¹O God, the nations have come into Your inheritance;

Your holy temple have they defiled;

they have laid Jerusalem in ruins.

²The dead bodies of Your servants

have they given to the birds of the heavens as food,

the flesh of Your faithful to the beasts of the earth.

³Their blood have they poured out like water

all around Jerusalem,

and there was no one to bury them.

⁴We have become a reproach to our neighbors,

a scorn and derision to those who are around us.

⁵How long, O Lord ? Will You be angry forever?

Will Your jealousy burn like fire?

⁶Pour out Your wrath

upon the nations that do not know You,

and upon the kingdoms

that do not call upon Your name.

⁷For they have devoured Jacob,

and laid waste his dwelling place.

⁸Do not remember against us the iniquities of our forefathers;

let Your tender mercies come speedily to us,

for we have been brought very low.

⁹Help us, O God of our salvation,

for the glory of Your name;

deliver us, and provide atonement for our sins,

for Your name’s sake!

¹⁰Why should the nations say,

“Where is their God?”

Let the avenging of the shed blood of Your servants

be known among the nations before our eyes!

¹¹Let the groaning of the prisoners come before You;[#Ps 102:20]

according to the greatness of Your power

preserve those who are appointed to die.

¹²And render to our neighbors sevenfold into their lap[#Ge 4:15; #Jer 32:18]

the reproach with which they have reproached You, O Lord.

¹³But we, Your people and the sheep of Your pasture,[#Ps 74:1; 95:7]

will give You thanks forever;

we will declare Your praise

to all generations.