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

¶ O God, the Gentiles are come into thine inheritance; they have defiled the temple of thy holiness; they have laid Jerusalem on heaps.

2 T hey 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.

The dead bodies of thy slaves they have given to be food unto the fowls of the heavens, the flesh of thy saints unto the beasts of the earth.

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

They have shed their blood like water round about Jerusalem, and there was no one to bury them.

4 W e have been a reproach to our neighbours, A scorn and a derision to our surrounders.

We are reproached by our neighbours, scorned, and derided by those that are round about us.

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

How long, LORD? wilt thou be angry for ever? shall thy jealousy burn like fire?

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

¶ Pour out thy wrath upon the Gentiles that do not know thee and upon the kingdoms that do not call upon thy name.

7 F or hath devoured Jacob, And his habitation they have made desolate.

For they have devoured Jacob and laid waste his dwelling place.

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

O remember not against us former iniquities; let thy tender mercies speedily meet us on the way, for we are very poor.

9 H elp 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.

Help us, O God, our saving health, for the honor of thy name and deliver us and purge away our sins, for thy name’s sake.

10 W hy 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.

Why should the Gentiles say, Where is their God? let him be known among the Gentiles in our sight by the revenging of the blood of thy slaves which is shed.

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

Let the sighing of the prisoners come before thee; according to the greatness of thy power preserve those that are appointed to die

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

and render unto our neighbours sevenfold into their bosom their reproach, with which they have reproached thee, O Lord.

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

So we thy people and sheep of thy pasture will give thee thanks for ever: from generation to generation we will sing thy praises.