[1] God, why have you rejected us forever?    Why does your anger smolder
against the sheep of your pasture? [2] Remember your congregation, which
you purchased of old,	 Which you have redeemed to be the tribe of your
inheritance;	Mount Zion, in which you have lived. [3] Lift up your feet
to the perpetual ruins,    All the evil that the enemy has done in the
sanctuary. [4] Your adversaries have roared in the midst of your assembly. 
  They have set up their standards as signs. [5] They behaved like men
wielding axes,	  Cutting through a thicket of trees. [6] Now all its
carved work    They break down with hatchet and hammers. [7] They have
burned your sanctuary to the ground.	They have profaned the
dwelling-place of your Name. [8] They said in their heart, "We will crush
them completely."    They have burned up all the places in the land where
God was       worshipped. [9] We see no miraculous signs.    There is no
longer any prophet,    Neither is there among us anyone who knows how long.
[10] How long, God, shall the adversary reproach?    Shall the enemy
blaspheme your name forever? [11] Why do you draw back your hand, even your
right hand?    Take it out of your pocket and consume them! [12] Yet God is
my King of old,    Working salvation in the midst of the earth. [13] You
divided the sea by your strength.    You broke the heads of the sea
monsters in the waters. [14] You broke the heads of Leviathan in pieces.   
You gave him as food to people and desert creatures. [15] You opened up
spring and stream.    You dried up mighty rivers. [16] The day is yours,
the night is also yours.    You have prepared the light and the sun. [17]
You have set all the boundaries of the earth.	 You have made summer and
winter. [18] Remember this, that the enemy has mocked you, Yahweh.   
Foolish people have blasphemed your name. [19] Don`t deliver the soul of
your dove to wild beasts.    Don`t forget the life of your poor forever.
[20] Honor your covenant,    For haunts of violence fill the dark places of
the earth. [21] Don`t let the oppressed return ashamed.    Let the poor and
needy praise your name. [22] Arise, God! Plead your own cause.	  Remember
how the foolish man mocks you all day. [23] Don`t forget the voice of your
adversaries.	The tumult of those who rise up against you ascends
continually.	  Psalm 75	 For the Chief Musician. To the tune of "Do
Not Destroy." A Psalm by Asaph. A song.