[1] O God, the nations have invaded [the land of Your people] Your inheritance; They have defiled Your sacred temple; They have laid Jerusalem in ruins. [2] They have given the dead bodies of Your servants as food to the birds of the heavens, The flesh of Your godly ones to the beasts of the earth. [3] They have poured out their blood like water all around Jerusalem, And there was no one to bury them. [4] We have become an object of taunting to our neighbors [because of our humiliation], A derision and mockery to those who encircle us. [5] How long, O LORD? Will You be angry forever? Will Your jealousy [which cannot endure a divided allegiance] burn like fire? [6] Pour out Your wrath on the [Gentile] nations that do not know You, And on the kingdoms that do not call on Your name. [7] For they have devoured Jacob And made his pasture desolate. [8] O do not remember against us the sins and guilt of our forefathers. Let Your compassion and mercy come quickly to meet us, For we have been brought very low. [9] Help us, O God of our salvation, for the glory of Your name; Rescue us, forgive us our sins for Your name’s sake. [10] Why should the [Gentile] nations say, “Where is their God?” Let there be known [without delay] among the nations in our sight [and to this generation], Your vengeance for the blood of Your servants which has been poured out. [11] Let the groaning and sighing of the prisoner come before You; According to the greatness of Your power keep safe those who are doomed to die. [12] And return into the lap of our neighbors sevenfold The taunts with which they have taunted You, O Lord. [13] So we Your people, the sheep of Your pasture, Will give You thanks forever; We will declare and publish Your praise from generation to generation.
