41 lines
1.6 KiB
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41 lines
1.6 KiB
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## How Long, O Yahweh?
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###### 1
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O God, the nations have come into Your inheritance; They have defiled Your holy temple; They have laid Jerusalem in ruins.
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###### 2
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They have given the dead bodies of Your slaves for food to the birds of the heavens, The flesh of Your holy ones to the beasts of the earth.
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###### 3
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They have poured out their blood like water round about Jerusalem; And there was no one to bury them.
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###### 4
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We have become a reproach to our neighbors, A mockery and derision to those around us.
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###### 5
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How long, O Yahweh? Will You be angry forever? Will Your jealousy burn like fire?
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###### 6
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Pour out Your wrath upon the nations which do not know You, And upon the kingdoms which do not call upon Your name.
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###### 7
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For they have devoured Jacob And laid waste his abode.
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###### 8
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Do not remember _our_ former iniquities against us; Let Your compassion quickly approach us, For we are brought very low.
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###### 9
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Help us, O God of our salvation, for the glory of Your name; And deliver us and atone for our sins for Your name's sake.
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###### 10
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Why should the nations say, "Where is their God?" Let it be known among the nations before our eyes: Vengeance for the blood of Your slaves which has been poured out.
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###### 11
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Let the groaning of the prisoner come before You; According to the greatness of Your power preserve those who are doomed to die.
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###### 12
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And return to our neighbors sevenfold into their bosom The reproach with which they have reproached You, O Lord.
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###### 13
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But as for us, as Your people and the sheep of Your pasture, We will give thanks to You forever; From generation to generation we will recount Your praise.
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