Whydo You hideYour face[And] forgetour afflictionand our oppression?
"Whydo You hideYour faceAnd considerme Your enemy?
Why do You standafaroff, O LORD?Why do You hide[Yourself] in timesof trouble?
He saysto himself,"Godhas forgotten;He has hiddenHis face;He will neverseeit."
Howlong,O LORD?Will You forgetme forever?Howlongwill You hideYour facefrom me?
Stirup Yourself, and awaketo my rightAnd to my cause,my Godand my Lord.
I will sayto Godmy rock,"Whyhave You forgottenme? Whydo I gomourningbecause of the oppressionof the enemy?"
Do not deliverthe soulof Your turtledoveto the wildbeast;Do not forgetthe lifeof Your afflictedforever.
Do not forgetthe voiceof Your adversaries,The uproarof those who riseagainst You which ascendscontinually.
Awake,awake,puton strength,O armof the LORD;Awakeas in the daysof old,the generationsof longago.Was it not You who cutRahabin pieces,Who piercedthe dragon?
"Then He said,'I will hideMy facefrom them, I will seewhattheir end[shall be]; For they are a perversegeneration,Sonsin whom is nofaithfulness.
