| New King James Version | International Standard Version |
| 1A Psalm of Asaph. O God, the nations have come into Your inheritance; Your holy temple they have defiled; They have laid Jerusalem in heaps. | 1God, nations have invaded your land to desecrate your holy Temple, to destroy Jerusalem, |
| 2The dead bodies of Your servants They have given as food for the birds of the heavens, The flesh of Your saints to the beasts of the earth. | 2to give the corpses of your servants as food for the birds of the skies and the flesh of your godly ones to the beasts of the earth; |
| 3Their blood they have shed like water all around Jerusalem, And there was no one to bury them. | 3to make their blood flow like water around Jerusalem, with no one being buried. |
| 4We have become a reproach to our neighbors, A scorn and derision to those who are around us. | 4We have become a reproach to our neighbors, a mockery and a derision to those around us. |
| 5How long, LORD? Will You be angry forever? Will Your jealousy burn like fire? | 5How long, LORD, will you be angry? Forever? Will your jealousy burn like fire? |
| 6Pour out Your wrath on the nations that do not know You, And on the kingdoms that do not call on Your name. | 6Pour out your wrath upon the nations that do not acknowledge you, and over the kingdoms that do not call on your name. |
| 7For they have devoured Jacob, And laid waste his dwelling place. | 7For they consumed Jacob, making his dwelling place desolate. |
| 8Oh, do not remember former iniquities against us! Let Your tender mercies come speedily to meet us, For we have been brought very low. | 8Don't charge us for previous iniquity, but let your compassion come quickly to us, for we have been brought very low. |
| 9Help us, O God of our salvation, For the glory of Your name; And deliver us, and provide atonement for our sins, For Your name’s sake! | 9Help us, God, our deliverer, on account of your glorious name, deliver us and forgive our sins on account of your name. |
| 10Why should the nations say, “Where is their God?” Let there be known among the nations in our sight The avenging of the blood of Your servants which has been shed. | 10Why should the nations say, "Where is their God?" Let vengeance for the blood of your servants be meted out before our eyes and among the nations. |
| 11Let the groaning of the prisoner come before You; According to the greatness of Your power Preserve those who are appointed to die; | 11Let the cries of the prisoners reach you. With the strength of your power, release those condemned to death. |
| 12And return to our neighbors sevenfold into their bosom Their reproach with which they have reproached You, O Lord. | 12Pay back our neighbors seven times the reproach with which they reproached you, LORD. |
| 13So we, Your people and sheep of Your pasture, Will give You thanks forever; We will show forth Your praise to all generations. | 13Then we, your people, the sheep of your pasture, will praise you always, from generation to generation. We will declare your praise. |
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