1O God, the nations have come into your inheritance;

they have defiled your holy temple;

they have laid Jerusalem in ruins.*

2They have given the bodies of your servants

to the birds of the air for food,

the flesh of your faithful to the wild animals of the earth.*

3They have poured out their blood like water

all around Jerusalem,

and there was no one to bury them.*

4We have become a taunt to our neighbors,

mocked and derided by those around us.*

5How long, O Lord? Will you be angry forever?

Will your jealous wrath burn like fire?*

6Pour out your anger on the nations

that do not know you

and on the kingdoms

that do not call on your name.*

7For they have devoured Jacob

and laid waste his habitation.

8Do not remember against us the iniquities of our ancestors;

let your compassion come speedily to meet us,

for we are brought very low.*

9Help us, O God of our salvation,

for the glory of your name;

deliver us and forgive our sins,

for your name’s sake.*

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 groans of the prisoners come before you;

according to your great power, preserve those doomed to die.*

12Return sevenfold into the bosom of our neighbors

the taunts with which they taunted you, O Lord!*

13Then we your people, the flock of your pasture,

will give thanks to you forever;

from generation to generation we will recount your praise.*