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How Long, O Yahweh?

¹ O God, the ^(C1)nations have come into ^(C2)Your inheritance;
They have defiled Your ^(C3)holy temple;
They have ^(C4)laid Jerusalem in ruins.

² They have given the ^(C1)dead bodies of Your slaves for food to the birds of the heavens,
The flesh of Your holy ones to the beasts of the earth.

³ They have poured out their blood like water round about Jerusalem;
And there was ^(C1)no one to bury them.

⁴ We have become a ^(C1)reproach to our neighbors,
A mockery and derision to those around us.

^5 (C1)How long, O Yahweh? Will You be angry forever?
Will Your ^(C2)jealousy ^(C3)burn like fire?

^6 (C1)Pour out Your wrath upon the nations which ^(C2)do not know You,
And upon the kingdoms which ^(C3)do not call upon Your name.

⁷ For they have ^(C1)devoured Jacob
And ^(C2)laid waste his ^(F1)abode.

^8 (C1)Do not remember our former iniquities against us;
Let Your compassion quickly ^(C2)approach us,
For we are ^(C3)brought very low.

^9 (C1)Help us, O God of our salvation, for the glory of ^(C2)Your name;
And deliver us and ^(C3)atone for our sins ^(C4)for Your name's sake.

^10 (C1)Why should the nations say, "Where is their God?"
Let it be known among the nations before our eyes:
^(C2)Vengeance for the blood of Your slaves which has been poured out.

¹¹ Let ^(C1)the groaning of the prisoner come before You;
According to the greatness of Your ^(F1)power preserve ^(F2)those who are ^(C1)doomed to die.

¹² And return to our neighbors ^(C1)sevenfold ^(C2)into their bosom
^(F1)The ^(C3)reproach with which they have reproached You, O Lord.

¹³ But as for us, as Your people and the ^(C1)sheep of Your pasture,
We will ^(C2)give thanks to You forever;
From generation to generation we will ^(C3)recount Your praise.