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A Psalm of Asaph. O God, the nations have come into Your inheritance; Your holy temple they have defiled; They have laid Jerusalem in heaps.
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The 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.
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Their blood they have shed like water all around Jerusalem, And there was no one to bury them.
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We have become a reproach to our neighbors, A scorn and derision to those who are around us.
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How long, Lord? Will You be angry forever? Will Your jealousy burn like fire?
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Pour out Your wrath on the nations that do not know You, And on the kingdoms that do not call on Your name.
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For they have devoured Jacob, And laid waste his dwelling place.
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Oh, do not remember former iniquities against us! Let Your tender mercies come speedily to meet us, For we have been brought very low.
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Help 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!