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1 O God, the nations have invaded your inheritance; they have defiled your holy temple, they have reduced Jerusalem to rubble.
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1 O God, the nations have invaded your inheritance; they have defiled your holy temple, they have reduced Jerusalem to rubble.
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2 They have given the dead bodies of your servants as food to the birds of the air, the flesh of your saints to the beasts of the earth.
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2 They have given the dead bodies of your servants as food to the birds of the air, the flesh of your saints to the beasts of the earth.
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3 They have poured out blood like water all around Jerusalem, and there is no one to bury the dead.
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3 They have poured out blood like water all around Jerusalem, and there is no one to bury the dead.
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4 We are objects of reproach to our neighbors, of scorn and derision to those around us.
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4 We are objects of reproach to our neighbors, of scorn and derision to those around us.
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5 How long, O LORD? Will you be angry forever? How long will your jealousy burn like fire?
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5 How long, O LORD? Will you be angry forever? How long will your jealousy burn like fire?
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6 Pour out your wrath on the nations that do not acknowledge you, on the kingdoms that do not call on your name;
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6 Pour out your wrath on the nations that do not acknowledge you, on the kingdoms that do not call on your name;
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7 for they have devoured Jacob and destroyed his homeland.
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7 for they have devoured Jacob and destroyed his homeland.
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8 Do not hold against us the sins of the fathers; may your mercy come quickly to meet us, for we are in desperate need.
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8 Do not hold against us the sins of the fathers; may your mercy come quickly to meet us, for we are in desperate need.
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9 Help us, O God our Savior, for the glory of your name; deliver us and forgive our sins for your name's sake.
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9 Help us, O God our Savior, for the glory of your name; deliver us and forgive our sins for your name's sake.
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10 Why should the nations say, "Where is their God?" Before our eyes, make known among the nations that you avenge the outpoured blood of your servants.
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10 Why should the nations say, "Where is their God?" Before our eyes, make known among the nations that you avenge the outpoured blood of your servants.
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11 May the groans of the prisoners come before you; by the strength of your arm preserve those condemned to die.
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11 May the groans of the prisoners come before you; by the strength of your arm preserve those condemned to die.
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12 Pay back into the laps of our neighbors seven times the reproach they have hurled at you, O Lord.
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12 Pay back into the laps of our neighbors seven times the reproach they have hurled at you, O Lord.
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13 Then we your people, the sheep of your pasture, will praise you forever; from generation to generation we will recount your praise.
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13 Then we your people, the sheep of your pasture, will praise you forever; from generation to generation we will recount your praise.
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| Scripture quoted by permission. Quotations designated (NIV) are from THE HOLY BIBLE: NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION®. NIV®. Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984 by Biblica. All rights reserved worldwide. (New International Version Bible Online) |
Scripture quoted by permission. Quotations designated (NIV) are from THE HOLY BIBLE: NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION®. NIV®. Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984 by Biblica. All rights reserved worldwide. (New International Version Bible Online) |
