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.