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O God, the nations have invaded Your inheritance
They have defiled Your holy temple
They have reduced Jerusalem to rubble
They have left the dead bodies of Your servants

They have left the dead bodies of Your servants
As food for the birds of the sky
The flesh of Your own people for the animals of the wild
They cried and You didn’t hear their cry

Invaders have poured out blood like water
All around Jerusalem
And there is no one to bury the dead
There is no one to bury them

We are objects of contempt to our neighbors
Of scorn and derision to those around us
How long, Lord? Will you be angry forever?
How long will Your jealousy burn like fire? Save us!

Pour out Your wrath on the nations
That do not acknowledge You
On the kingdoms that do not call on Your name
On the kingdoms that do not love You

For they have devoured Jacob
And devastated his homeland
Do not hold against us the sins of past generations
Please give us Your hand

May Your mercy come quickly to meet us
For we are in desperate need that came
Help us, God our Savior,
For the glory of Your name

Deliver us and forgive our sins
For Your name’s sake
Why should the nations say
“Where is their God to whom they pray?”

Make known among the nations
That You avenge the outpoured blood of Your servants, before our eyes
May the groans of the prisoners come before You
With Your strong arm preserve those condemned to die

Pay back into the laps of our neighbors seven times
The contempt they have hurled at You, Lord
Then we Your people, the sheep of Your pasture
Will praise You forever, our God

From generation to generation
We will proclaim Your praise
From generation to generation
And till the end of the days