A Psalm of Asaph.
A Prayer for Deliverance
Psalm 74:1–23; Jeremiah 52:1–11
1The nations, O God, have invaded Your inheritance; they have defiled Your holy temple and reduced Jerusalem to rubble.+ 2They have given the corpses of Your servants as food to the birds of the air, the flesh of Your saints to the beasts of the earth.+ 3They have poured out their blood like water all around Jerusalem, and there is no one to bury the dead.+ 4We have become a reproach to our neighbors, a scorn and derision to those around us.+ 5How long, O LORD? Will You be angry forever? Will Your jealousy burn like fire?+ 6Pour out Your wrath on the nations that do not acknowledge You, on the kingdoms that refuse to call on Your name,+ 7for they have devoured Jacob and devastated his homeland.+ 8Do not hold past sins against us; let Your compassion come quickly, for we are brought low.+ 9Help us, O God of our salvation, for the glory of Your name; deliver us and atone for our sins, for the sake of Your name.+ 10Why should the nations ask, “Where is their God?” Before our eyes, make known among the nations Your vengeance for the bloodshed of Your servants.+ 11May the groans of the captives reach You; by the strength of Your arm preserve those condemned to death.+ 12Pay back into the laps of our neighbors sevenfold the reproach they hurled at You, O Lord.+ 13Then we Your people, the sheep of Your pasture, will thank You forever; from generation to generation we will declare Your praise.+