Obsidian Order  

PSALMS 73 (74) 1-11

WHY, O GOD,  HAVE YOU CAST US OFF FOREVER? 

WHY DOES YOUR ANGER SMOLDER AGAINST THE SHEEP OF YOUR PASTURE?

REMEMBER YOUR FLOCK WHICH YOU BUILT UP OF OLD,

THE TRIBE YOU REDEEMED AS YOUR INHERITANCE,

MOUNT SION, WHERE YOU TOOK UP YOUR ABODE. 

TURN YOUR STEPS TOWARD THE UTTER RUINS; TOWARD ALL THE

DAMAGE THE ENEMY HAS DONE IN THE SANCTUARY.

UOUR FOES ROAR TRIUMPHANTLY IN YOUR SHRINE;

THEY HAVE SET UP THEIR TOKENS OF VICTORY.

THEY ARE LIKE MEN COMING UP WITH AXES TO A CLUMP OF TREES;

AND NOW WITH CHISEL AND HAMMER THEY HACK AT ALL ITS PANELING.

THEY SET YOUR SANCTUARY ON FIRE;

THE PLACE WHERE YOUR NAME ABIDES, THEY HAVE RAZED AND  PROFANED.

THEY SAID IN THEIR HEARTS, “ LEY US DESTROY THEM.”

BURN ALL THE SHRINES OF GOD IN THE LAND.”

DEEDS ON OUR BEHALF WE DO NOT SEE; THERE IS NO PROPHET NOW,

AND NO ONE OF US KNOWS HOW LONG…………….

HOW LONG, O GOD, SHALL THE FOE BLASPHEME?

SHALE THE ENEMY REVILE YOUR NAME FOREVER?