1. A psalm for Asaph.O God, the heathens are come into thy inheritance, they have defiled thy holy temple: they have made Jerusalem as a place to keep fruit.
2. They have given the dead bodies of thy servants to be meat for the fowls of the air: the flesh of thy saints for the beasts of the earth.
3. They have poured out their blood as water, round about Jerusalem and there was none to bury them.
4. We are become a reproach to our neighbours: a scorn and derision to them that are round about us.
5. How long, O Lord, wilt thou be angry for ever: shall thy zeal be kindled like a fire?
6. Pour out thy wrath upon the nations that have not known thee: and upon the kingdoms that have not called upon thy name.
7. Because they have devoured Jacob; and have laid waste his place.
8. Remember not our former iniquities: let thy mercies speedily prevent us, for we are become exceeding poor.