| Holman Christian Standard Bible | Christian Standard Bible |
| 1A psalm of Asaph. God, the nations have invaded Your inheritance, desecrated Your holy temple, and turned Jerusalem into ruins. | 1God, the nations have invaded your inheritance, desecrated your holy temple, and turned Jerusalem into ruins. |
| 2They gave the corpses of Your servants to the birds of the sky for food, the flesh of Your godly ones 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 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 an object of reproach to our neighbors, a source of mockery and ridicule to 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, Yahweh? Will You be angry forever? Will Your jealousy keep burning like fire? | 5How long, LORD? Will you be angry forever? Will your jealousy keep burning like fire? |
| 6Pour out Your wrath on the nations that don't acknowledge You, on the kingdoms that don't call on 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 devastated his homeland. | 7for they have devoured Jacob and devastated his homeland. |
| 8Do not hold past sins against us; let Your compassion come to us quickly, for we have become weak. | 8Do not hold past iniquities against us; let your compassion come to us quickly, for we have become very weak. |
| 9God of our salvation, help us-- for the glory of Your name. Deliver us and atone for our sins, because of Your name. | 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 ask," Where is their God?" Before our eyes, let vengeance for the shed blood of Your servants be known among the nations. | 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 reach You; according to Your great power, preserve those condemned to die. | 11Let the groans of the prisoners reach you; according to your great power, preserve those condemned to die. |
| 12Pay back sevenfold to our neighbors the reproach they have hurled at You, Lord. | 12Pay back sevenfold to our neighbors the reproach they have hurled at you, Lord. |
| 13Then we, Your people, the sheep of Your pasture, will thank You forever; we will declare Your praise to generation after generation. | 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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