² Remember Your congregation, which You ^(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]Step toward the ^[b](E)irreparable ruins;
The enemy ^(F)has damaged everything in the sanctuary.
⁴ Your adversaries have ^(G)roared in the midst of Your meeting place;
They have set up their ^(H)own signs as ^(I)signs.
⁵ It ^[c]seems like one bringing up
His ^(J)axe into a ^[d]forest of trees.
⁶ And now they break down ^[e]all its ^(K)carved work
With axe and hammers.
⁷ They have ^[f](L)burned Your sanctuary ^[g]to the ground;
They have ^(M)defiled the dwelling place of Your name.
⁸ They ^(N)said in their heart, “Let’s ^[h]completely ^[i]subdue them.”
They have burned all the meeting places of God in the land.