[Maschil of Asaph.] O God, why hast thou cast us off for ever? why doth thine anger smoke against the sheep of thy pasture?
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.
3 Lift up thy feet unto the perpetual desolations; even all that the enemy hath done wickedly in the sanctuary.
4 Thine enemies roar in the midst of thy congregations; they set up their ensigns for signs.
5 A man was famous according as he had lifted up axes upon the thick trees.
6 But now they break down the carved work thereof at once with axes and hammers.
7 They have cast fire into thy sanctuary, they have defiled by casting down the dwelling place of thy name to the ground.
8 They said in their hearts, Let us destroy them together: they have burned up all the synagogues of God in the land.
9 We see not our signs: there is no more any prophet: neither is there among us any that knoweth how long.
10 O God, how long shall the adversary reproach? shall the enemy blaspheme thy name for ever?
11 Why withdrawest thou thy hand, even thy right hand? pluck it out of thy bosom.
12 For God is my King of old, working salvation in the midst of the earth.
13 Thou didst divide the sea by thy strength: thou brakest the heads of the dragons in the waters.
14 Thou brakest the heads of leviathan in pieces, and gavest him to be meat to the people inhabiting the wilderness.
15 Thou didst cleave the fountain and the flood: thou driedst up mighty rivers.
16 The day is thine, the night also is thine: thou hast prepared the light and the sun.
17 Thou hast set all the borders of the earth: thou hast made summer and winter.
18 Remember this, that the enemy hath reproached, O LORD, and that the foolish people have blasphemed thy name.
19 O deliver not the soul of thy turtledove unto the multitude of the wicked: forget not the congregation of thy poor for ever.
20 Have respect unto the covenant: for the dark places of the earth are full of the habitations of cruelty.
21 O let not the oppressed return ashamed: let the poor and needy praise thy name.
22 Arise, O God, plead thine own cause: remember how the foolish man reproacheth thee daily.
23 Forget not the voice of thine enemies: the tumult of those that rise up against thee increaseth continually.
1[Asaf Maskil.] Ao Onyankopɔn, adɛn nti na woatoto yɛn agu daa? adɛn nti na w'abufuo hye wo adidibea nnwan?Under pastoral review
2Kae w'asafo, a wotɔɔ no tete; w'agyapadeɛ abusuakuo, a wagye; Sion bepɔ yi, deɛ wote soɔ.Under pastoral review
3Ma wo nan so kɔ amamfo a ɛda hɔ daa no so; deɛ ɔtamfoɔ ayɛ no bɔne nyinaa wɔ kronkronbea hɔ.Under pastoral review
4W'atamfoɔ bobom wɔ wo nhyiamu mu; wɔde wɔn frankaa asisi hɔ sɛ nsɛnkyerɛnneɛ.Under pastoral review
5Na wɔgye onipa din sɛdeɛ ɔde mmonnua pagya wɔ nnua a ayɛ kusuu so.Under pastoral review
6Na afei wɔde mmonnua ne asaeɛ bubu ne mu nnwinneɛ no prɛko pɛ.Under pastoral review
7Wɔato ogya agu wo kronkronbea mu, wɔagu wo din atenaeɛ ho fĩ ahwe fam.Under pastoral review
8Wɔkaa wɔ wɔn akoma mu sɛ, Momma yɛnsɛe wɔn nyinaa: wɔahye Onyankopɔn hyiadan nyinaa wɔ asase no so.Under pastoral review
9Yɛnhunu yɛn nsɛnkyerɛnneɛ: odiyifoɔ biara nni hɔ bio: na obiara nni yɛn mu a ɔnim berɛ dodoɔ a ɛbɛtwam.Under pastoral review
10Ao Onyankopɔn, ɛnkyɛre sɛn na ɔtamfoɔ bɛyeyaw? ɔtamfoɔ bɛbɔ wo din akyinnyeɛ daa anaa?Under pastoral review
11Adɛn nti na woatwe wo nsa, wo nsa nifa mpo, asan? Yi no firi wo kokom.Under pastoral review
12Efisɛ Onyankopɔn ne me Ɔhene firi tete, a ɔyɛ nkwagyeɛ adwuma wɔ asase mfimfini.Under pastoral review
13Wode w'ahoɔden paee ɛpo mu: wobubuu awɔ akɛseɛ ti wɔ nsuo no mu.Under pastoral review
14Wobubuu Lewiatan ti mu asinasini, na wode no maa nkurɔfoɔ a wɔte ɛserɛ so sɛ aduane.Under pastoral review
15Wopaee asubura ne nsuyire mu: womaa nsubɔnten a ɛyɛ den weweeɛ.Under pastoral review
16Awia yɛ wo dea, anadwo nso yɛ wo dea: wo na wosiesiee hann ne owia.Under pastoral review
17Wo na wosii asase ahyeɛ nyinaa: wo na woyɛɛ ahuhuroberɛ ne awɔberɛ.Under pastoral review
18Kae yei, sɛ ɔtamfoɔ ayeyaw, Ao AWURADE, na sɛ nkurɔfoɔ nkwaseafoɔ abɔ wo din akyinnyeɛ.Under pastoral review
19Mfa wo turodobi kra mma dɔm no: mma wo werɛ mmfiri w'ahiafoɔ asafo daa.Under pastoral review
20Hwɛ apam no: efisɛ asase so mmeaeɛ a ɛyɛ esum no ayɛ atirimuɔdensɛm atenaeɛ ma.Under pastoral review
21Mma deɛ wɔhyɛ no so no nnsan mmra anim gu: ma ohiani ne mmɔborɔni nkamfo wo din.Under pastoral review
22Sɔre, Ao Onyankopɔn, di wo ara wo asɛm: kae sɛdeɛ ɔkwasea yeyaw wo da biara.Under pastoral review
23Mma wo werɛ mmfiri w'atamfoɔ nne: wɔn a wɔsɔre tia wo no gyegyeegye kɔ soro daa.Under pastoral review