PSALMS
1O God, why hast thou cast [us] off for ever? [why] doth thine anger smoke against the sheep of thy pasture?3 uses2Remember thy congregation, [which] thou hast purchased of old; the rod of thine inheritance, [which] thou hast redeemed; this mount Zion, wherein thou hast dwelt.7 uses3Lift up thy feet unto the perpetual desolations; [even] all [that] the enemy hath done wickedly in the sanctuary.5 uses4Thine enemies roar in the midst of thy congregations; they set up their ensigns [for] signs.5 uses5[A man] was famous according as he had lifted up axes upon the thick trees.
6But now they break down the carved work thereof at once with axes and hammers.7They have cast fire into thy sanctuary, they have defiled [by casting down] the dwelling place of thy name to the ground.NT use8They said in their hearts, Let us destroy them together: they have burned up all the synagogues of God in the land.NT use9We see not our signs: [there is] no more any prophet: neither [is there] among us any that knoweth how long.2 uses10O God, how long shall the adversary reproach? shall the enemy blaspheme thy name for ever?3 uses
11Why withdrawest thou thy hand, even thy right hand? pluck [it] out of thy bosom.12For God [is] my King of old, working salvation in the midst of the earth.NT use13Thou didst divide the sea by thy strength: thou brakest the heads of the dragons in the waters.NT use14Thou brakest the heads of leviathan in pieces, [and] gavest him [to be] meat to the people inhabiting the wilderness.2 uses15Thou didst cleave the fountain and the flood: thou driedst up mighty rivers.NT use
16The day [is] thine, the night also [is] thine: thou hast prepared the light and the sun.2 uses17Thou hast set all the borders of the earth: thou hast made summer and winter.2 uses18Remember this, [that] the enemy hath reproached, O LORD, and [that] the foolish people have blasphemed thy name.NT use19O deliver not the soul of thy turtledove unto the multitude [of the wicked]: forget not the congregation of thy poor for ever.2 uses20Have respect unto the covenant: for the dark places of the earth are full of the habitations of cruelty.7 uses
21O let not the oppressed return ashamed: let the poor and needy praise thy name.22Arise, O God, plead thine own cause: remember how the foolish man reproacheth thee daily.3 uses23Forget not the voice of thine enemies: the tumult of those that rise up against thee increaseth continually.2 uses