A psalm of Asaph.{HR}O God, nations are come into thine inheritance,{HR}The temple of thy holiness have they defiled,{HR}They have laid Jerusalem in heaps.
They have given the dead bodies of thy servants{HR}For meat to the birds of the heavens,{HR}The flesh of thy saints to the beasts of the earth.
They have shed their blood, as the waters, round about Jerusalem,{HR}And there was none to bury.
We are become a reproach to our neighbours,{HR}A mockery and derision to those round about us.
How long, Jehovah? wilt thou be angry forever?{HR}Shall thy jealousy burn like fire?
Pour out thy fury upon the nations that have not known thee,{HR}And upon the kingdoms that called not on thy name.
For they have devoured Jacob{HR}And laid waste his habitation.
Remember not against (for) us iniquities of forefathers;{HR}Let thy tender mercies speedily come to meet us,{HR}For we are brought very low.
Help us, O God of our salvation,{HR}For the sake of the glory of thy name and deliver us,{HR}And forgive our sins because of thy name.
Why should the nations say, Where [is] their God?{HR}Let there be known among the nations in our sight (eyes){HR}Avenging of thy servants’ blood that is shed.
Let the prisoner’s sighing come before thee;{HR}According to the greatness of thine arm, preserve the sons of death;
And render to our neighbours sevenfold into their bosom{HR}Their reproach wherewith they have reproached thee, O Lord.
And we, thy people and sheep of thy pasture, will give thee thanks forever;{HR}We will show forth thy praise from generation to generation.