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.
— Psalm 79:1-8