¹God, the nations have come into your inheritance. They have defiled your holy temple. They have laid Jerusalem in heaps.

¹(En Salme af Asaf.) Hedninger er trængt ind i din arvelod, Gud de har besmittet dit hellige Tempel og gjort Jerusalem til en Stenhob;

²They have given the dead bodies of your servants to be food for the birds of the sky, the flesh of your saints to the animals of the earth.

²de har givet Himlens Fugle dine Tjeneres Lig til Æde, Jordens vilde Dyr dine frommes Kød;

³Their blood they have shed like water around Jerusalem. There was no one to bury them.

³deres Blod har de udøst som Vand omkring Jerusalem, ingen jorder dem;

⁴We have become a reproach to our neighbors, a scoffing and derision to those who are around us.

⁴vore Naboer er vi til Hån, vore Grander til Spot og Spe.

⁵How long, Yahweh? Will you be angry forever? Will your jealousy burn like fire?

⁵Hvor længe vredes du, HERRE - for evigt? hvor længe skal din Nidkærhed lue som Ild?

⁶Pour out your wrath on the nations that don’t know you; on the kingdoms that don’t call on your name;

⁶Udøs din Vrede på Folk, der ikke kender dig, på Riger, som ikke påkalder dit Navn;

⁷For they have devoured Jacob, and destroyed his homeland.

⁷thi de har opædt Jakob og lagt hans Bolig øde.

⁸Don’t hold the iniquities of our forefathers against us. Let your tender mercies speedily meet us, for we are in desperate need.

⁸Tilregn os ikke Fædrenes Brøde, lad din Barmhjertighed komme os snarlig i Møde, thi vi er såre ringe,

⁹Help us, God of our salvation, for the glory of your name. Deliver us, and forgive our sins, for your name’s sake.

⁹Hjælp os, vor Frelses Gud, for dit Navns Æres Skyld, fri os, forlad vore Synder for dit Navns Skyld!

¹⁰Why 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.

¹⁰Hvorfor skal Hedninger sige: "Hvor er deres Gud?" Lad dine Tjeneres udgydt Blod blive hævnet på Hedningerne for vore Øjne!

¹¹Let the sighing of the prisoner come before you. According to the greatness of your power, preserve those who are sentenced to death.

¹¹Lad de fangnes Suk nå hen for dit Åsyn, udløs Dødens Børn efter din Arms Vælde,

¹²Pay back to our neighbors seven times into their bosom their reproach with which they have reproached you, Lord.

¹²lad syvfold Gengæld ramme vore Naboer for Hånen, de viser dig, Herre!

¹³So we, your people and sheep of your pasture, will give you thanks forever. We will praise you forever, to all generations.

¹³Men vi dit Folk og den Hjord, du røgter, vi vil evindelig takke dig, forkynde din Pris fra Slægt til Slægt!