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[1]A Psalm of Asaph. O God, the heathen have come into thy inheritance; thy holy temple have they defiled; they have laid Jerusalem on heaps.
[2]The dead bodies of thy servants have they given to be food to the fowls of the heaven, the flesh of thy saints, to the beasts of the earth.
[3]Their blood have they shed like water around Jerusalem; and there was none to bury them.
[4]We have become a reproach to our neighbors, a scorn and derision to them that are around us.
[5]How long, LORD? wilt thou be angry for ever? shall thy jealousy burn like fire?
[6]Pour out thy wrath upon the heathen that have not known thee, and upon the kingdoms that have not called upon thy name.
[7]For they have devoured Jacob, and laid waste his dwelling-place.
[8]O remember not against us former iniquities: let thy tender mercies speedily succor us: for we are brought very low.
[9]Help us, O God of our salvation, for the glory of thy name: and deliver us, and purge away our sins, for thy name's sake.
[10]Why should the heathen say, Where is their God? let him be known among the heathen in our sight by avenging the blood of thy servants which is shed.
[11]Let the sighing of the prisoner come before thee; according to the greatness of thy power preserve thou those that are appointed to die;
[12]And render to our neighbors seven-fold into their bosom their reproach, with which they have reproached thee, O Lord.
[13]So we thy people and sheep of thy pasture will give thee thanks for ever: we will show forth thy praise to all generations.
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