A Psalmof Asaph. O God, the heathenare comeinto thine inheritance; thy holytemplehave they defiled; they have laidJerusalemon heaps. The dead bodiesof thy servantshave they given to be meatunto the fowlsof the heaven, the fleshof thy saintsunto the beastsof the earth. Their bloodhave they shedlike waterround aboutJerusalem; and there was noneto bury them . We are becomea reproachto our neighbors, a scornand derisionto them that are round aboutus. How long, LORD? wilt thou be angryforever? shall thy jealousyburnlikefire? Pour outthy wrathuponthe heathenthathave notknownthee, and uponthe kingdomsthathave notcalledupon thy name. Forthey have devouredJacob, and laid wastehis dwelling place. O remembernotagainst us formeriniquities: let thy tender merciesspeedilypreventus: forwe are brought very low. Helpus, O Godof our salvation, forthe gloryof thy name: and deliverus, and purge awayour sins, for thy name's sake. Whereforeshould the heathensay, Where is their God? let him be knownamong the heathenin our sight by the revengingof the bloodof thy servants which is shed. Let the sighingof the prisonercomebeforethee; according to the greatnessof thy powerpreservethou those that are appointedto die; And renderunto our neighborssevenfoldintotheir bosomtheir reproach, wherewiththey have reproachedthee, O Lord. So wethy peopleand sheepof thy pasturewill give thee thanksforever: we will show forththy praiseto all generations.