| New American Standard Bible 1995 | International Standard Version |
| 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, nations have invaded your land to desecrate your holy Temple, to destroy Jerusalem, |
| 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. | 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 have poured out their blood like water round about 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 a reproach to our neighbors, A scoffing and derision to those around us. | 4We have become a reproach to our neighbors, a mockery and a derision 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 burn 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 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 habitation. | 7For they consumed Jacob, making his dwelling place desolate. |
| 8Do not remember the iniquities of our forefathers against us; Let Your compassion come quickly to meet 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 Your name; And deliver us and forgive our sins for Your 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. |
| 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 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 groaning of the prisoner come before You; According to the greatness of Your power preserve those who are doomed to die. | 11Let the cries of the prisoners reach you. With the strength of your power, release those condemned to death. |
| 12And return to our neighbors sevenfold into their bosom The reproach with which they have reproached You, O Lord. | 12Pay back our neighbors seven times the reproach with which they reproached 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 praise you always, from generation to generation. We will declare your praise. |
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