23  ^pAwake! Why are you sleeping, O Lord?

Rouse yourself! ^qDo not reject us forever!

2  For you are ^uthe God in whom I take refuge;

why have you ^vrejected me?

Why do I ^wgo about mourning

because of the oppression of the enemy?

1  O God, ^jyou have rejected us, ^kbroken our defenses;

you have been angry; ^loh, restore us.

10  Have you not ^grejected us, O God?

You ^hdo not go forth, O God, with our armies.

1  O God, why do you ^scast us off forever?

Why does your anger ^tsmoke against ^uthe sheep of your pasture?

11  Have you not rejected us, O God?

You do not go out, O God, with our armies.

38  But now you have ^ucast off and rejected;

you are full of wrath against your ^vanointed.

39  You have ^wrenounced ^xthe covenant with your servant;

you have ^ydefiled his ^zcrown in the dust.

40  You have ^abreached all his walls;

you have laid his strongholds in ruins.

41  ^aAll who pass by plunder him;

he has become ^bthe scorn of his neighbors.

42  You have exalted the right hand of his foes;

you have made all his enemies rejoice.

43  You have also turned back the edge of his sword,

and you have not made him stand in battle.

44  You have made his splendor to cease

and cast his throne to the ground.

45  You have cut short ^cthe days of his youth;

you have ^dcovered him with shame. Selah