1. God, some people from other nations came to fight your people. They ruined your holy Temple. They left Jerusalem in ruins.
2. They left the bodies of your servants for the wild birds to eat. They let wild animals eat the bodies of your followers.
3. Blood flowed like water all over Jerusalem. No one is left to bury the bodies.
4. The countries around us insult us. The people around us laugh at us and make fun of us.
5. Lord, will you be angry with us forever? Will your strong feelings continue to burn like a fire?
6. Turn your anger against the nations that do not know you, against the people who do not honor you as God.
7. Those nations killed Jacob’s family and destroyed their land.