| International Standard Version | English Standard Version |
| 1God, nations have invaded your land to desecrate your holy Temple, to destroy Jerusalem, | 1O God, the nations have come into your inheritance; they have defiled your holy temple; they have laid Jerusalem in ruins. |
| 2to give the corpses of your servants as food for the birds of the skies and the flesh of your godly ones to the beasts of the earth; | 2They 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. |
| 3to make their blood flow like water around Jerusalem, with no one being buried. | 3They have poured out their blood like water all around Jerusalem, and there was no one to bury them. |
| 4We have become a reproach to our neighbors, a mockery and a derision to those around us. | 4We have become a taunt to our neighbors, mocked and derided by those around us. |
| 5How long, LORD, will you be angry? Forever? Will your jealousy burn like fire? | 5How long, O LORD? Will you be angry forever? Will your jealousy burn like fire? |
| 6Pour out your wrath upon the nations that do not acknowledge you, and over the kingdoms that do not call on your name. | 6Pour out your anger on the nations that do not know you, and on the kingdoms that do not call upon your name! |
| 7For they consumed Jacob, making his dwelling place desolate. | 7For they have devoured Jacob and laid waste his habitation. |
| 8Don't charge us for previous iniquity, but let your compassion come quickly to us, for we have been brought very low. | 8Do not remember against us our former iniquities; let your compassion come speedily to meet us, for we are brought very low. |
| 9Help us, God, our deliverer, on account of your glorious name, deliver us and forgive our sins on account of your name. | 9Help us, O God of our salvation, for the glory of your name; deliver us, and atone for our sins, for your name’s sake! |
| 10Why should the nations say, "Where is their God?" Let vengeance for the blood of your servants be meted out before our eyes and among the nations. | 10Why 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! |
| 11Let the cries of the prisoners reach you. With the strength of your power, release those condemned to death. | 11Let the groans of the prisoners come before you; according to your great power, preserve those doomed to die! |
| 12Pay back our neighbors seven times the reproach with which they reproached you, LORD. | 12Return sevenfold into the lap of our neighbors the taunts with which they have taunted you, O Lord! |
| 13Then we, your people, the sheep of your pasture, will praise you always, from generation to generation. We will declare your praise. | 13But we your people, the sheep of your pasture, will give thanks to you forever; from generation to generation we will recount your praise. |
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