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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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O God, the nations have invaded your inheritance; they have defiled your holy temple, they have reduced Jerusalem to rubble.
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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They have left the dead bodies of your servants as food for the birds of the sky, the flesh of your own people for the animals of the wild.
3 They have shed their blood As water round about Jerusalem, And there is none burying.
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They have poured out blood like water all around Jerusalem, and there is no one to bury the dead.
4 We have been a reproach to our neighbours, A scorn and a derision to our surrounders.
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We are objects of contempt to our neighbors, of scorn and derision to those around us.
5 Till when, O Jehovah? art Thou angry for ever? Thy jealousy doth burn as fire.
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How long, LORD? Will you be angry forever? How long will your jealousy burn like fire?
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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Pour out your wrath on the nations that do not acknowledge you, on the kingdoms that do not call on your name;
7 For [one] hath devoured Jacob, And his habitation they have made desolate.
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for they have devoured Jacob and devastated his homeland.
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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Do not hold against us the sins of past generations; may your mercy come quickly to meet us, for we are in desperate need.
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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Help us, God our Savior, for the glory of your name; deliver us and forgive our sins for your name’s sake.
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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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.
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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May the groans of the prisoners come before you; with your strong arm preserve those condemned to die.
12 And turn Thou back to our neighbours, Sevenfold unto their bosom, their reproach, Wherewith they reproached Thee, O Lord.
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Pay back into the laps of our neighbors seven times the contempt they have hurled at you, Lord.
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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Then we your people, the sheep of your pasture, will praise you forever; from generation to generation we will proclaim your praise.
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