A Prayer for Deliverance (Psalm 74:1–23; Jeremiah 52:1–11)
1 ULT A psalm. Of Asaph. God, nations have come into your inheritance; they have defiled the temple of your holiness; they have made Jerusalem into heaps. BSB BSB: A Psalm of Asaph. The nations, O God, have invaded Your inheritance; they have defiled Your holy temple and reduced Jerusalem to rubble.
2 ULT They have given the corpse of your servants{ as} food to the bird of the heavens, the flesh of your faithful to the beast of the earth. BSB BSB: They have given the corpses of Your servants as food to the birds of the air, the flesh of Your saints to the beasts of the earth.
3 ULT They have poured out their blood like water around Jerusalem, and there is no burying. BSB BSB: They have poured out their blood like water all around Jerusalem, and there is no one to bury the dead.
4 ULT We have become a reproach to our neighbors, scorn and derision to the ones around us. BSB BSB: We have become a reproach to our neighbors, a scorn and derision to those around us.
5 ULT Until when, Yahweh? Will you be angry forever? Will your jealousy burn like fire? BSB BSB: How long, O LORD? Will You be angry forever? Will Your jealousy burn like fire?
6 ULT Pour out your wrath on the nations that have not known you and on the kingdoms that have not called on your name. BSB BSB: Pour out Your wrath on the nations that do not acknowledge You, on the kingdoms that refuse to call on Your name,
7 ULT For one has devoured Jacob, and they have desolated his habitation. BSB BSB: for they have devoured Jacob and devastated his homeland.
8 ULT Do not remember former iniquities against us; hasten, let your compassions meet us, for we have become very weak. BSB BSB: Do not hold past sins against us; let Your compassion come quickly, for we are brought low.
9 ULT Help us, God of our salvation, on account of the glory of your name, and deliver us and cover over our sins for the sake of your name. BSB BSB: Help us, O God of our salvation, for the glory of Your name; deliver us and atone for our sins, for the sake of Your name.
10 ULT Why should the nations say,“Where{ is} their God?” Let the vengeance of the poured- out blood of your servants be known among the nations to our eyes. BSB BSB: Why should the nations ask, “Where is their God?” Before our eyes, make known among the nations Your vengeance for the bloodshed of Your servants.
11 ULT Let the groaning of the prisoner come to your face; according to the greatness of your arm, preserve the sons of death. BSB BSB: May the groans of the captives reach You; by the strength of Your arm preserve those condemned to death.
12 ULT And return to our neighbors sevenfold, into their bosom, their reproach{ with} which they have reproached you, Lord. BSB BSB: Pay back into the laps of our neighbors sevenfold the reproach they hurled at You, O Lord.
13 ULT And we, your people and the flock of your pasture, will give thanks to you forever; to generation and generation we will recount your praise. BSB BSB: Then we Your people, the sheep of Your pasture, will thank You forever; from generation to generation we will declare Your praise.
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