微读圣经

1God, the nations have invaded Your inheritance,

desecrated Your holy temple,

and turned Jerusalem into ruins. Jr 26:18; Lm 1:10; Mc 3:12

2They gave the corpses of Your servants

to the birds of the sky for food,

the flesh of Your godly ones

to the beasts of the earth. Dt 28:26; Jr 7:33; 16:4

3They poured out their blood

like water all around Jerusalem,

and there was no one to bury them. Jr 14:16; 16:4; 22:19

4We have become an object of reproach

to our neighbors,

a source of mockery and ridicule

to those around us. Ps 44:13-14; 80:6; Dn 9:16

5How long, Yahweh? Will You be angry forever?

Will Your jealousy keep burning like fire? Ps 74:10; 78:58; 80:4

6Pour out Your wrath on the nations

that don’t acknowledge You,

on the kingdoms that don’t call on Your name, Ps 14:4; Jr 10:25

7for they have devoured Jacob

and devastated his homeland. Ps 53:4

8Do not hold past sins Or hold the sins of past generations against us;

let Your compassion come to us quickly,

for we have become weak. Ps 142:6; Is 64:9

9God of our salvation, help us 1Ch 16:35; Ps 85:4 —

for the glory of Your name.

Deliver us and atone for Or and wipe out, or and forgive our sins,

because of Your name. Ps 25:11; 106:8; Jr 14:7

10Why should the nations ask,

“Where is their God? ” Ps 42:3,10; 115:2

Before our eyes,

let vengeance for the shed blood of Your servants

be known among the nations. Dt 32:43; Ps 94:1-2; Jr 46:10

11Let the groans of the prisoners reach You;

according to Your great power,

preserve those condemned to die. Ps 102:20

12Pay back sevenfold to our neighbors Lv 26:21,28

the reproach they have hurled at You, Lord. Ps 74:10,18,22

13Then we, Your people, the sheep of Your pasture, Ps 74:1; 100:3

will thank You forever;

we will declare Your praise

to generation after generation. Ps 89:1; Is 43:21