| [an error occurred while processing this directive] | New American Standard Bible 1995 |
| 1[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 1A Psalm of Asaph. O God, the nations have invaded Your inheritance; They have defiled Your holy temple; They have laid Jerusalem in ruins. |
| 2[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 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. |
| 3[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 3They have poured out their blood like water round about Jerusalem; And there was no one to bury them. |
| 4[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 4We have become a reproach to our neighbors, A scoffing and derision to those around us. |
| 5[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 5How long, O LORD? Will You be angry forever? Will Your jealousy burn like fire? |
| 6[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 6Pour out Your wrath upon the nations which do not know You, And upon the kingdoms which do not call upon Your name. |
| 7[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 7For they have devoured Jacob And laid waste his habitation. |
| 8[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 8Do not remember the iniquities of our forefathers against us; Let Your compassion come quickly to meet us, For we are brought very low. |
| 9[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 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. |
| 10[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 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. |
| 11[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 11Let the groaning of the prisoner come before You; According to the greatness of Your power preserve those who are doomed to die. |
| 12[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 12And return to our neighbors sevenfold into their bosom The reproach with which they have reproached You, O Lord. |
| 13[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 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. |
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