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1 A Psalm of Asaph. O God, nations have come into Thy inheritance, They have defiled Thy holy temple, They made Jerusalem become heaps,
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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 gave the dead bodies of Thy servants Food for the fowls of the heavens, The flesh of Thy saints For the wild beast 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 shed their blood As water round about Jerusalem, And there is none burying.
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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 have been a reproach to our neighbours, A scorn and a derision to our surrounders.
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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 Till when, O Jehovah? art Thou angry for ever? Thy jealousy doth burn as 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 Thy fury on the nations who have not known Thee, And on kingdoms that have not called in Thy 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 [one] hath devoured Jacob, And his habitation they have made desolate.
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7 for they have devoured Jacob and destroyed his homeland.
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8 Remember not for us the iniquities of forefathers, Haste, let Thy mercies go before us, For we have been very weak.
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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 of our salvation, Because of the honour of Thy name, And deliver us, and cover over our sins, For Thy 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 do the nations say, `Where [is] their God?' Let be known among the nations before our eyes, The vengeance of the blood of Thy servants that is shed.
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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 Let the groaning of the prisoner come in before Thee, According to the greatness of Thine arm, Leave Thou the sons of death.
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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 And turn Thou back to our neighbours, Sevenfold unto their bosom, their reproach, Wherewith they reproached Thee, 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 And we, Thy people, and the flock of Thy pasture, We give thanks to Thee to the age, To all generations we recount Thy 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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