1 O God, the nations have come into Your inheritance; Your holy temple they have defiled; They have laid Jerusalem in heaps.

A Psalm of Asaph. O God, nations have come into Thy inheritance, They have defiled Thy holy temple, They made Jerusalem become heaps,

2 T he dead bodies of Your servants They have given as food for the birds of the heavens, The flesh of Your saints to the beasts of the earth.

They gave the dead bodies of Thy servants Food for the fowls of the heavens, The flesh of Thy saints For the wild beast of the earth.

3 T heir blood they have shed like water all around Jerusalem, And there was no one to bury them.

They have shed their blood As water round about Jerusalem, And there is none burying.

4 W e have become a reproach to our neighbors, A scorn and derision to those who are around us.

We have been a reproach to our neighbours, A scorn and a derision to our surrounders.

5 H ow long, Lord ? Will You be angry forever? Will Your jealousy burn like fire?

Till when, O Jehovah? art Thou angry for ever? Thy jealousy doth burn as fire.

6 P our out Your wrath on the nations that do not know You, And on the kingdoms that do not call on Your name.

Pour Thy fury on the nations who have not known Thee, And on kingdoms that have not called in Thy name.

7 F or they have devoured Jacob, And laid waste his dwelling place.

For hath devoured Jacob, And his habitation they have made desolate.

8 O h, do not remember former iniquities against us! Let Your tender mercies come speedily to meet us, For we have been brought very low.

Remember not for us the iniquities of forefathers, Haste, let Thy mercies go before us, For we have been very weak.

9 H elp us, O God of our salvation, For the glory of Your name; And deliver us, and provide atonement for our sins, For Your name’s sake!

Help us, O God of our salvation, Because of the honour of Thy name, And deliver us, and cover over our sins, For Thy name's sake.

10 W hy should the nations say, “Where is their God?” Let there be known among the nations in our sight The avenging of the blood of Your servants which has been shed.

Why do the nations say, `Where their God?' Let be known among the nations before our eyes, The vengeance of the blood of Thy servants that is shed.

11 L et the groaning of the prisoner come before You; According to the greatness of Your power Preserve those who are appointed to die;

Let the groaning of the prisoner come in before Thee, According to the greatness of Thine arm, Leave Thou the sons of death.

12 A nd return to our neighbors sevenfold into their bosom Their reproach with which they have reproached You, O Lord.

And turn Thou back to our neighbours, Sevenfold unto their bosom, their reproach, Wherewith they reproached Thee, O Lord.

13 S o we, Your people and sheep of Your pasture, Will give You thanks forever; We will show forth Your praise to all generations.

And we, Thy people, and the flock of Thy pasture, We give thanks to Thee to the age, To all generations we recount Thy praise!