1. An Instruction of Asaph. Why, O God, hast Thou cast off for ever? Thine anger smoketh against the flock of Thy pasture.
2. Remember Thy company. Thou didst purchase of old, Thou didst redeem the rod of Thy inheritance, This mount Zion--Thou didst dwell in it.
3. Lift up Thy steps to the perpetual desolations, Everything the enemy did wickedly in the sanctuary.
4. Roared have thine adversaries, In the midst of Thy meeting-places, They have set their ensigns as ensigns.
5. He is known as one bringing in on high Against a thicket of wood--axes.
6. And now, its carvings together With axe and hatchet they break down,