| 1 O God, why hast thou cast us off for ever? why doth thine anger smoke against the sheep of thy pasture? | 1 מַשְׂכִּיל לְאָסָף לָמָה אֱלֹהִים זָנַחְתָּ לָנֶצַח יֶעְשַׁן אַפְּךָ בְּצֹאן מַרְעִיתֶךָ |
| 2 Remember thy congregation, which thou hast purchased of old; the rod of thine inheritance, which thou hast redeemed; this mount Zion, wherein thou hast dwelt. | 2 זְכֹר עֲדָתְךָ ׀ קָנִיתָ קֶּדֶם גָּאַלְתָּ שֵׁבֶט נַחֲלָתֶךָ הַר־צִיֹּון זֶה ׀ שָׁכַנְתָּ בֹּו |
| 3 Lift up thy feet unto the perpetual desolations; even all that the enemy hath done wickedly in the sanctuary. | 3 הָרִימָה פְעָמֶיךָ לְמַשֻּׁאֹות נֶצַח כָּל־הֵרַע אֹויֵב בַּקֹּדֶשׁ |
| 4 Thine enemies roar in the midst of thy congregations; they set up their ensigns for signs. | 4 שָׁאֲגוּ צֹרְרֶיךָ בְּקֶרֶב מֹועֲדֶךָ שָׂמוּ אֹותֹתָם אֹתֹות |
| 5 A man was famous according as he had lifted up axes upon the thick trees. | 5 יִוָּדַע כְּמֵבִיא לְמָעְלָה בִּסֲבָךְ־עֵץ קַרְדֻּמֹּות |
| 6 But now they break down the carved work thereof at once with axes and hammers. | 6 [וְעֵת כ] (וְעַתָּה ק) פִּתּוּחֶיהָ יָּחַד בְּכַשִּׁיל וְכֵילַפֹּת יַהֲלֹמוּן |
| 7 They have cast fire into thy sanctuary, they have defiled by casting down the dwelling place of thy name to the ground. | 7 שִׁלְחוּ בָאֵשׁ מִקְדָּשֶׁךָ לָאָרֶץ חִלְּלוּ מִשְׁכַּן־שְׁמֶךָ |
| 8 They said in their hearts, Let us destroy them together: they have burned up all the synagogues of God in the land. | 8 אָמְרוּ בְלִבָּם נִינָם יָחַד שָׂרְפוּ כָל־מֹועֲדֵי־אֵל בָּאָרֶץ |
| 9 We see not our signs: there is no more any prophet: neither is there among us any that knoweth how long. | 9 אֹותֹתֵינוּ לֹא רָאִינוּ אֵין־עֹוד נָבִיא וְלֹא־אִתָּנוּ יֹדֵעַ עַד־מָה |
| 10 O God, how long shall the adversary reproach? shall the enemy blaspheme thy name for ever? | 10 עַד־מָתַי אֱלֹהִים יְחָרֶף צָר יְנָאֵץ אֹויֵב שִׁמְךָ לָנֶצַח |
| 11 Why withdrawest thou thy hand, even thy right hand? pluck it out of thy bosom. | 11 לָמָּה תָשִׁיב יָדְךָ וִימִינֶךָ מִקֶּרֶב [חֹוקְךָ כ] (חֵיקְךָ ק) כַלֵּה |
| 12 For God is my King of old, working salvation in the midst of the earth. | 12 וֵאלֹהִים מַלְכִּי מִקֶּדֶם פֹּעֵל יְשׁוּעֹות בְּקֶרֶב הָאָרֶץ |
| 13 Thou didst divide the sea by thy strength: thou brakest the heads of the dragons in the waters. | 13 אַתָּה פֹורַרְתָּ בְעָזְּךָ יָם שִׁבַּרְתָּ רָאשֵׁי תַנִּינִים עַל־הַמָּיִם |
| 14 Thou brakest the heads of leviathan in pieces, and gavest him to be meat to the people inhabiting the wilderness. | 14 אַתָּה רִצַּצְתָּ רָאשֵׁי לִוְיָתָן תִּתְּנֶנּוּ מַאֲכָל לְעָם לְצִיִּים |
| 15 Thou didst cleave the fountain and the flood: thou driedst up mighty rivers. | 15 אַתָּה בָקַעְתָּ מַעְיָן וָנָחַל אַתָּה הֹובַשְׁתָּ נַהֲרֹות אֵיתָן |
| 16 The day is thine, the night also is thine: thou hast prepared the light and the sun. | 16 לְךָ יֹום אַף־לְךָ לָיְלָה אַתָּה הֲכִינֹותָ מָאֹור וָשָׁמֶשׁ |
| 17 Thou hast set all the borders of the earth: thou hast made summer and winter. | 17 אַתָּה הִצַּבְתָּ כָּל־גְּבוּלֹות אָרֶץ קַיִץ וָחֹרֶף אַתָּה יְצַרְתָּם |
| 18 Remember this, that the enemy hath reproached, O LORD, and that the foolish people have blasphemed thy name. | 18 זְכָר־זֹאת אֹויֵב חֵרֵף ׀ יְהוָה וְעַם נָבָל נִאֲצוּ שְׁמֶךָ |
| 19 O deliver not the soul of thy turtledove unto the multitude of the wicked: forget not the congregation of thy poor for ever. | 19 אַל־תִּתֵּן לְחַיַּת נֶפֶשׁ תֹּורֶךָ חַיַּת עֲנִיֶּיךָ אַל־תִּשְׁכַּח לָנֶצַח |
| 20 Have respect unto the covenant: for the dark places of the earth are full of the habitations of cruelty. | 20 הַבֵּט לַבְּרִית כִּי מָלְאוּ מַחֲשַׁכֵּי־אֶרֶץ נְאֹות חָמָס |
| 21 O let not the oppressed return ashamed: let the poor and needy praise thy name. | 21 אַל־יָשֹׁב דַּךְ נִכְלָם עָנִי וְאֶבְיֹון יְהַלְלוּ שְׁמֶךָ |
| 22 Arise, O God, plead thine own cause: remember how the foolish man reproacheth thee daily. | 22 קוּמָה אֱלֹהִים רִיבָה רִיבֶךָ זְכֹר חֶרְפָּתְךָ מִנִּי־נָבָל כָּל־הַיֹּום |
| 23 Forget not the voice of thine enemies: the tumult of those that rise up against thee increaseth continually. | 23 אַל־תִּשְׁכַּח קֹול צֹרְרֶיךָ שְׁאֹון קָמֶיךָ עֹלֶה תָמִיד |