^3 [a]Turn Your footsteps toward the ^(A)perpetual ruins;
The enemy ^(B)has damaged everything within the sanctuary.
⁴ Your adversaries have ^(C)roared in the midst of Your meeting place;
They have set up their ^(D)own ^[b]standards ^(E)for signs.
⁵ It seems as if one had lifted up
His ^[c](F)axe in a ^[d]forest of trees.
⁶ And now ^[e]all its ^(G)carved work
They smash with hatchet and ^[f]hammers.
⁷ They have ^[g](H)burned Your sanctuary ^[h]to the ground;
They have ^(I)defiled the dwelling place of Your name.