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1. css="font-style:italic">A Psalm of Gr. understanding css="font-style:italic"> instruction for Asaph. - Wherefore hast thou rejected us, O God, for ever? wherefore is thy wrath kindled against the sheep of thy pasture?
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1. Maschil H4905 of Asaph H623 . O God H430 , why H4100 hast thou cast us off H2186 forever H5331 ? why doth thine anger H639 smoke H6225 against the sheep H6629 of thy pasture H4830 ?
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2. Remember thy congregation which thou hast purchased from the beginning; thou didst ransom the rod of thine inheritance; this mount Sion wherein thou hast dwelt.
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2. Remember H2142 thy congregation H5712 , which thou hast purchased H7069 of old H6924 ; the rod H7626 of thine inheritance H5159 , which thou hast redeemed H1350 ; this H2088 mount H2022 Zion H6726 , wherein thou hast dwelt H7931 .
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3. Lift up thine hands against their pride continually; because of all that the enemy has done wickedly in thy holy places.
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3. Lift up H7311 thy feet H6471 unto the perpetual H5331 desolations H4876 ; even all H3605 that the enemy H341 hath done wickedly H7489 in the sanctuary H6944 .
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4. And they that hate thee have boasted in the midst of thy feast; they have set up their standards for signs,
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4. Thine enemies H6887 roar H7580 in the midst H7130 of thy congregations H4150 ; they set up H7760 their ensigns H226 for signs H226 .
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5. ignorantly as it were in the entrance above;
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5. A man was famous H3045 according as he had lifted up H935 H4605 axes H7134 upon the thick H5442 trees H6086 .
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6. they cut down its doors at once with axes as in a wood of trees; they have broken it down with hatchet and stone cutter.
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6. But now H6258 they break down H1986 the carved work H6603 thereof at once H3162 with axes H3781 and hammers H3597 .
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7. They have burnt thy sanctuary with fire to the ground; they have profaned the Gr. tabernacle habitation of thy name.
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7. They have cast H7971 fire H784 into thy sanctuary H4720 , they have defiled H2490 by casting down the dwelling place H4908 of thy name H8034 to the ground H776 .
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8. They have said in their heart, even all their kindred together, Come, let us abolish the feasts of the Lord from the earth.
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8. They said H559 in their hearts H3820 , Let us destroy H3238 them together H3162 : they have burned up H8313 all H3605 the synagogues H4150 of God H410 in the land H776 .
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9. We have not seen our signs; there is no longer a prophet; and God will not know us any more.
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9. We see H7200 not H3808 our signs H226 : there is no H369 more H5750 any prophet H5030 : neither H3808 is there among H854 us any that knoweth H3045 how long H5704 H4100 .
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10. How long, O God, shall the enemy reproach? shall the enemy provoke thy name forever?
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10. O God H430 , how long H5704 H4970 shall the adversary H6862 reproach H2778 ? shall the enemy H341 blaspheme H5006 thy name H8034 forever H5331 ?
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11. Wherefore turnest thou away thine hand, and thy right hand from the midst of thy bosom for ever?
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11. Why H4100 withdrawest H7725 thou thy hand H3027 , even thy right hand H3225 ? pluck H3615 it out of H4480 H7130 thy bosom H2436 .
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12. But God is our King Gr. before the age of old; he has wrought salvation in the midst of the earth.
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12. For God H430 is my King H4428 of old H4480 H6924 , working H6466 salvation H3444 in the midst H7130 of the earth H776 .
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13. Thou didst establish the sea, in thy might, thou didst break to pieces the heads of the Or, serpents dragons in the water.
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13. Thou H859 didst divide H6565 the sea H3220 by thy strength H5797 : thou didst break H7665 the heads H7218 of the dragons H8577 in H5921 the waters H4325 .
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14. Thou didst break to pieces the heads of the dragon; thou didst give him for meat to the Ethiopian nations.
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14. Thou H859 didst break H7533 the heads H7218 of leviathan H3882 in pieces, and gavest H5414 him to be meat H3978 to the people H5971 inhabiting the wilderness H6728 .
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15. Thou didst cleave fountains and torrents; thou driedst up Heb. rivers of Etham mighty rivers.
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15. Thou H859 didst cleave H1234 the fountain H4599 and the flood H5158 : thou H859 driedst up H3001 mighty H386 rivers H5104 .
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16. The day is thine, and the night is thine; thou hast prepared the sun and the moon.
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16. The day H3117 is thine , the night H3915 also H637 is thine: thou H859 hast prepared H3559 the light H3974 and the sun H8121 .
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17. Thou hast made all the borders of the earth; thou hast made summer and spring.
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17. Thou H859 hast set H5324 all H3605 the borders H1367 of the earth H776 : thou H859 hast made H3335 summer H7019 and winter H2779 .
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18. Remember this thy creation: an enemy has reproached the Lord, and a foolish people has provoked thy name.
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18. Remember H2142 this H2063 , that the enemy H341 hath reproached H2778 , O LORD H3068 , and that the foolish H5036 people H5971 have blasphemed H5006 thy name H8034 .
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19. Deliver not to the wild beasts a soul that gives praise to thee: forget not for ever the souls of thy poor.
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19. O deliver H5414 not H408 the soul H5315 of thy turtledove H8449 unto the multitude H2416 of the wicked : forget H7911 not H408 the congregation H2416 of thy poor H6041 forever H5331 .
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20. Look upon thy covenant: for the dark places of the earth are filled with the habitations of iniquity.
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20. Have respect H5027 unto the covenant H1285 : for H3588 the dark places H4285 of the earth H776 are full H4390 of the habitations H4999 of cruelty H2555 .
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21. let not the afflicted and shamed one be rejected: the poor and needy shall praise thy name.
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21. O let not H408 the oppressed H1790 return H7725 ashamed H3637 : let the poor H6041 and needy H34 praise H1984 thy name H8034 .
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22. Arise, O God, plead thy cause: remember thy reproaches that come from the foolish one all the day.
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22. Arise H6965 , O God H430 , plead thine own cause H7378 H7379 : remember H2142 how H4480 the foolish man H5036 reproacheth H2781 thee daily H3605 H3117 .
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23. Forget not the voice of thy suppliants: let the pride of them that hate thee continually ascend before thee.
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23. Forget H7911 not H408 the voice H6963 of thine enemies H6887 : the tumult H7588 of those that rise up against H6965 thee increaseth H5927 continually H8548 .
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