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1 God, nations have come against your chosen people. They have ruined your holy Temple. They have turned Jerusalem into ruins.
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O God, the nations have come into your inheritance; they have defiled your holy temple; they have laid Jerusalem in ruins.
2 They have given the bodies of your servants as food to the wild birds. They have given the bodies of those who worship you to the wild animals.
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They have given the bodies of your servants to the birds of the heavens for food, the flesh of your faithful to the beasts of the earth.
3 They have spilled blood like water all around Jerusalem. No one was left to bury the dead.
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They have poured out their blood like water all around Jerusalem, and there was no one to bury them.
4 We are a joke to the other nations; they laugh and make fun of us.
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We have become a taunt to our neighbors, mocked and derided by those around us.
5 Lord, how long will this last? Will you be angry forever? How long will your jealousy burn like a fire?
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How long, O Lord? Will you be angry forever? Will your jealousy burn like fire?
6 Be angry with the nations that do not know you and with the kingdoms that do not honor you.
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Pour out your anger on the nations that do not know you, and on the kingdoms that do not call upon your name!
7 They have gobbled up the people of Jacob and destroyed their land.
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For they have devoured Jacob and laid waste his habitation.
8 Don't punish us for our past sins. Show your mercy to us soon, because we are helpless!
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Do not remember against us our former iniquities; let your compassion come speedily to meet us, for we are brought very low.
9 God our Savior, help us so people will praise you. Save us and forgive our sins so people will honor you.
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Help us, O God of our salvation, for the glory of your name; deliver us, and atone for our sins, for your name’s sake!
10 Why should the nations say, "Where is their God?" Tell the other nations in our presence that you punish those who kill your servants.
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Why should the nations say, “Where is their God? ”Let the avenging of the outpoured blood of your servants be known among the nations before our eyes!
11 Hear the moans of the prisoners. Use your great power to save those sentenced to die.
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Let the groans of the prisoners come before you; according to your great power, preserve those doomed to die!
12 Repay those around us seven times over for their insults to you, Lord.
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Return sevenfold into the lap of our neighbors the taunts with which they have taunted you, O Lord!
13 We are your people, the sheep of your flock. We will thank you always; forever and ever we will praise you.
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But we your people, the sheep of your pasture, will give thanks to you forever; from generation to generation we will recount your praise.