[1] God, the nations have invaded your inheritance, desecrated your holy temple, and turned Jerusalem into ruins. [2] They gave the corpses of your servants to the birds of the sky for food, the flesh of your faithful ones to the beasts of the earth. [3] They poured out their blood like water all around Jerusalem, and there was no one to bury them. [4] We have become an object of reproach to our neighbors, a source of mockery and ridicule to those around us. [5] How long, LORD? Will you be angry forever? Will your jealousy keep burning like fire? [6] Pour out your wrath on the nations that don't acknowledge you, on the kingdoms that don't call on your name, [7] for they have devoured Jacob and devastated his homeland. [8] Do not hold past iniquities against us; let your compassion come to us quickly, for we have become very weak. [9] God of our salvation, help us, for the glory of your name. Rescue us and atone for our sins, for your name's sake. [10] Why should the nations ask, "Where is their God?" Before our eyes, let vengeance for the shed blood of your servants be known among the nations. [11] Let the groans of the prisoners reach you; according to your great power, preserve those condemned to die. [12] Pay back sevenfold to our neighbors the reproach they have hurled at you, Lord. [13] Then we, your people, the sheep of your pasture, will thank you forever; we will declare your praise to generation after generation.
