5. They seem like men who lift up axeson a thicket of trees.
6. But now they strike down its carved work altogetherwith axes and hammers.
7. They have cast fire into Your sanctuary;they have defiled the dwelling place of Your name to the ground.
8. They said in their hearts, “Let us destroy them together.”They have burned up all the meeting places of God in the land.
9. We do not see our signs;there is no longer any prophet,nor is there among us any who knows how long.
10. O God, how long will the adversary scorn?Will the enemy blaspheme Your name forever?
11. Why do You withdraw Your hand, Your right hand?Draw it out of Your bosom and destroy them!
12. For God is my King of old,working salvation in the midst of the earth.
13. You divided the sea by Your strength;You broke the heads of the dragons on the waters.
14. You crushed the heads of Leviathan in pieces,and gave him for food to the people inhabiting the wilderness.
15. You split the fountain and the flood;You dried up ever-flowing rivers.
16. The day is Yours, the night also is Yours;You have prepared the light and the sun.
17. You have established all the borders of the earth;You have made summer and winter.