1Vajtswv, lwm haivneeg twb tuaj vij koj lub tebchaws lawm; lawv tuaj ua tsis huv rau koj lub Tuamtsev uas dawbhuv, thiab cia lub nroog Yeluxalees pob puas tas. 2Lawv cia koj haivneeg tej cev tuag rau dav npoj noj, thiab cia koj cov tubtxib tej cev tuag rau tej tsiaj qus noj. 3Lawv tua koj haivneeg tej ntshav tawm ntws cuag dej; ntshav ntws mus thoob plaws lub nroog Yeluxalees, thiab tsis muaj leejtwg faus cov neeg tuag ntawd li. 4Twb yog cov neeg uas nyob ibncig peb tuaj tsimtxom peb ntag; lawv luag peb plig thiab thuam peb lub npe kawg li.
5Tus TSWV, koj yuav chim rau peb mus ibtxhis li los? Koj txojkev chim yuav kub li hluavtaws mus tsis paub tuag li los? 6Cia koj txojkev chim mus rau haivneeg uas tsis pehawm koj, mus rau cov neeg uas tsis tsa ncauj thov koj. 7Vim lawv tau tuaj tua koj haivneeg tuag tas, thiab tau ua rau koj lub tebchaws puastsuaj tas lawm.
8Thov koj tsis txhob rau txim rau peb vim peb cov yawgkoob tej kev txhaum. Thov koj tshua peb; peb twb tas kev cia siab lawm. 9Vajtswv, thov pab peb thiab cawm peb; thov tso peb dim thiab zam peb tej kev txhaum kom koj tau koob meej. 10Vim li cas yuav cia lwm haivneeg nug peb hais tias, “Nej tus Vajtswv dua twg lawm?” Thov cia peb pom koj rau txim rau lwm haivneeg, vim lawv tuaj ua rau koj cov tubtxib nqaij ntuag ntshav nrog.
11Thov koj mloog cov neeg uas raug luag kaw tej suab quaj, thiab siv koj lub hwjchim tso cov neeg uas luag teem txim tuag rau lawv kom dim. 12Tus Tswv, thov koj ua xya npaug pauj rau cov neeg siab phem ntawd. Vim tej uas lawv tau ua txob thuam koj lub koob lub npe lawm. 13Ces peb cov uas yog koj haivneeg, pab yaj uas yog koj tug, yuav ua koj tsaug thiab qhuas koj lub npe mus ibtxhis li.
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A Dirge and a Prayer for Israel, Destroyed by Enemies
A Psalm of Asaph.
1O God, the nations have come into ⚓Your inheritance; Your holy temple they have defiled; ⚓They have laid Jerusalem in heaps. 2⚓The dead bodies of Your servants They have given as food for the birds of the heavens, The flesh of Your saints to the beasts of the earth. 3Their blood they have shed like water all around Jerusalem, And therewas no one to bury them. 4We have become a reproach to our ⚓neighbors, A scorn and derision to those who are around us. 5⚓How long, Lord? Will You be angry forever? Will Your ⚓jealousy burn like fire? 6⚓Pour out Your wrath on the nations that ⚓do not know You, And on the kingdoms that ⚓do not call on Your name. 7For they have devoured Jacob, And laid waste his dwelling place. 8⚓Oh, do not remember former iniquities against us! Let Your tender mercies come speedily to meet us, For we have been brought very low. 9Help us, O God of our salvation, For the glory of Your name; And deliver us, and provide atonement for our sins, ⚓For Your name’s sake! 10⚓Why should the nations say, “Where is their God?” Let there be known among the nations in our sight The avenging of the blood of Your servants whichhasbeen shed. 11Let ⚓the groaning of the prisoner come before You; According to the greatness of Your power Preserve those who are appointed to die; 12And return to our neighbors ⚓sevenfold into their bosom ⚓Their reproach with which they have reproached You, O Lord. 13So ⚓we, Your people and sheep of Your pasture, Will give You thanks forever; ⚓We will show forth Your praise to all generations.