1 Why, O God, have you rejected us forever? Why does your anger smoke against the sheep of your pasture?
2 Remember your congregation that you bought long ago, when you redeemed the tribe of your inheritance. Remember Mount Zion where you have dwelt.
3 Lift your steps to the perpetual ruins, to all that the enemy has ruined in the sanctuary.
4 Your enemies have roared in the midst of your meeting place; they have set up their signs for signs.
5 They are known to be like those who wield axes in a thicket of trees.
6 And now its carved works altogether they have smashed with axe and hammer.
7 They have set fire to your sanctuary. They have defiled to the ground, the dwelling place for your name.