| King James Bible | International Standard Version |
| 1A Psalm of Asaph. O God, the heathen are come into thine inheritance; thy holy temple have they defiled; they have laid Jerusalem on heaps. | 1God, nations have invaded your land to desecrate your holy Temple, to destroy Jerusalem, |
| 2The dead bodies of thy servants have they given to be meat unto the fowls of the heaven, the flesh of thy saints unto the beasts of the earth. | 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; |
| 3Their blood have they shed like water round about Jerusalem; and there was none to bury them. | 3to make their blood flow like water around Jerusalem, with no one being buried. |
| 4We are become a reproach to our neighbours, a scorn and derision to them that are round about us. | 4We have become a reproach to our neighbors, a mockery and a derision to those around us. |
| 5How long, LORD? wilt thou be angry for ever? shall thy jealousy burn like fire? | 5How long, LORD, will you be angry? Forever? Will your jealousy burn like fire? |
| 6Pour out thy wrath upon the heathen that have not known thee, and upon the kingdoms that have not called upon thy name. | 6Pour out your wrath upon the nations that do not acknowledge you, and over the kingdoms that do not call on your name. |
| 7For they have devoured Jacob, and laid waste his dwelling place. | 7For they consumed Jacob, making his dwelling place desolate. |
| 8O remember not against us former iniquities: let thy tender mercies speedily prevent us: for we are brought very low. | 8Don't charge us for previous iniquity, but let your compassion come quickly to us, for we have been brought very low. |
| 9Help us, O God of our salvation, for the glory of thy name: and deliver us, and purge away our sins, for thy name's sake. | 9Help us, God, our deliverer, on account of your glorious name, deliver us and forgive our sins on account of your name. |
| 10Wherefore should the heathen say, Where is their God? let him be known among the heathen in our sight by the revenging of the blood of thy servants which is shed. | 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. |
| 11Let the sighing of the prisoner come before thee; according to the greatness of thy power preserve thou those that are appointed to die; | 11Let the cries of the prisoners reach you. With the strength of your power, release those condemned to death. |
| 12And render unto our neighbours sevenfold into their bosom their reproach, wherewith they have reproached thee, O Lord. | 12Pay back our neighbors seven times the reproach with which they reproached you, LORD. |
| 13So we thy people and sheep of thy pasture will give thee thanks for ever: we will shew forth thy praise to all generations. | 13Then we, your people, the sheep of your pasture, will praise you always, from generation to generation. We will declare your praise. |
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