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 Lift up Your steps 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 signs ^(I)for signs.
⁵ Each seems like one who lifts up
^[a]An ^(J)axe against the undergrowth of trees.
⁶ And now its ^(K)carved work altogether
They smash with hatchet and ^[b]hammers.
⁷ They have ^(L)set Your sanctuary on fire;
By bringing it to the ground, they have ^(M)defiled the dwelling place of Your name.
⁸ They ^(N)said in their heart, “Let us ^[c]completely ^[d]subdue them.”
They have burned all the meeting places of God in the land.