has destroyed everything in the sanctuary!
4 Your foes have roared in the midst of your meeting place; they set up their own signs for signs.
5 They were like those who swing axesin a forest of trees.
6 And all its carved woodthey broke down with hatchets and hammers.
7 They set your sanctuary on fire;they profaned the dwelling place of your name,bringing it down to the ground.