^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.
⁸ They ^(J)said in their heart, “Let us ^[i]completely ^[j]subdue them.”
They have burned all the meeting places of God in the land.

¹⁰ The adversary has stretched out his hand
Over all her precious things,
For she has seen the ^(A)nations enter her sanctuary,
The ones whom You commanded
That they should ^(B)not enter into Your congregation.