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<> God, the nations have come into your inheritance. They have defiled your holy temple. They have laid Jerusalem in heaps.

Help us, God of our salvation, for the glory of your name. Deliver us, and forgive our sins, for your name's sake.

Why should the nations say, "Where is their God?" Let it be known among the nations, before our eyes, That vengeance for your servants' blood is being poured out.

Turn us again, God. Cause your face to shine, And we will be saved.

Yahweh God of hosts, How long will you be angry against the prayer of your people?

Turn us again, God of hosts. Cause your face to shine, And we will be saved.

Turn again, we beg you, God of hosts. Look down from heaven, and see, and visit this vine,

Turn us again, Yahweh God of hosts. Cause your face to shine, and we will be saved.

< > Sing aloud to God, our strength! Make a joyful noise to the God of Jacob!

For it is a statute for Israel, An ordinance of the God of Jacob.

There shall be no strange god in you, Neither shall you worship any foreign god.

I am Yahweh, your God, Who brought you up out of the land of Egypt. Open your mouth wide, and I will fill it.

<> God presides in the great assembly. He judges among the gods.

Arise, God, judge the earth, For you inherit all of the nations.

<> God, don't keep silent. Don't keep silent, and don't be still, God.

My God, make them like tumbleweed; Like chaff before the wind.

My soul longs, and even faints for the courts of Yahweh. My heart and my flesh cry out for the living God.

Yes, the sparrow has found a home, And the swallow a nest for herself, where she may have her young, Near your altars, Yahweh of Hosts, My King, and my God.

They go from strength to strength. Everyone of them appears before God in Zion.

Yahweh, God of hosts, hear my prayer. Listen, God of Jacob. Selah.