Commentary on Psalms - Volume 5

1O God! come have the heathen into thy inheritance; They have polluted the temple of thy holiness; They have laid Jerusalem in heaps. [fowls of the heavens;

2They have given the dead bodies of thy servants for food to the fowls of the heavens; The flesh of thy meek ones to the beasts of the earth.

3They have shed their blood like water around Jerusalem: And there was not one to bury them

4We have been a reproach to our neighbors; A scorn and a derision to those who are around us.

5How long, O Jehovah! wilt thou be wroth for ever? Burn like fire shall thy jealousy?

6Pour out thy wrath upon the heathen who have not known thee, And upon the kingdoms which upon thy name do not call:

7For they have devoured Jacob, And his dwelling they have laid waste.

8Remember not against us former iniquities: Make haste, let thy compassions prevent us; For we are afflicted exceedingly.

9Help us, O God of our salvation! for the glory of thy name; And deliver us, and be merciful to our sins, for the sake of thy name.

10Wherefore should the heathen say, “Where is their God?” Let be made known among the heathen in our sight The vengeance of the blood of thy servants which is shed.

11Let the sighing of the prisoner come before thy face: According to the greatness of thy arm, Reserve the children of death: ³⁴⁹

12And recompense our neighbors sevenfold into their bosom, Their reproach with which they have reproached thee, O Jehovah!

13And we thy people, and the sheep of thy pastures, Will confess to thee for ever; From generation to generation declaring thy praise.