1 O God, the heathen have come into thy inheritance;

they have defiled thy holy temple;

they have laid Jerusalem in ruins.

2 They have given the bodies of thy servants

to the birds of the air for food,

the flesh of thy saints to the beasts of the earth.

3 They have poured out their blood like water

round about Jerusalem,

and there was none to bury them.

4 We have become a taunt to our neighbors,

mocked and derided by those round about us.

5 How long, O Lord? Wilt thou be angry for ever?

Will thy jealous wrath burn like fire?