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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.
O God, the nations have invaded Your inheritance;
They have defiled Your holy temple;
They have laid Jerusalem in ruins.
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 dead bodies of Your servants for food to the birds of the heavens,
The flesh of Your godly ones to the beasts of the earth.
The flesh of Your godly ones 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 round about Jerusalem;
And there was no one to bury them.
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 reproach to our neighbors,
A scoffing and derision to those around us.
A scoffing and derision to 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 wrath upon the nations which do not know You,
And upon the kingdoms which do not call upon Your name.
And upon the kingdoms which 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.
Do not remember the iniquities of our forefathers against us;
Let Your compassion come quickly to meet us,
For we are brought very low.
Let Your compassion come quickly 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;
And deliver us and forgive our sins for Your name’s sake.
And deliver us and forgive 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 there be known among the nations in our sight,
Vengeance for the blood of Your servants which has been shed.
Let there be known among the nations in our sight,
Vengeance for the blood of Your servants which has been shed.
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 groaning of the prisoner come before You;
According to the greatness of Your power preserve those who are doomed to die.
According to the greatness of Your power preserve those who are doomed to die.
And render unto our neighbours, sevenfold into their bosom, their reproach, wherewith they have reproached thee, O Lord.
And return to our neighbors sevenfold into their bosom
The reproach with which they have reproached You, O Lord.
The reproach with which they have reproached You, O Lord.