| Holman Christian Standard Bible | International Standard Version |
| 1A psalm of Asaph. God, the nations have invaded Your inheritance, desecrated Your holy temple, and turned Jerusalem into ruins. | 1God, nations have invaded your land to desecrate your holy Temple, to destroy Jerusalem, |
| 2They gave the corpses of Your servants to the birds of the sky for food, the flesh of Your godly ones to 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; |
| 3They poured out their blood like water all around Jerusalem, and there was no one to bury them. | 3to make their blood flow like water around Jerusalem, with no one being buried. |
| 4We have become an object of reproach to our neighbors, a source of mockery and ridicule to those around us. | 4We have become a reproach to our neighbors, a mockery and a derision to those around us. |
| 5How long, Yahweh? Will You be angry forever? Will Your jealousy keep burning like fire? | 5How long, LORD, will you be angry? Forever? Will your jealousy burn like fire? |
| 6Pour out Your wrath on the nations that don't acknowledge You, on the kingdoms that don't call on Your 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 devastated his homeland. | 7For they consumed Jacob, making his dwelling place desolate. |
| 8Do not hold past sins against us; let Your compassion come to us quickly, for we have become weak. | 8Don't charge us for previous iniquity, but let your compassion come quickly to us, for we have been brought very low. |
| 9God of our salvation, help us-- for the glory of Your name. Deliver us and atone for our sins, because of Your name. | 9Help us, God, our deliverer, on account of your glorious name, deliver us and forgive our sins on account of your name. |
| 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. | 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 groans of the prisoners reach You; according to Your great power, preserve those condemned to die. | 11Let the cries of the prisoners reach you. With the strength of your power, release those condemned to death. |
| 12Pay back sevenfold to our neighbors the reproach they have hurled at You, Lord. | 12Pay back our neighbors seven times the reproach with which they reproached you, LORD. |
| 13Then we, Your people, the sheep of Your pasture, will thank You forever; we will declare Your praise to generation after generation. | 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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