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How Long, O Lord?
{A Psalm of Asaph.} O God, the nations are come into thine inheritance: thy holy temple have they defiled; they have laid Jerusalem in heaps.
{A Psalm of Asaph.} O God, the nations are come into thine inheritance: thy holy temple have they defiled; they have laid Jerusalem in heaps.
How Long, O Lord?
A Psalm of Asaph.
O God, the nations have come into your inheritance;
they have defiled your holy temple;
they have laid Jerusalem in ruins.
A Psalm of Asaph.
O God, the nations have come into your inheritance;
they have defiled your holy temple;
they have laid Jerusalem in ruins.
The dead bodies of thy servants have they given to be meat unto the fowl of the heavens, the flesh of thy saints unto the beasts of the earth:
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.
to the birds of the heavens for food,
the flesh of your faithful to the beasts of the earth.
Their blood have they shed like water round about Jerusalem, and there was none to bury [them].
They have poured out their blood like water
all around Jerusalem,
and there was no one to bury them.
all around Jerusalem,
and there was no one to bury them.
We are become a reproach to our neighbours, a mockery and a derision to them that are round about us.
We have become a taunt to our neighbors,
mocked and derided by those around us.
mocked and derided by those around us.
How long, O Jehovah? wilt thou be angry for ever? Shall thy jealousy burn like fire?
How long, O Lord? Will you be angry forever?
Will your jealousy burn like fire?
Will your jealousy burn like fire?
Pour out thy fury upon the nations that have not known thee, and upon the kingdoms that call not upon thy name:
Pour out your anger on the nations
that do not know you,
and on the kingdoms
that do not call upon your name!
that do not know you,
and on the kingdoms
that do not call upon your name!
For they have devoured Jacob, and laid waste his habitation.
For they have devoured Jacob
and laid waste his habitation.
and laid waste his habitation.
Remember not against us the iniquities of [our] forefathers; let thy tender mercies speedily come to meet us: for we are brought very low.
Help us, O God of our salvation, because of the glory of thy name; and deliver us, and forgive our sins, for thy name's sake.
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!
for the glory of your name;
deliver us, and atone for our sins,
for your name’s sake!
Wherefore should the nations say, Where is their God? Let the avenging of the blood of thy servants that is shed be known among the nations in our sight.
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!
“Where is their God?”
Let the avenging of the outpoured blood of your servants
be known among the nations before our eyes!
Let the groaning of the prisoner come before thee; according to the greatness of thine arm, preserve those that are appointed to die;
Let the groans of the prisoners come before you;
according to your great power, preserve those doomed to die!
according to your great power, preserve those doomed to die!
And render unto our neighbours, sevenfold into their bosom, their reproach, wherewith they have reproached thee, O Lord.
Return sevenfold into the lap of our neighbors
the taunts with which they have taunted you, O Lord!
the taunts with which they have taunted you, O Lord!