1  O God, ^zthe nations have come into your ^ainheritance;

they have defiled your ^bholy temple;

they have ^claid Jerusalem in ruins.

2  They have given ^dthe bodies of your servants

to the birds of the heavens for food,

the flesh of your ^efaithful to ^fthe beasts of the earth.

3  They have poured out their blood like water

all around Jerusalem,

and there was ^gno one to bury them.

4  We have become ^ha taunt to our neighbors,

^hmocked and derided by those around us.

5  ⁱHow long, O Lord? Will you be angry ^jforever?

Will your ^kjealousy ^lburn like fire?

6  ^mPour out your anger on the nations

that ⁿdo not know you,

and on the kingdoms

that ^odo not call upon your name!

7  For they have devoured Jacob

and laid waste his habitation.

8  ^pDo not remember against us ^qour former iniquities;¹

let your compassion come speedily to meet us,

for we are ^rbrought very low.

9  ^sHelp us, O God of our salvation,

for the glory of your name;

deliver us, and ^tatone for our sins,

for your ^uname’s sake!

10  ^vWhy should the nations say,

“Where is their God?”

Let ^wthe avenging of the outpoured blood of your servants

be known among the nations before our eyes!

11  Let ^xthe groans of the prisoners come before you;

according to your great power, preserve those ^ydoomed to die!

12  Return ^zsevenfold into the ^alap of our neighbors

the ^btaunts with which they have taunted you, O Lord!

13  But we your people, the ^csheep of your pasture,

will ^dgive thanks to you forever;

from generation to generation we will recount your praise.

1  Give ear, O Shepherd of Israel,

you who lead ^gJoseph like ^ha flock.

You who are ⁱenthroned upon the cherubim, ^jshine forth.

2  Before ^kEphraim and Benjamin and Manasseh,

^lstir up your might

and ^mcome to save us!

3  ⁿRestore us,² O God;

^olet your face shine, that we may be saved!

4  O ^pLord God of hosts,

^qhow long will you be angry with your people’s prayers?

5  You have fed them with ^rthe bread of tears

and given them tears to drink in full measure.

6  ^sYou make us an object of contention for our ^sneighbors,

and our enemies laugh among themselves.

7  ⁿRestore us, O God of hosts;

let your face shine, that we may be saved!

8  You brought ^ta vine out of Egypt;

you ^udrove out the nations and planted it.

9  You ^vcleared the ground for it;

it took deep root and filled the land.

10  The mountains were covered with its shade,

the mighty cedars with its branches.

11  It sent out its branches to ^wthe sea

and its shoots to ^wthe River.³

12  Why then have you ^xbroken down its walls,

so that all who pass along the way pluck its fruit?

13  ^yThe boar from the forest ravages it,

and all that move in the field feed on it.

14  Turn again, O God of hosts!

^zLook down from heaven, and see;

have regard for this vine,

15  the stock that your right hand planted,

and for the son whom you made strong for yourself.

16  They have ^aburned it with fire; they have ^acut it down;

may they perish at ^bthe rebuke of your face!

17  But ^clet your hand be on the man of your right hand,

the son of man whom you have made strong for yourself!

18  Then we shall not turn back from you;

^dgive us life, and we will call upon your name!

19  ^eRestore us, O Lord God of hosts!

Let your face shine, that we may be saved!

1  ^hSing aloud to God our strength;

ⁱshout for joy to the God of Jacob!

2  Raise a song; sound ^jthe tambourine,

^kthe sweet lyre with ^kthe harp.

3  Blow the trumpet at ^lthe new moon,

at the full moon, on our feast day.

4  For it is a statute for Israel,

a rule⁵ of the God of Jacob.

5  He made it ^ma decree in ⁿJoseph

when he ^owent out over⁶ the land of Egypt.

^pI hear a language ^qI had not known:

6  “I ^rrelieved your⁷ shoulder of ^sthe burden;

your hands were freed from the basket.

7  In distress you ^tcalled, and I delivered you;

I ^uanswered you in the secret place of thunder;

I ^vtested you at the waters of Meribah. Selah

8  ^wHear, O my people, while I admonish you!

O Israel, if you would but listen to me!

9  There shall be no ^xstrange god among you;

you shall not bow down to a ^yforeign god.

10  ^zI am the Lord your God,

who brought you up out of the land of Egypt.

^aOpen your mouth wide, and I will fill it.

11  “But my people did not listen to my voice;

Israel ^bwould not submit to me.

12  So I ^cgave them over to their ^dstubborn hearts,

to follow their own ^ecounsels.

13  ^fOh, that my people would listen to me,

that Israel would ^gwalk in my ways!

14  I would soon subdue their enemies

and ^hturn my hand against their foes.

15  Those who hate the Lord would ⁱcringe toward him,

and their fate would last forever.

16  But he would feed you⁸ with ^jthe finest of the wheat,

and with ^khoney from the rock I would satisfy you.”

1  ^mGod ⁿhas taken his place in the divine council;

in the midst of ^pthe gods he ^qholds judgment:

2  “How long will you judge unjustly

and ^rshow partiality to ^sthe wicked? Selah

3  ^tGive justice to ^uthe weak and the fatherless;

^vmaintain the right of the afflicted and the destitute.

4  ^wRescue the weak and the needy;

^xdeliver them from the hand of the wicked.”

5  ^yThey have neither knowledge nor understanding,

^zthey walk about in darkness;

^aall the foundations of the earth are ^bshaken.

6  ^cI said, “You are gods,

sons of the Most High, all of you;

7  nevertheless, like men ^dyou shall die,

and fall like any prince.”⁹

8  ^eArise, O God, judge the earth;

for you shall ^finherit all the nations!