A Lament over the Destruction of Jerusalem, and Prayer for Help. A Psalm of Asaph. 1O God, the nations have invaded Your inheritance; They have defiled Your holy temple; They have laid Jerusalem in ruins.
2They have given the dead bodies of Your servants for food to the birds of the heavens,
3They have poured out their blood like water round about Jerusalem;
4We have become a reproach to our neighbors,
5How long, O LORD? Will You be angry forever?
6Pour out Your wrath upon the nations which do not know You,
7For they have devoured Jacob
8Do not remember the iniquities of our forefathers against us;
9Help us, O God of our salvation, for the glory of Your name;
10Why should the nations say, Where is their God?
11Let the groaning of the prisoner come before You;
12And return to our neighbors sevenfold into their bosom
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