1 Masquil de Asaph. ¿POR qué, oh Dios, nos has desechado para siempre? ¿Por qué ha humeado tu furor contra las ovejas de tu dehesa?

2 Acuérdate de tu congregación, que adquiriste de antiguo, Cuando redimiste la vara de tu heredad; Este monte de Sión, donde has habitado.

3 Levanta tus pies á los asolamientos eternos: A todo enemigo que ha hecho mal en el santuario.

4 Tus enemigos han bramado en medio de tus sinagogas: Han puesto sus divisas por señas.

5 Cualquiera se hacía famoso según que había levantado El hacha sobre los gruesos maderos.

6 Y ahora con hachas y martillos Han quebrado todas sus entalladuras.

7 Han puesto á fuego tus santuarios, Han profanado el tabernáculo de tu nombre echándolo á tierra.

8 Dijeron en su corazón: Destruyámoslos de una vez; Han quemado todas las sinagogas de Dios en el tierra.

9 No vemos ya nuestras señales: No hay más profeta; Ni con nosotros hay quien sepa hasta cuándo.

10 ¿Hasta cuándo, oh Dios, el angustiador nos afrentará? ¿Ha de blasfemar el enemigo perpetuamente tu nombre?

11 ¿Por qué retraes tu mano, y tu diestra? ¿Por qué la escondes dentro de tu seno?

12 Empero Dios es mi rey ya de antiguo; El que obra saludes en medio de la tierra.

13 Tú hendiste la mar con tu fortaleza: Quebrantaste cabezas de ballenas en las aguas.

14 Tú magullaste las cabezas del leviathán; Dístelo por comida al pueblo de los desiertos.

15 Tú abriste fuente y río; Tú secaste ríos impetuosos.

16 Tuyo es el día, tuya también es la noche: Tú aparejaste la luna y el sol.

17 Tú estableciste todos los términos de la tierra: El verano y el invierno tú los formaste.

18 Acuerdáte de esto: que el enemigo ha dicho afrentas á Jehová, Y que el pueblo insensato ha blasfemado tu nombre.

19 No entregues á las bestias el alma de tu tórtola: Y no olvides para siempre la congregación de tus afligidos.

20 Mira al pacto: Porque las tenebrosidades de la tierra llenas están de habitaciones de violencia.

21 No vuelva avergonzado el abatido: El afligido y el menesteroso alabarán tu nombre.

22 Levántate, oh Dios, aboga tu causa: Acuérdate de cómo el insensato te injuria cada día.

23 No olvides las voces de tus enemigos: El alboroto de los que se levantan contra ti sube continuamente.

1 Maschil. Of Asaph. Of God, why have you put us away from you for ever? why is the fire of your wrath smoking against the sheep who are your care?

2 Keep in mind your band of worshippers, for whom you gave payment in the days which are past, whom you took for yourself as the people of your heritage; even this mountain of Zion, which has been your resting-place.

3 Go up and see the unending destruction; all the evil which your haters have done in the holy place;

4 Sending out their voices like lions among your worshippers; they have put up their signs to be seen.

5 They are cutting down, like a man whose blade is lifted up against the thick trees.

6 Your doors are broken down with hammers and iron blades.

7 They have put on fire your holy place; they have made the place of your name unclean, pulling it down to the earth.

8 They have said in their hearts, Let us put an end to them all together; they have given over to the fire all God's places of worship in the land.

9 We do not see our signs: there is no longer any prophet, or anyone among us to say how long.

10 O God, how long will those who are against us say cruel things? will the hater go on looking down on your name for ever?

11 Why are you keeping back your hand, and covering your right hand in your robe?

12 For from the past God is my King, working salvation in the earth.

13 The sea was parted in two by your strength; the heads of the great sea-beasts were broken.

14 The heads of the great snake were crushed by you; you gave them as food to the fishes of the sea.

15 You made valleys for fountains and springs; you made the ever-flowing rivers dry.

16 The day is yours and the night is yours: you made the light and the sun.

17 By you all the limits of the earth were fixed; you have made summer and winter.

18 Keep this in mind, O Lord, that your haters have said cruel things, and that your name has been looked down on by a people of evil behaviour.

19 O give not the soul of your dove to the hawk; let not the life of the poor go out of your memory for ever.

20 Keep in mind your undertaking; for the dark places of the earth are full of pride and cruel acts.

21 O let not the crushed be turned back in shame; let the low man and the poor give praise to your name.

22 Up! O God, be the judge of your cause; keep in mind the bitter things which the man of evil behaviour says against you every day.

23 Keep in mind the voice of your haters; the outcry of those who come against you goes up every day.