1  O ° Elohim|strong="H0430"God, the nations are come into thine inheritance: thy holy temple have they defiled; they have laid Jerusalem in heaps.

2  The dead bodies of thy servants have they given to be meat unto the fowl of the heavens, the flesh of thy saints unto the beasts of the earth:

3  Their blood have they shed like water round about Jerusalem, and there was none to bury [them].

4 We are become a reproach to our neighbours, a mockery and a derision to them that are round about us.

5  How long, O Jehovah? wilt thou be angry for ever? Shall thy jealousy burn like fire?

6  Pour out thy fury upon the nations that have not known thee, and upon the kingdoms that call not upon thy name:

7  For they have devoured Jacob, and laid waste his habitation.

8  Remember not against us the iniquities of [our] forefathers; let thy tender mercies speedily come to meet us: for we are brought very low.

9  Help us, O ° Elohim|strong="H0430"God of our salvation, because of the glory of thy name; and deliver us, and forgive our sins, for thy name's sake.

10 Wherefore should the nations say, Where is their ° Elohim|strong="H0430"God? Let the avenging of the blood of thy servants that is shed be known among the nations in our sight.

11  Let the groaning of the prisoner come before thee; according to the greatness of thine arm, preserve those that are appointed to die;

12  And render unto our neighbours, sevenfold into their bosom, their reproach, wherewith they have reproached thee, O Lord.

13  And we, thy people and the sheep of thy pasture, will give thanks unto thee for ever; we will shew forth thy praise from generation to generation.