Read the Bible

¹ God, some people from other nations came to fight your people.
    They ruined your holy Temple.
    They left Jerusalem in ruins.
² They left the bodies of your servants for the wild birds to eat.
    They let wild animals eat the bodies of your followers.
³ Blood flowed like water all over Jerusalem.
    No one is left to bury the bodies.
⁴ The countries around us insult us.
    The people around us laugh at us and make fun of us.
⁵ Lord, will you be angry with us forever?
    Will your strong feelings^[a] continue to burn like a fire?
⁶ Turn your anger against the nations that do not know you,
    against the people who do not honor you as God.
⁷ Those nations killed Jacob's family
    and destroyed their land.
⁸ Please don't punish us for the sins of our ancestors.
    Hurry, show us your mercy!
    We need you so much!
⁹ Our God and Savior, help us!
    That will bring glory to your name.
Save us and forgive our sins
    for the good of your name.
¹⁰ Don't give the other nations a reason to say,
    "Where is their God? Can't he help them?"
Let us see you punish those people.
    Punish them for killing your servants.
¹¹ Listen to the sad cries of the prisoners!
    Use your great power to free those who are sentenced to die.
¹² Punish the nations around us!
    Pay them back seven times for what they did to us.
    Punish them for insulting you.
¹³ We are your people, the sheep of your flock.
    We will praise you forever.
    We will praise you forever and ever!