1 [Psalm Of Asaph] God, the pagans have invaded your
heritage, they have defiled your holy temple, they have laid
Jerusalem in ruins,
2 they have left the corpses of your servants as food for the
birds of the air, the bodies of your faithful for the wild
beasts.
3 Around Jerusalem they have shed blood like water, leaving
no one to bury them.
4 We are the scorn of our neighbors, the butt and laughing-
stock of those around us.
5 How long will you be angry, Yahweh? For ever? Is your
jealousy to go on smouldering like a fire?
8 Do not count against us the guilt of former generations, in
your tenderness come quickly to meet us, for we are utterly
weakened;
9 help us, God our Saviour, for the glory of your name;
Yahweh, wipe away our sins, rescue us for the sake of your
name.