| English Standard Version | Christian Standard Bible |
| 1O God, the nations have come into your inheritance; they have defiled your holy temple; they have laid Jerusalem in ruins. | 1God, the nations have invaded your inheritance, desecrated your holy temple, and turned Jerusalem into ruins. |
| 2They have given the bodies of your servants to the birds of the heavens for food, the flesh of your faithful to the beasts of the earth. | 2They gave the corpses of your servants to the birds of the sky for food, the flesh of your faithful ones to the beasts of the earth. |
| 3They have poured out their blood like water all around Jerusalem, and there was no one to bury them. | 3They poured out their blood like water all around Jerusalem, and there was no one to bury them. |
| 4We have become a taunt to our neighbors, mocked and derided by those around us. | 4We have become an object of reproach to our neighbors, a source of mockery and ridicule to those around us. |
| 5How long, O LORD? Will you be angry forever? Will your jealousy burn like fire? | 5How long, LORD? Will you be angry forever? Will your jealousy keep burning like fire? |
| 6Pour out your anger on the nations that do not know you, and on the kingdoms that do not call upon your name! | 6Pour out your wrath on the nations that don't acknowledge you, on the kingdoms that don't call on your name, |
| 7For they have devoured Jacob and laid waste his habitation. | 7for they have devoured Jacob and devastated his homeland. |
| 8Do not remember against us our former iniquities; let your compassion come speedily to meet us, for we are brought very low. | 8Do not hold past iniquities against us; let your compassion come to us quickly, for we have become very weak. |
| 9Help us, O God of our salvation, for the glory of your name; deliver us, and atone for our sins, for your name’s sake! | 9God of our salvation, help us--for the glory of your name. Rescue us and atone for our sins, for your name's sake. |
| 10Why 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! | 10Why should the nations ask, "Where is their God?" Before our eyes, let vengeance for the shed blood of your servants be known among the nations. |
| 11Let the groans of the prisoners come before you; according to your great power, preserve those doomed to die! | 11Let the groans of the prisoners reach you; according to your great power, preserve those condemned to die. |
| 12Return sevenfold into the lap of our neighbors the taunts with which they have taunted you, O Lord! | 12Pay back sevenfold to our neighbors the reproach they have hurled at you, Lord. |
| 13But we your people, the sheep of your pasture, will give thanks to you forever; from generation to generation we will recount your praise. | 13Then we, your people, the sheep of your pasture, will thank you forever; we will declare your praise to generation after generation. |
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