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A Psalm by Asaph. God, the nations have come into your inheritance. They have defiled your holy temple. They have laid Jerusalem in heaps. |
2. | They have given the dead bodies of your servants to be food for the birds of the sky, The flesh of your saints to the animals of the earth. |
3. | Their blood they have shed like water around Jerusalem. There was no one to bury them. |
4. | We have become a reproach to our neighbors, A scoffing and derision to those who are around us. |
5. | How long, Yahweh? Will you be angry forever? Will your jealousy burn like fire? |
6. | Pour out your wrath on the nations that don't know you; On the kingdoms that don't call on your names; |
7. | For they have devoured Jacob, And destroyed his homeland. |
8. | Don't hold the iniquities of our forefathers against us. Let your tender mercies speedily meet us, For we are in desperate need. |
9. | Help us, God of our salvation, for the glory of your name. Deliver us, and forgive our sins, for your name's sake. |
10. | Why should the nations say, "Where is their God?" Let it be known among the nations, before our eyes, That vengeance for your servants' blood is being poured out. |
11. | Let the sighing of the prisoner come before you. According to the greatness of your power, preserve those who are sentenced to death; |
12. | Pay back to our neighbors seven times into their bosom Their reproach with which they have reproached you, Lord. |
13. | So we, your people and sheep of your pasture, Will give you thanks forever. We will praise you forever, to all generations. |