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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.
A psalm of Asaph.
O God, pagan nations have conquered your land,
your special possession.
They have defiled your holy Temple
and made Jerusalem a heap of ruins.
O God, pagan nations have conquered your land,
your special possession.
They have defiled your holy Temple
and made Jerusalem a heap of 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 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.
as food for the birds of heaven.
The flesh of your godly ones
has become food for the wild animals.
Their blood have they shed like water round about Jerusalem, and there was none to bury [them].
Blood has flowed like water all around Jerusalem;
no one is left to bury the dead.
no one is left to bury the dead.
We are become a reproach to our neighbours, a mockery and a derision to them that are round about us.
We are mocked by our neighbors,
an object of scorn and derision to those around us.
an object of scorn and derision to those around us.
How long, O Jehovah? wilt thou be angry for ever? Shall thy jealousy burn like fire?
O LORD, how long will you be angry with us? Forever?
How long will your jealousy burn like fire?
How long 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 on the nations that refuse to acknowledge you —
on kingdoms that do not call upon your name.
on kingdoms that do not call upon your name.
For they have devoured Jacob, 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 hold us guilty for the sins of our ancestors!
Let your compassion quickly meet our needs,
for we are on the brink of despair.
Let your compassion quickly meet our needs,
for we are on the brink of despair.
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!
Help us for the glory of your name.
Save us and forgive our sins
for the honor of your name.
Help us for the glory of your name.
Save us and forgive our sins
for the honor of your name.
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 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.
asking, “Where is their God?”
Show us your vengeance against the nations,
for they have spilled the blood of your servants.
Let the groaning of the prisoner come before thee; according to the greatness of thine arm, preserve those that are appointed to die;
Listen to the moaning of the prisoners.
Demonstrate your great power by saving those condemned to die.
Demonstrate your great power by saving those condemned to die.
And render unto our neighbours, sevenfold into their bosom, their reproach, wherewith they have reproached thee, O Lord.
O Lord, pay back our neighbors seven times
for the scorn they have hurled at you.
for the scorn they have hurled at you.