1 A maskil of Asaph.Why, God, have you cast us off forever?Why does your anger burn against the sheep of your pasture?
2 Remember your people, whom you acquired of old,the tribe you redeemed as your own heritage,Mount Zion where you dwell.
3 Direct your steps toward the utter destruction,everything the enemy laid waste in the sanctuary.
4 Your foes roared triumphantly in the place of your assembly;they set up their own tokens of victory.
5 They hacked away like a forester gathering boughs,swinging his ax in a thicket of trees.