<p class="poetry">You overpower him once for all,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">and he departs;p> <p class="poetry">you change<n id="2" /> his appearancep> <p class="poetry">and send him away.p>

<p class="poetry">he will perish forever, like his own excrement;<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">those who used to see him will say, &#8216;Where is he?&#8217;p>

<p class="poetry">He does not always accuse,p> <p class="poetry">and does not stay angry.<n id="1" />p>

<p class="poetry">Why do you keep on forgetting<n id="1" /> us?p> <p class="poetry">Why do you forsake us so long?p>

<p class="poetry">They are destroyed<n id="1" /> between morning and evening;<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">they perish forever<n id="3" /> without anyone regarding it.<n id="4" />p>

<p class="poetry">There<n id="1" /> an upright personp> <p class="poetry">could present his case<n id="2" /> before him,p> <p class="poetry">and I would be delivered forever from my judge.p>

<p class="poetry">so that he might continue to live<n id="1" /> foreverp> <p class="poetry">and not experience death.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">Has his loyal love disappeared forever?p> <p class="poetry">Has his promise<n id="1" /> failed forever?p>

<p class="poetry">A lying witness<n id="1" /> will perish,<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">but the one who reports accurately speaks forever.<n id="3" />p>

Mattithiah, Eliphelehu, Mikneiah, Obed-Edom, Jeiel, and Azaziah were to play the lyres according to the <i>sheminithi> style,<n id="1" /> as led by<n id="2" /> the director;

<p class="poetry">He does not take his eyes<n id="1" /> off the righteous;p> <p class="poetry">but with kings on the thronep> <p class="poetry">he seats the righteous<n id="2" /> and exalts them forever.<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">The enemy&#8217;s cities have been reduced to permanent ruins;<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">you destroyed their cities;<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">all memory of the enemies has perished.<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">for the needy are not permanently ignored,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">the hopes of the oppressed are not forever dashed.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">He says to himself,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">&#8220;God overlooks it;p> <p class="poetry">he does not pay attention;p> <p class="poetry">he never notices.&#8221;<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">Rouse yourself! Why do you sleep, O Lord?p> <p class="poetry">Wake up!<n id="1" /> Do not reject us forever!p>

<p class="poetry">Yet<n id="1" /> God will make you a permanent heap of ruins.<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">He will scoop you up<n id="3" /> and remove you from your home;<n id="4" />p> <p class="poetry">he will uproot you from the land of the living. (Selah)p>

<t /><p class="psasuper">A well-written song<n id="2" /> by Asaph.p> <p class="poetry">Why, O God, have you permanently rejected us?<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">Why does your anger burn<n id="4" /> against the sheep of your pasture?p>

<p class="poetry">How long, O God, will the adversary hurl insults?p> <p class="poetry">Will the enemy blaspheme your name forever?p>

<p class="poetry">Do not hand the life of your dove<n id="1" /> over to a wild animal!p> <p class="poetry">Do not continue to disregard<n id="2" /> the lives of your oppressed people!p>

<p class="poetry">How long will this go on, O <sc>Lordsc>?<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">Will you stay angry forever?p> <p class="poetry">How long will your rage<n id="2" /> burn like fire?p>