1 Why, O God, have you rejected us forever?Why does your angersmolder against the sheep in your care?
2 Remember your congregation.Long ago you made it your own.You bought this tribe to be your possession.This tribe is Mount Zion, where you have made your home.
3 Turn your steps toward these pathetic ruins.The enemy has destroyed everything in the holy temple.
4 Your opponents have roared inside your meeting place.They have set up their own emblems as symbols.
5 Starting from its entrance, they hacked awaylike a woodcutter in a forest.
6 They smashed all its carved paneling with axes and hatchets.
7 They burned your holy place to the ground.They dishonored the place where you live among us.