¹{An instruction: of Asaph.} Why, O God, hast thou cast off for ever? [why] doth thine anger smoke against the sheep of thy pasture?

¹[Fitarainana tamin'Andriamanitra, satria mafy ny fanenjehana, sady nosimbàna ny tempoly] Maskila nataon'i Asafa. Andriamanitra ô, nahoana no nanary anay mandrakizay Hianao, sady manetroka amin'ny ondry fiandrinao ny fahatezeranao?

²Remember thine assembly, which thou hast purchased of old, which thou hast redeemed [to be] the portion of thine inheritance, this mount Zion, wherein thou hast dwelt.

²Tsarovy ny fiangonanao izay efa azonao fahiny, ilay navotanao ho firenena lovanao, dia ny tendrom-bohitra Ziona izay nonenanao.

³Lift up thy steps unto the perpetual desolations: everything in the sanctuary hath the enemy destroyed.

³Aingao ny tongotrao, ka miakara ho amin'ny voarava mandrakizay; ny zavatra rehetra tao amin'ny fitoerana masina dia simban'ny fahavalo avokoa.

⁴Thine adversaries roar in the midst of thy place of assembly; they set up their signs [for] signs.

⁴Nierona tao anatin'ny fiangonanao ny mpandrafy anao; nanangana ny sainany ho famantarana izy.

⁵[A man] was known as he could lift up axes in the thicket of trees;

⁵Ny fijery azy dia tahaka ny olona manainga famaky hijinja ny ala mikitroka;

⁶And now they break down its carved work altogether, with hatchets and hammers.

⁶Ary amin'izao ny rafitra misoratra rehetra ao dia asiany ny famaky sy ny kanonta.

⁷They have set on fire thy sanctuary, they have profaned the habitation of thy name to the ground.

⁷Efa nandoro ny fitoeranao masina tamin'ny afo izy; nolotoiny sy nazerany tamin'ny tany ny fonenan'ny anaranao.[Heb: Nolotoiny hatramin'ny tany]

⁸They said in their heart, Let us destroy them together: they have burned up all ùGod's places of assembly in the land.

⁸Hoy izy tam-pony: aoka hampahorintsika avokoa izy. Efa nandoro ny tranon'Andriamanitra eran'ny tany rehetra izy.

⁹We see not our signs; there is no more any prophet, neither is there among us any that knoweth how long.

⁹Tsy hitanay ny famantaranay tsy misy mpaminany intsony ary tsy misy aminay mahalala izay mbola haharetan'izao.

¹⁰How long, O God, shall the adversary reproach? Shall the enemy contemn thy name for ever?

¹⁰Mandra-pahoviana, Andriamanitra ô, no hanaratsian'ny mpandrafy? Hanamavo ny anaranao mandrakizay va ny fahavalo?

¹¹Why withdrawest thou thy hand, and thy right hand? [pluck it] out of thy bosom: consume [them].

¹¹Nahoana no mampihemotra ny tananao, dia ny tananao ankavanana, Hianao? mampialà azy amin'ny tratranao, ka mandringàna.

¹²But God is my king of old, accomplishing deliverances in the midst of the earth.

¹²Fa Andriamanitra no Mpanjakako hatrizay hatrizay; manao famonjena eny amin'ny tany Izy.

¹³*Thou* didst divide the sea by thy strength; thou didst break the heads of the monsters on the waters:

¹³Nampisaraka ny ranomasina tamin'ny herinao Hianao; efa namakivaky ny lohan'ny dragona tao anaty rano Hianao.

¹⁴*Thou* didst break in pieces the heads of leviathan, thou gavest him to be meat to those that people the desert.

¹⁴Hianao nanorotoro ny lohan'ny mamba ka nanome azy hohanin'izay firenena any an-efitra.

¹⁵*Thou* didst cleave fountain and torrent, *thou* driedst up ever-flowing rivers.

¹⁵Hianao namaky ny vatolampy hamoaka loharano sy ony; Hianao nahatankina ny ony tsy mety ritra.

¹⁶The day is thine, the night also is thine; *thou* hast prepared the moon and the sun:

¹⁶Anao ny andro, Anao koa ny alina; Hianao namboatra ny fanazavana, indrindra fa ny masoandro.

¹⁷*Thou* hast set all the borders of the earth; summer and winter -- *thou* didst form them.

¹⁷Hianao nametra ny faritry ny tany rehetra; ny fahavaratra sy ny ririnina, dia Hianao no nanao azy.

¹⁸Remember this, that an enemy hath reproached Jehovah, and a foolish people have contemned thy name.

¹⁸Tsarovy izao: Manaratsy an'i Jehovah ny fahavalo, ary ny olona adala manamavo ny anaranao.

¹⁹Give not up the soul of thy turtle-dove unto the wild beast; forget not the troop of thine afflicted for ever.

¹⁹Aza manolotra ny ain'ny voromailalanao ho an'ny bibi-dia; ary aza manadino mandrakizay ny ain'ny olo-mahantranao.

²⁰Have respect unto the covenant; for the dark places of the earth are full of the dwellings of violence.

²⁰Hevero ny fanekena; fa feno fonenan'ny fandozana ny fitoera-maizina amin'ny tany.

²¹Oh let not the oppressed one return ashamed; let the afflicted and needy praise thy name.

²¹Aoka tsy hiverina amin-kenatra ny mahantra; aoka ny ory sy ny malahelo hidera ny anaranao.

²²Rise up, O God, plead thine own cause: remember how the foolish man reproacheth thee all the day;

²²Mitsangàna, Andriamanitra ô, efao ny adinao; tsarovy ny fanaratsian'ny adala Anao isan'andro.Aza manadino ny feon'ny rafinao, dia ny fitabataban'ny mpanohitra Anao, izay miakatra mandrakariva.

²³Forget not the voice of thine adversaries: the tumult of those that rise up against thee ascendeth continually.

²³Aza manadino ny feon'ny rafinao, dia ny fitabataban'ny mpanohitra Anao, izay miakatra mandrakariva.