## Yet God Is My King 

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Why, O God? Have You rejected _us_ forever? Why does Your anger smoke against the sheep of Your pasture? 

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Remember Your congregation, which You have purchased of old, Which You have redeemed to be the tribe of Your inheritance; _And_ this Mount Zion, where You have dwelt. 

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Lift up Your steps toward the perpetual ruins; The enemy has damaged everything within the sanctuary. 

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Your adversaries have roared in the midst of Your meeting place; They have set up their own signs for signs. 

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Each seems like one who lifts up An axe against the undergrowth of trees. 

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And now its carved work altogether They smash with hatchet and hammers. 

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They have set Your sanctuary on fire; _By bringing it_ to the ground, they have defiled the dwelling place of Your name. 

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They said in their heart, "Let us completely subdue them." They have burned all the meeting places of God in the land. 

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We do not see our signs; There is no longer any prophet, Nor is there any among us who knows how long. 

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How long, O God, will the adversary reproach? Will the enemy spurn Your name forever? 

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Why do You turn back Your hand, even Your right hand? From within Your bosom, destroy _them_! 

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Yet God is my King from of old, Who works deeds of salvation in the midst of the earth. 

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You divided the sea by Your strength; You broke the heads of the sea monsters in the waters. 

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You crushed the heads of Leviathan; You gave him as food for the creatures of the desert. 

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You split open spring and river; You dried up ever-flowing rivers. 

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Yours is the day, Yours also is the night; You have established the light and the sun. 

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You have caused all the boundaries of the earth to stand firm; You have formed summer and winter. 

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Remember this, O Yahweh, that the enemy has reproached, And a wickedly foolish people has spurned Your name. 

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Do not deliver the soul of Your turtledove to the wild beast; Do not forget the life of Your afflicted forever. 

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Look to the covenant; For the dark places of the land are full of the haunts of violence. 

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Let not the oppressed return dishonored; Let the afflicted and needy praise Your name. 

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Arise, O God, _and_ plead Your own cause; Remember how the wicked fool reproaches You all day long. 

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Do not forget the voice of Your adversaries, The rumbling of those who rise against You which ascends continually.