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1하나님이여 주께서 어찌하여 우리를 영원히 버리시나이까 어찌하여 주의 치시는 양을 향하여 진노의 연기를 발하시나이까 2옛적부터 얻으시고 구속하사 주의 기업의 지파로 삼으신 주의 회중을 기억하시며 주의 거하신 시온 산도 생각하소서 3영구히 파멸된 곳으로 주의 발을 드십소서 원수가 성소에서 모든 악을 행하였나이다 4주의 대적이 주의 회중에서 훤화하며 자기 기를 세워 표적을 삼았으니 5저희는 마치 도끼를 들어 삼림을 베는 사람 같으니이다 6이제 저희가 도끼와 철퇴로 성소의 모든 조각품을 쳐서 부수고 7주의 성소를 불사르며 주의 이름이 계신 곳을 더럽혀 땅에 엎었나이다 8저희의 마음에 이르기를 우리가 그것을 진멸하자 하고 이 땅에 있는 하나님의 모든 회당을 불살랐나이다 9우리의 표적이 보이지 아니하며 선지자도 다시 없으며 이런 일이 얼마나 오랠는지 우리 중에 아는 자도 없나이다 10하나님이여 대적이 언제까지 훼방하겠으며 원수가 주의 이름을 영원히 능욕하리이까 11주께서 어찌하여 주의 손 곧 오른손을 거두시나이까 주의 품에서 빼사 저희를 멸하소서 12하나님은 예로부터 나의 왕이시라 인간에 구원을 베푸셨나이다 13주께서 주의 능력으로 바다를 나누시고 물 가운데 용들의 머리를 깨뜨리셨으며 14악어의 머리를 파쇄하시고 그것을 사막에 거하는 자에게 식물로 주셨으며 15바위를 쪼개사 큰 물을 내시며 길이 흐르는 강들을 말리우셨나이다 16낮도 주의 것이요 밤도 주의 것이라 주께서 빛과 해를 예비하셨으며 17땅의 경계를 정하시며 여름과 겨울을 이루셨나이다 18여호와여 이것을 기억하소서 원수가 주를 비방하며 우매한 백성이 주의 이름을 능욕하였나이다 19주의 멧비둘기의 생명을 들짐승에게 주지 마시며 주의 가난한 자의 목숨을 영영히 잊지 마소서 20언약을 돌아보소서 대저 땅 흑암한 곳에 강포한 자의 처소가 가득하였나이다 21학대 받은 자로 부끄러이 돌아가게 마시고 가난한 자와 궁핍한 자로 주의 이름을 찬송케 하소서 22하나님이여 일어나사 주의 원통을 푸시고 우매한 자가 종일 주를 비방하는 것을 기억하소서 23주의 대적의 소리를 잊지 마소서 일어나 주를 항거하는 자의 훤화가 항상 상달하나이다

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

1Een onderwijzing, voor Asaf. O God! waarom verstoot Gij in eeuwigheid? Waarom zou Uw toorn roken tegen de schapen Uwer weide? 2Gedenk aan Uw vergadering, die Gij van ouds verworven hebt; de roede Uwer erfenis, die Gij verlost hebt; den berg Sion, waarop Gij gewoond hebt. 3Hef Uw voeten op tot de eeuwige verwoestingen; de vijand heeft alles in het heiligdom verdorven. 4Uw wederpartijders hebben in het midden van Uw vergaderplaatsen gebruld; zij hebben hun tekenen tot tekenen gesteld. 5Een ieder werd er bekend als een, die de bijlen omhoog aanbrengt in de dichtigheid van een geboomte. 6Alzo hebben zij nu derzelver graveerselen samen met houwelen en beukhamers in stukken geslagen. 7Zij hebben Uw heiligdommen in het vuur gezet; ter aarde toe hebben zij de woning Uws Naams ontheiligd. 8Zij hebben in hun hart gezegd: Laat ze ons te zamen uitplunderen; zij hebben alle Gods vergaderplaatsen in het land verbrand. 9Wij zien onze tekenen niet; er is geen profeet meer, noch iemand bij ons, die weet, hoe lang. 10Hoe lang, o God! zal de wederpartijder smaden? Zal de vijand Uw Naam in eeuwigheid lasteren? 11Waarom trekt Gij Uw hand, ja, Uw rechterhand af? Trek haar uit het midden van Uw boezem; maak een einde. 12Evenwel is God mijn Koning van ouds af, Die verlossingen werkt in het midden der aarde. 13Gij hebt door Uw sterkte de zee gespleten; Gij hebt de koppen der draken in de wateren verbroken. 14Gij hebt de koppen des Leviathans verpletterd; Gij hebt hem tot spijs gegeven aan het volk in dorre plaatsen. 15Gij hebt een fontein en beek gekliefd; Gij hebt sterke rivieren uitgedroogd. 16De dag is Uwe, ook is de nacht Uwe; Gij hebt het licht en de zon bereid. 17Gij hebt al de palen der aarde gesteld; zomer en winter, die hebt Gij geformeerd. 18Gedenk hieraan; de vijand heeft den HEERE gesmaad, en een dwaas volk heeft Uw Naam gelasterd. 19Geef aan het wild gedierte de ziel Uwer tortelduif niet over; vergeet den hoop Uwer ellendigen niet in eeuwigheid. 20Aanschouw het verbond; want de duistere plaatsen des lands zijn vol woningen van geweld. 21Laat den verdrukte niet beschaamd wederkeren; laat den ellendige en nooddruftige Uw Naam prijzen. 22Sta op, o God! twist Uw twistzaak; gedenk der smaadheid, die U van den dwaze wedervaart den gansen dag. 23Vergeet niet het geroep Uwer wederpartijders; het getier dergenen, die tegen U opstaan, klimt geduriglijk op.