1 [A Psalm of Asaph.] O God, the nations are come into thine inheritance: thy holy temple have they defiled; they have laid Jerusalem in heaps.2 The dead bodies of thy servants have they given to be meat unto the fowl of the heavens, the flesh of thy saints unto the beasts of the earth:3 Their blood have they shed like water round about Jerusalem, and there was none to bury {them}.4 We are become a reproach to our neighbours, a mockery and a derision to them that are round about us.5 How long, O Jehovah? wilt thou be angry for ever? Shall thy jealousy burn like fire?6 Pour out thy fury upon the nations that have not known thee, and upon the kingdoms that call not upon thy name:7 For they have devoured Jacob, and laid waste his habitation.8 Remember not against us the iniquities of {our} forefathers; let thy tender mercies speedily come to meet us: for we are brought very low.9 Help us, O God of our salvation, because of the glory of thy name; and deliver us, and forgive our sins, for thy name's sake.10 Wherefore should the nations say, Where is their God? Let the avenging of the blood of thy servants that is shed be known among the nations in our sight.11 Let the groaning of the prisoner come before thee; according to the greatness of thine arm, preserve those that are appointed to die;12 And render unto our neighbours, sevenfold into their bosom, their reproach, wherewith they have reproached thee, O Lord.13 And we, thy people and the sheep of thy pasture, will give thanks unto thee for ever; we will shew forth thy praise from generation to generation.

1 'n Psalm van Asaf. o God, heidene het gekom in u erfdeel, hulle het u heilige tempel verontreinig, Jerusalem tot puinhope gemaak.2 Hulle het die lyke van u knegte aan die voëls van die hemel tot spys gegee, die vlees van u gunsgenote aan die wilde diere van die land.3 Hulle het hulle bloed rondom Jerusalem soos water uitgegiet sonder dat iemand hulle begrawe.4 Ons het vir ons bure 'n smaad geword, 'n spot en beskimping vir die wat rondom ons is.5 Hoe lank, HERE, sal U vir ewig toornig wees, sal u ywer brand soos 'n vuur?6 Stort u grimmigheid uit oor die heidene wat U nie ken nie, en oor die koninkryke wat u Naam nie aanroep nie.7 Want hulle het Jakob verteer en sy woning verwoes.8 Reken ons die ongeregtighede van die voorvaders nie toe nie; laat u barmhartighede ons gou tegemoetkom, want ons is baie swak.9 Help ons, o God van ons heil, om die eer van u Naam, en red ons en doen versoening oor ons sondes ter wille van u Naam.10 Waarom sou die heidene sê: Waar is hulle God? Laat voor ons oë onder die heidene bekend word die wraak oor die vergote bloed van u knegte.11 Laat die gesug van die gevangene voor u aangesig kom; laat die kinders van die dood oorbly na die grootheid van u arm.12 En vergeld ons bure sewevoudig in hulle skoot die smaad waarmee hulle U, o Here, gesmaad het.13 En ons, u volk en die skape van u weide, ons sal U vir ewig loof, van geslag tot geslag sal ons u lof vertel.