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A Maskil of Asaph. O God, why dost thou cast us off for ever? Why does thy anger smoke against the sheep of thy pasture?

They said to themselves, "We will utterly subdue them"; they burned all the meeting places of God in the land.

How long, O God, is the foe to scoff? Is the enemy to revile thy name for ever?

Yet God my King is from of old, working salvation in the midst of the earth.

Arise, O God, plead thy cause; remember how the impious scoff at thee all the day!

To the choirmaster: according to Do Not Destroy. A Psalm of Asaph. A Song. We give thanks to thee, O God; we give thanks; we call on thy name and recount thy wondrous deeds.

but it is God who executes judgment, putting down one and lifting up another.

But I will rejoice for ever, I will sing praises to the God of Jacob.

To the choirmaster: with stringed instruments. A Psalm of Asaph. A Song. In Judah God is known, his name is great in Israel.

At thy rebuke, O God of Jacob, both rider and horse lay stunned.

when God arose to establish judgment to save all the oppressed of the earth. [Selah]

Make your vows to the LORD your God, and perform them; let all around him bring gifts to him who is to be feared,

To the choirmaster: according to Jeduthun. A Psalm of Asaph. I cry aloud to God, aloud to God, that he may hear me.

I think of God, and I moan; I meditate, and my spirit faints. [Selah]

Has God forgotten to be gracious? Has he in anger shut up his compassion?" [Selah]

Thy way, O God, is holy. What god is great like our God?

Thou art the God who workest wonders, who hast manifested thy might among the peoples.

When the waters saw thee, O God, when the waters saw thee, they were afraid, yea, the deep trembled.

so that they should set their hope in God, and not forget the works of God, but keep his commandments;

and that they should not be like their fathers, a stubborn and rebellious generation, a generation whose heart was not steadfast, whose spirit was not faithful to God.