Apr 27, 2019
1 O God, the nations have invaded your
inheritance;
they have defiled your holy
temple,
they have reduced Jerusalem to
rubble.
2 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.
3 They have poured out blood like
water
all around Jerusalem,
and there is no one to bury the
dead.
4 We are objects of contempt to our
neighbors,
of scorn and derision to those around
us.
5 How
long, Lord? Will you be
angry forever?
How long will your jealousy burn like
fire?
6 Pour out your wrath on the
nations
that do not acknowledge you,
on the kingdoms
that do not call on your name;
7 for they have
devoured Jacob
and devastated his homeland.
8 Do not hold
against us the sins of past generations;
may your mercy come quickly to meet
us,
for we are in desperate need.
9 Help us, God our Savior,
for the glory of your name;
deliver us and forgive our
sins
for your name’s sake.
10 Why should the nations say,
“Where is their God?”
Before our eyes, make
known among the nations
that you avenge the outpoured blood of
your servants.
11 May the groans of the prisoners come
before you;
with your strong arm preserve those condemned to
die.
12 Pay back into the laps of our
neighbors seven times
the contempt they have hurled at you,
Lord.
13 Then we your people, the sheep of your
pasture,
will praise you forever;
from generation to
generation
we will proclaim your praise.