Jun 25, 2022
But
you have rejected, you have spurned,
you have been very angry with your anointed
one.
You have renounced
the covenant with your servant
and have defiled his crown in the
dust.
You have broken
through all his walls
and reduced his strongholds to
ruins.
All who pass by have
plundered him;
he has become the scorn of his
neighbors.
You have exalted the
right hand of his foes;
you have made all his enemies
rejoice.
Indeed, you have
turned back the edge of his sword
and have not supported him in
battle.
You have put an end
to his splendor
and cast his throne to the
ground.
You have cut
short the days of his youth;
you have covered him with a mantle of
shame.
How
long, Lord? Will you hide
yourself forever?
How long will your wrath burn like
fire?
Remember how fleeting
is my life.
For what futility you have created all
humanity!
Who can live and not
see death,
or who can escape the power of the
grave?
Lord, where is your
former great love,
which in your faithfulness you swore to
David?
Remember, Lord, how
your servant has been mocked,
how I bear in my heart the taunts of all the
nations,
the taunts with which
your enemies, Lord, have
mocked,
with which they have mocked every step of your
anointed one.
Praise be to the Lord forever!
Amen and
Amen.