| | 1 | A psalm of Asaph. O God, the nations have invaded your inheritance; they have defiled your holy temple, they have reduced Jerusalem to rubble. | |
| | 2 | They have given the dead bodies of your servants as food to the birds of the air, the flesh of your saints to the beasts of the earth. | |
| | 3 | They have poured out blood like water all around Jerusalem, and there is no one to bury the dead. | |
| | 4 | We are objects of reproach to our neighbors, of scorn and derision to those around us. | |
| | 5 | How long, O LORD? Will you be angry forever? How long will your jealousy burn like fire? | |
| | 6 | Pour out your wrath on the nations that do not acknowledge you, on the kingdoms that do not call on your name; | |
| | 7 | for they have devoured Jacob and destroyed his homeland. | |
| | 8 | Do not hold against us the sins of the fathers; may your mercy come quickly to meet us, for we are in desperate need. | |
| | 9 | Help us, O God our Savior, 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?" Before our eyes, make known among the nations that you avenge the outpoured blood of your servants. | |
| | 11 | May the groans of the prisoners come before you; by the strength of your arm preserve those condemned to die. | |
| | 12 | Pay back into the laps of our neighbors seven times the reproach they have hurled at you, O Lord. | |
| | 13 | Then we your people, the sheep of your pasture, will praise you forever; from generation to generation we will recount your praise. | |
