Parallel Chapters Why Have You Rejected Us Forever?
(Psalm 79:1-13; Jeremiah 52:1-11) | 1A maskil of Asaph. O God, why have you rejected us forever? Why does your anger smolder against the sheep of your pasture? | 1O God, why do you cast us off forever? Why does your anger smoke against the sheep of your pasture? | 1A Maskil of Asaph. O God, why have You rejected us forever? Why does Your anger smoke against the sheep of Your pasture? | 1Maschil of Asaph. O God, why hast thou cast us off for ever? why doth thine anger smoke against the sheep of thy pasture? | 1A Maskil of Asaph. Why have You rejected us forever, God? Why does Your anger burn against the sheep of Your pasture? |
| 2Remember the nation you purchased long ago, the people of your inheritance, whom you redeemed-- Mount Zion, where you dwelt. | 2Remember your congregation, which you have purchased of old, which you have redeemed to be the tribe of your heritage! Remember Mount Zion, where you have dwelt. | 2Remember Your congregation, which You have purchased of old, Which You have redeemed to be the tribe of Your inheritance; And this Mount Zion, where You have dwelt. | 2Remember thy congregation, which thou hast purchased of old; the rod of thine inheritance, which thou hast redeemed; this mount Zion, wherein thou hast dwelt. | 2Remember Your congregation, which You purchased long ago and redeemed as the tribe for Your own possession. Remember Mount Zion where You dwell. |
| 3Turn your steps toward these everlasting ruins, all this destruction the enemy has brought on the sanctuary. | 3Direct your steps to the perpetual ruins; the enemy has destroyed everything in the sanctuary! | 3Turn Your footsteps toward the perpetual ruins; The enemy has damaged everything within the sanctuary. | 3Lift up thy feet unto the perpetual desolations; even all that the enemy hath done wickedly in the sanctuary. | 3Make Your way to the everlasting ruins, to all that the enemy has destroyed in the sanctuary. |
| 4Your foes roared in the place where you met with us; they set up their standards as signs. | 4Your foes have roared in the midst of your meeting place; they set up their own signs for signs. | 4Your adversaries have roared in the midst of Your meeting place; They have set up their own standards for signs. | 4Thine enemies roar in the midst of thy congregations; they set up their ensigns for signs. | 4Your adversaries roared in the meeting place where You met with us. They set up their emblems as signs. |
| 5They behaved like men wielding axes to cut through a thicket of trees. | 5They were like those who swing axes in a forest of trees. | 5It seems as if one had lifted up His axe in a forest of trees. | 5A man was famous according as he had lifted up axes upon the thick trees. | 5It was like men in a thicket of trees, wielding axes, |
| 6They smashed all the carved paneling with their axes and hatchets. | 6And all its carved wood they broke down with hatchets and hammers. | 6And now all its carved work They smash with hatchet and hammers. | 6But now they break down the carved work thereof at once with axes and hammers. | 6then smashing all the carvings with hatchets and picks. |
| 7They burned your sanctuary to the ground; they defiled the dwelling place of your Name. | 7They set your sanctuary on fire; they profaned the dwelling place of your name, bringing it down to the ground. | 7They have burned Your sanctuary to the ground; They have defiled the dwelling place of Your name. | 7They have cast fire into thy sanctuary, they have defiled by casting down the dwelling place of thy name to the ground. | 7They set Your sanctuary on fire; they utterly desecrated the dwelling place of Your name. |
| 8They said in their hearts, "We will crush them completely!" They burned every place where God was worshiped in the land. | 8They said to themselves, “We will utterly subdue them”; they burned all the meeting places of God in the land. | 8They said in their heart, "Let us completely subdue them." They have burned all the meeting places of God in the land. | 8They said in their hearts, Let us destroy them together: they have burned up all the synagogues of God in the land. | 8They said in their hearts," Let us oppress them relentlessly." They burned down every place throughout the land where God met with us. |
| 9We are given no signs from God; no prophets are left, and none of us knows how long this will be. | 9We do not see our signs; there is no longer any prophet, and there is none among us who knows how long. | 9We do not see our signs; There is no longer any prophet, Nor is there any among us who knows how long. | 9We see not our signs: there is no more any prophet: neither is there among us any that knoweth how long. | 9There are no signs for us to see. There is no longer a prophet. And none of us knows how long this will last. |
| 10How long will the enemy mock you, God? Will the foe revile your name forever? | 10How long, O God, is the foe to scoff? Is the enemy to revile your name forever? | 10How long, O God, will the adversary revile, And the enemy spurn Your name forever? | 10O God, how long shall the adversary reproach? shall the enemy blaspheme thy name for ever? | 10God, how long will the enemy mock? Will the foe insult Your name forever? |
| 11Why do you hold back your hand, your right hand? Take it from the folds of your garment and destroy them! | 11Why do you hold back your hand, your right hand? Take it from the fold of your garment and destroy them! | 11Why do You withdraw Your hand, even Your right hand? From within Your bosom, destroy them! | 11Why withdrawest thou thy hand, even thy right hand? pluck it out of thy bosom. | 11Why do You hold back Your hand? Stretch out Your right hand and destroy them! |
| 12But God is my King from long ago; he brings salvation on the earth. | 12Yet God my King is from of old, working salvation in the midst of the earth. | 12Yet God is my king from of old, Who works deeds of deliverance in the midst of the earth. | 12For God is my King of old, working salvation in the midst of the earth. | 12God my King is from ancient times, performing saving acts on the earth. |
| 13It was you who split open the sea by your power; you broke the heads of the monster in the waters. | 13You divided the sea by your might; you broke the heads of the sea monsters on the waters. | 13You divided the sea by Your strength; You broke the heads of the sea monsters in the waters. | 13Thou didst divide the sea by thy strength: thou brakest the heads of the dragons in the waters. | 13You divided the sea with Your strength; You smashed the heads of the sea monsters in the waters; |
| 14It was you who crushed the heads of Leviathan and gave it as food to the creatures of the desert. | 14You crushed the heads of Leviathan; you gave him as food for the creatures of the wilderness. | 14You crushed the heads of Leviathan; You gave him as food for the creatures of the wilderness. | 14Thou brakest the heads of leviathan in pieces, and gavest him to be meat to the people inhabiting the wilderness. | 14You crushed the heads of Leviathan; You fed him to the creatures of the desert. |
| 15It was you who opened up springs and streams; you dried up the ever-flowing rivers. | 15You split open springs and brooks; you dried up ever-flowing streams. | 15You broke open springs and torrents; You dried up ever-flowing streams. | 15Thou didst cleave the fountain and the flood: thou driedst up mighty rivers. | 15You opened up springs and streams; You dried up ever-flowing rivers. |
| 16The day is yours, and yours also the night; you established the sun and moon. | 16Yours is the day, yours also the night; you have established the heavenly lights and the sun. | 16Yours is the day, Yours also is the night; You have prepared the light and the sun. | 16The day is thine, the night also is thine: thou hast prepared the light and the sun. | 16The day is Yours, also the night; You established the moon and the sun. |
| 17It was you who set all the boundaries of the earth; you made both summer and winter. | 17You have fixed all the boundaries of the earth; you have made summer and winter. | 17You have established all the boundaries of the earth; You have made summer and winter. | 17Thou hast set all the borders of the earth: thou hast made summer and winter. | 17You set all the boundaries of the earth; You made summer and winter. |
| 18Remember how the enemy has mocked you, LORD, how foolish people have reviled your name. | 18Remember this, O LORD, how the enemy scoffs, and a foolish people reviles your name. | 18Remember this, O LORD, that the enemy has reviled, And a foolish people has spurned Your name. | 18Remember this, that the enemy hath reproached, O LORD, and that the foolish people have blasphemed thy name. | 18Remember this: the enemy has mocked Yahweh, and a foolish people has insulted Your name. |
| 19Do not hand over the life of your dove to wild beasts; do not forget the lives of your afflicted people forever. | 19Do not deliver the soul of your dove to the wild beasts; do not forget the life of your poor forever. | 19Do not deliver the soul of Your turtledove to the wild beast; Do not forget the life of Your afflicted forever. | 19O deliver not the soul of thy turtledove unto the multitude of the wicked: forget not the congregation of thy poor for ever. | 19Do not give the life of Your dove to beasts; do not forget the lives of Your poor people forever. |
| 20Have regard for your covenant, because haunts of violence fill the dark places of the land. | 20Have regard for the covenant, for the dark places of the land are full of the habitations of violence. | 20Consider the covenant; For the dark places of the land are full of the habitations of violence. | 20Have respect unto the covenant: for the dark places of the earth are full of the habitations of cruelty. | 20Consider the covenant, for the dark places of the land are full of violence. |
| 21Do not let the oppressed retreat in disgrace; may the poor and needy praise your name. | 21Let not the downtrodden turn back in shame; let the poor and needy praise your name. | 21Let not the oppressed return dishonored; Let the afflicted and needy praise Your name. | 21O let not the oppressed return ashamed: let the poor and needy praise thy name. | 21Do not let the oppressed turn away in shame; let the poor and needy praise Your name. |
| 22Rise up, O God, and defend your cause; remember how fools mock you all day long. | 22Arise, O God, defend your cause; remember how the foolish scoff at you all the day! | 22Arise, O God, and plead Your own cause; Remember how the foolish man reproaches You all day long. | 22Arise, O God, plead thine own cause: remember how the foolish man reproacheth thee daily. | 22Rise up, God, defend Your cause! Remember the insults that fools bring against You all day long. |
| 23Do not ignore the clamor of your adversaries, the uproar of your enemies, which rises continually. | 23Do not forget the clamor of your foes, the uproar of those who rise against you, which goes up continually! | 23Do not forget the voice of Your adversaries, The uproar of those who rise against You which ascends continually. | 23Forget not the voice of thine enemies: the tumult of those that rise up against thee increaseth continually. | 23Do not forget the clamor of Your adversaries, the tumult of Your opponents that goes up constantly. |
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