1 Por que nos rejeitas, ó Deus, para sempre?

Por que se acende a tua ira contra as ovelhas do teu pasto?

2 Lembra-te da tua congregação, que adquiriste desde a antiguidade,

que remiste para ser a tribo da tua herança;

lembra-te do monte Sião, no qual tens habitado.

3 Dirige os teus passos para as perpétuas ruínas,

tudo quanto de mau tem feito o inimigo no santuário.

4 Os teus adversários bramam no lugar das assembleias

e alteiam os seus próprios símbolos.

5 Parecem-se com os que brandem machado no espesso da floresta,

6 e agora a todos esses lavores de entalhe

quebram também, com machados e martelos.

7 Deitam fogo ao teu santuário;

profanam, arrasando-a até ao chão, a morada do teu nome.

8 Disseram no seu coração: Acabemos com eles de uma vez.

Queimaram todos os lugares santos de Deus na terra.

9 Já não vemos os nossos símbolos;

já não há profeta;

nem, entre nós, quem saiba até quando.

10 Até quando, ó Deus, o adversário nos afrontará?

Acaso, blasfemará o inimigo incessantemente o teu nome?

11 Por que retrais a mão, sim, a tua destra,

e a conservas no teu seio?

12 Ora, Deus, meu Rei, é desde a antiguidade;

ele é quem opera feitos salvadores no meio da terra.

13 Tu, com o teu poder, dividiste o mar;

esmagaste sobre as águas a cabeça dos monstros marinhos.

14 Tu espedaçaste as cabeças do crocodilo

e o deste por alimento às alimárias do deserto.

15 Tu abriste fontes e ribeiros;

secaste rios caudalosos.

16 Teu é o dia; tua, também, a noite;

a luz e o sol, tu os formaste.

17 Fixaste os confins da terra;

verão e inverno, tu os fizeste.

18 Lembra-te disto: o inimigo tem ultrajado ao Senhor,

e um povo insensato tem blasfemado o teu nome.

19 Não entregues à rapina a vida de tua rola,

nem te esqueças perpetuamente da vida dos teus aflitos.

20 Considera a tua aliança,

pois os lugares tenebrosos da terra estão cheios de moradas de violência.

21 Não fique envergonhado o oprimido;

louvem o teu nome o aflito e o necessitado.

22 Levanta-te, ó Deus, pleiteia a tua própria causa;

lembra-te de como o ímpio te afronta todos os dias.

23 Não te esqueças da gritaria dos teus inimigos,

do sempre crescente tumulto dos teus adversários.

1 O God, why hast thou cast us off for ever?

Why doth thine anger smoke against the sheep of thy pasture?

2 Remember thy congregation, which thou hast gotten of old,

Which thou hast redeemed to be the tribe of thine inheritance;

And mount Zion, wherein thou hast dwelt.

3 Lift up thy feet unto the perpetual ruins,

All the evil that the enemy hath done in the sanctuary.

4 Thine adversaries have roared in the midst of thine assembly;

They have set up their ensigns for signs.

5 They seemed as men that lifted up

Axes upon a thicket of trees.

6 And now all the carved work thereof

They break down with hatchet and hammers.

7 They have set thy sanctuary on fire;

They have profaned the dwelling-place of thy name by casting it to the ground.

8 They said in their heart, Let us make havoc of them altogether:

They have burned up all the synagogues of God 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 blaspheme thy name for ever?

11 Why drawest thou back thy hand, even thy right hand?

Pluck it out of thy bosom and consume them.

12 Yet God is my King of old,

Working salvation in the midst of the earth.

13 Thou didst divide the sea by thy strength:

Thou brakest the heads of the sea-monsters in the waters.

14 Thou brakest the heads of leviathan in pieces;

Thou gavest him to be food to the people inhabiting the wilderness.

15 Thou didst cleave fountain and flood:

Thou driedst up mighty rivers.

16 The day is thine, the night also is thine:

Thou hast prepared the light and the sun.

17 Thou hast set all the borders of the earth:

Thou hast made summer and winter.

18 Remember this, that the enemy hath reproached, O Jehovah,

And that a foolish people hath blasphemed thy name.

19 Oh deliver not the soul of thy turtle-dove unto the wild beast:

Forget not the life of thy poor for ever.

20 Have respect unto the covenant;

For the dark places of the earth are full of the habitations of violence.

21 Oh let not the oppressed return ashamed:

Let the poor and needy praise thy name.

22 Arise, O God, plead thine own cause:

Remember how the foolish man reproacheth thee all the day.

23 Forget not the voice of thine adversaries:

The tumult of those that rise up against thee ascendeth continually.

1 O God, why have you rejected us forever? Why does your anger smolder against the sheep of your pasture?

2 Remember the nation you purchased long ago, the people of your inheritance, whom you redeemed — Mount Zion, where you dwelt.

3 Turn your steps toward these everlasting ruins, all this destruction the enemy has brought on the sanctuary.

4 Your foes roared in the place where you met with us; they set up their standards as signs.

5 They behaved like men wielding axes to cut through a thicket of trees.

6 They smashed all the carved paneling with their axes and hatchets.

7 They burned your sanctuary to the ground; they defiled the dwelling place of your Name.

8 They said in their hearts, "We will crush them completely!" They burned every place where God was worshiped in the land.

9 We are given no signs from God; no prophets are left, and none of us knows how long this will be.

10 How long will the enemy mock you, God? Will the foe revile your name forever?

11 Why do you hold back your hand, your right hand? Take it from the folds of your garment and destroy them!

12 But God is my King from long ago; he brings salvation on the earth.

13 It was you who split open the sea by your power; you broke the heads of the monster in the waters.

14 It was you who crushed the heads of Leviathan and gave it as food to the creatures of the desert.

15 It was you who opened up springs and streams; you dried up the ever-flowing rivers.

16 The day is yours, and yours also the night; you established the sun and moon.

17 It was you who set all the boundaries of the earth; you made both summer and winter.

18 Remember how the enemy has mocked you, LORD, how foolish people have reviled your name.

19 Do not hand over the life of your dove to wild beasts; do not forget the lives of your afflicted people forever.

20 Have regard for your covenant, because haunts of violence fill the dark places of the land.

21 Do not let the oppressed retreat in disgrace; may the poor and needy praise your name.

22 Rise up, O God, and defend your cause; remember how fools mock you all day long.

23 Do not ignore the clamor of your adversaries, the uproar of your enemies, which rises continually.