6. But all at once with axes nowand hammers they go to,And down the carved work thereofthey break, and quite undo.
7. They fired have thy sanctuary,and have defil'd the same,By casting down unto the groundthe place where dwelt thy name.
8. Thus said they in their hearts, Let usdestroy them out of hand:They burnt up all the synagoguesof God within the land.
9. Our signs we do not now behold;there is not us amongA prophet more, nor any onethat knows the time how long.
10. How long, Lord, shall the enemythus in reproach exclaim?And shall the adversary thusalways blaspheme thy name?
11. Thy hand, ev'n thy right hand of might,why dost thou thus draw back?O from thy bosom pluck it outfor our deliv'rance sake.
12. For certainly God is my King,ev'n from the times of old,Working in midst of all the earthsalvation manifold.