1A Psalm of Asaph. O God, the heathen are come into thine inheritance; thy holy temple have they defiled; they have laid Jerusalem on heaps.⇆ compare2The dead bodies of thy servants have they given to be meat unto the fowls of the heaven, the flesh of thy saints unto the beasts of the earth.⇆ compare3Their blood have they shed like water round about Jerusalem; and there was none to bury them.⇆ compare4We are become a reproach to our neighbors, a scorn and derision to them that are round about us.⇆ compare5How long, LORD? wilt thou be angry forever? shall thy jealousy burn like fire?⇆ compare6Pour out thy wrath upon the heathen that have not known thee, and upon the kingdoms that have not called upon thy name.⇆ compare7For they have devoured Jacob, and laid waste his dwelling place.⇆ compare8O remember not against us former iniquities: let thy tender mercies speedily prevent us: for we are brought very low.⇆ compare9Help 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.⇆ compare10Wherefore should the heathen say, Where is their God? let him be known among the heathen in our sight by the revenging of the blood of thy servants which is shed.⇆ compare11Let the sighing of the prisoner come before thee; according to the greatness of thy power preserve thou those that are appointed to die;⇆ compare12And render unto our neighbors sevenfold into their bosom their reproach, wherewith they have reproached thee, O Lord.⇆ compare13So we thy people and sheep of thy pasture will give thee thanks forever: we will show forth thy praise to all generations.⇆ compare