New Living Translation NLT
Young's Literal Translation YLT
1 O God, pagan nations have conquered your land, your special possession. They have defiled your holy Temple and made Jerusalem a heap of ruins.
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A Psalm of Asaph. O God, nations have come into Thy inheritance, They have defiled Thy holy temple, They made Jerusalem become heaps,
2 They have left the bodies of your servants as food for the birds of heaven. The flesh of your godly ones has become food for the wild animals.
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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.
3 Blood has flowed like water all around Jerusalem; no one is left to bury the dead.
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They have shed their blood As water round about Jerusalem, And there is none burying.
4 We are mocked by our neighbors, an object of scorn and derision to those around us.
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We have been a reproach to our neighbours, A scorn and a derision to our surrounders.
5 O LORD, how long will you be angry with us? Forever? How long will your jealousy burn like fire?
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Till when, O Jehovah? art Thou angry for ever? Thy jealousy doth burn as fire.
6 Pour out your wrath on the nations that refuse to acknowledge you— on kingdoms that do not call upon your name.
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Pour Thy fury on the nations who have not known Thee, And on kingdoms that have not called in Thy name.
7 For they have devoured your people Israel, making the land a desolate wilderness.
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For [one] hath devoured Jacob, And his habitation they have made desolate.
8 Do not hold us guilty for the sins of our ancestors! Let your compassion quickly meet our needs, for we are on the brink of despair.
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Remember not for us the iniquities of forefathers, Haste, let Thy mercies go before us, For we have been very weak.
9 Help us, O God of our salvation! Help us for the glory of your name. Save us and forgive our sins for the honor of your name.
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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.
10 Why should pagan nations be allowed to scoff, asking, “Where is their God?” Show us your vengeance against the nations, for they have spilled the blood of your servants.
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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.
11 Listen to the moaning of the prisoners. Demonstrate your great power by saving those condemned to die.
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Let the groaning of the prisoner come in before Thee, According to the greatness of Thine arm, Leave Thou the sons of death.
12 O Lord, pay back our neighbors seven times for the scorn they have hurled at you.
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And turn Thou back to our neighbours, Sevenfold unto their bosom, their reproach, Wherewith they reproached Thee, O Lord.
13 Then we your people, the sheep of your pasture, will thank you forever and ever, praising your greatness from generation to generation.
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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!