| New American Standard Bible 1995 | Christian Standard Bible |
| 1A Psalm of Asaph. O God, the nations have invaded Your inheritance; They have defiled Your holy temple; They have laid Jerusalem in ruins. | 1God, the nations have invaded your inheritance, desecrated your holy temple, and turned Jerusalem into ruins. |
| 2They 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. | 2They gave the corpses of your servants to the birds of the sky for food, the flesh of your faithful ones to the beasts of the earth. |
| 3They have poured out their blood like water round about Jerusalem; And there was no one to bury them. | 3They 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 scoffing and derision to those around us. | 4We have become an object of reproach to our neighbors, a source of mockery and ridicule to those around us. |
| 5How long, O LORD? Will You be angry forever? Will Your jealousy burn like fire? | 5How long, LORD? Will you be angry forever? Will your jealousy keep burning like fire? |
| 6Pour out Your wrath upon the nations which do not know You, And upon the kingdoms which do not call upon Your name. | 6Pour out your wrath on the nations that don't acknowledge you, on the kingdoms that don't call on your name, |
| 7For they have devoured Jacob And laid waste his habitation. | 7for they have devoured Jacob and devastated his homeland. |
| 8Do not remember the iniquities of our forefathers against us; Let Your compassion come quickly to meet us, For we are brought very low. | 8Do not hold past iniquities against us; let your compassion come to us quickly, for we have become very weak. |
| 9Help us, O God of our salvation, for the glory of Your name; And deliver us and forgive our sins for Your name's sake. | 9God of our salvation, help us--for the glory of your name. Rescue us and atone for our sins, for your name's sake. |
| 10Why 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. | 10Why should the nations ask, "Where is their God?" Before our eyes, let vengeance for the shed blood of your servants be known among the nations. |
| 11Let the groaning of the prisoner come before You; According to the greatness of Your power preserve those who are doomed to die. | 11Let the groans of the prisoners reach you; according to your great power, preserve those condemned to die. |
| 12And return to our neighbors sevenfold into their bosom The reproach with which they have reproached You, O Lord. | 12Pay back sevenfold to our neighbors the reproach they have hurled at you, Lord. |
| 13So we Your people and the sheep of Your pasture Will give thanks to You forever; To all generations we will tell of Your praise. | 13Then we, your people, the sheep of your pasture, will thank you forever; we will declare your praise to generation after generation. |
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