You overpower him once for all, and he departs; you change his appearance and send him away.

he will perish forever, like his own excrement; those who used to see him will say, ‘Where is he?’

He does not always accuse, and does not stay angry.

Why do you keep on forgetting us? Why do you forsake us so long?

They are destroyed between morning and evening; they perish forever without anyone regarding it.

There an upright person could present his case before him, and I would be delivered forever from my judge.

so that he might continue to live forever and not experience death.

Has his loyal love disappeared forever? Has his promise failed forever?

A lying witness will perish, but the one who reports accurately speaks forever.

Mattithiah, Eliphelehu, Mikneiah, Obed-Edom, Jeiel, and Azaziah were to play the lyres according to the sheminith style, as led by the director;

He does not take his eyes off the righteous; but with kings on the throne he seats the righteous and exalts them forever.

The enemy’s cities have been reduced to permanent ruins; you destroyed their cities; all memory of the enemies has perished.

for the needy are not permanently ignored, the hopes of the oppressed are not forever dashed.

He says to himself, “God overlooks it; he does not pay attention; he never notices.”

Rouse yourself! Why do you sleep, O Lord? Wake up! Do not reject us forever!

Yet God will make you a permanent heap of ruins. He will scoop you up and remove you from your home; he will uproot you from the land of the living. (Selah)

A well-written song by Asaph. Why, O God, have you permanently rejected us? Why does your anger burn against the sheep of your pasture?

How long, O God, will the adversary hurl insults? Will the enemy blaspheme your name forever?

Do not hand the life of your dove over to a wild animal! Do not continue to disregard the lives of your oppressed people!

How long will this go on, O Lord? Will you stay angry forever? How long will your rage burn like fire?