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¹ O God, the nations have come into your inheritance;
    they have defiled your holy temple;
    they have laid Jerusalem in ruins.
² They have given the bodies of your servants
    to the birds of the air for food,
    the flesh of your faithful to the wild animals of the earth.
³ They have poured out their blood like water
    all around Jerusalem,
    and there was no one to bury them.
⁴ We have become a taunt to our neighbors,
    mocked and derided by those around us.

⁵ How long, O Lord? Will you be angry forever?
    Will your jealous wrath burn like fire?
⁶ Pour out your anger on the nations
    that do not know you,
and on the kingdoms
    that do not call on your name.
⁷ For they have devoured Jacob
    and laid waste his habitation.

⁸ Do not remember against us the iniquities of our ancestors;
    let your compassion come speedily to meet us,
    for we are brought very low.
⁹ Help us, O God of our salvation,
    for the glory of your name;
deliver us, and forgive our sins,
    for your name's sake.
¹⁰ Why should the nations say,
    "Where is their God?"
Let the avenging of the outpoured blood of your servants
    be known among the nations before our eyes.

¹¹ Let the groans of the prisoners come before you;
    according to your great power preserve those doomed to die.
¹² Return sevenfold into the bosom of our neighbors
    the taunts with which they taunted you, O Lord!
¹³ Then we your people, the flock of your pasture,
    will give thanks to you forever;
    from generation to generation we will recount your praise.