² Remember Your congregation, which You have ^(A)purchased of old,
Which You have ^(B)redeemed to be the ^(C)tribe of Your inheritance;
And this Mount ^(D)Zion, where You have dwelt.
^3 [a]Turn Your footsteps toward the ^(E)perpetual ruins;
The enemy ^(F)has damaged everything within the sanctuary.
⁴ Your adversaries have ^(G)roared in the midst of Your meeting place;
They have set up their ^(H)own ^[b]standards ^(I)for signs.
⁵ It seems as if one had lifted up
His ^[c](J)axe in a ^[d]forest of trees.
⁶ And now ^[e]all its ^(K)carved work
They smash with hatchet and ^[f]hammers.
⁷ They have ^[g](L)burned Your sanctuary ^[h]to the ground;
They have ^(M)defiled the dwelling place of Your name.
⁸ They ^(N)said in their heart, “Let us ^[i]completely ^[j]subdue them.”
They have burned all the meeting places of God in the land.