1  O God, ^zthe nations have come into your ^ainheritance;

they have defiled your ^bholy temple;

they have ^claid Jerusalem in ruins.

2  They have given ^dthe bodies of your servants

to the birds of the heavens for food,

the flesh of your ^efaithful to ^fthe beasts of the earth.

3  They have poured out their blood like water

all around Jerusalem,

and there was ^gno one to bury them.

4  We have become ^ha taunt to our neighbors,

^hmocked and derided by those around us.

5  ⁱHow long, O Lord? Will you be angry ^jforever?

Will your ^kjealousy ^lburn like fire?

6  ^mPour out your anger on the nations

that ⁿdo not know you,

and on the kingdoms

that ^odo not call upon your name!

7  For they have devoured Jacob

and laid waste his habitation.

8  ^pDo not remember against us ^qour former iniquities;¹

let your compassion come speedily to meet us,

for we are ^rbrought very low.

9  ^sHelp us, O God of our salvation,

for the glory of your name;

deliver us, and ^tatone for our sins,

for your ^uname’s sake!

10  ^vWhy should the nations say,

“Where is their God?”

Let ^wthe avenging of the outpoured blood of your servants

be known among the nations before our eyes!

11  Let ^xthe groans of the prisoners come before you;

according to your great power, preserve those ^ydoomed to die!

12  Return ^zsevenfold into the ^alap of our neighbors

the ^btaunts with which they have taunted you, O Lord!

13  But we your people, the ^csheep of your pasture,

will ^dgive thanks to you forever;

from generation to generation we will recount your praise.

^z“The Lord came from Sinai

and dawned from Seir upon us;¹

he shone forth from Mount Paran;

he came ^afrom the ten thousands of holy ones,

with flaming fire² at his right hand.

3  Yes, ^bhe loved his people,³

^call his holy ones were in his⁴ hand;

^dso they followed⁵ in your steps,

receiving direction from you,

4  when ^eMoses commanded us a law,

as a possession for the assembly of Jacob.

5  Thus the Lord^{6 f}became king in ^gJeshurun,

when the heads of the people were gathered,

all the tribes of Israel together.

6  ^h“Let Reuben live, and not die,

but let his men be few.”

“Hear, O Lord, the voice of Judah,

and bring him in to his people.

With your hands contend⁷ for him,

and be a help against his adversaries.”

“Give to Levi^{8 j}your Thummim,

and your Urim to your godly one,

^kwhom you tested at Massah,

with whom you quarreled at the waters of Meribah;

9  who said of his father and mother,

‘I regard them not’;

^lhe disowned his brothers

and ignored his children.

For ^mthey observed your word

and kept your covenant.

10  ⁿThey shall teach Jacob your rules

and Israel your law;

^othey shall put incense before you

and ^pwhole burnt offerings on your altar.

11  Bless, O Lord, his substance,

and ^qaccept the work of his hands;

crush the loins of his adversaries,

of those who hate him, that they rise not again.”

“The beloved of the Lord dwells in safety.

The High God⁹ surrounds him all day long,

and dwells between his shoulders.”

^t“Blessed by the Lord be his land,

with the choicest gifts of heaven ^uabove,¹⁰

and of the deep that crouches beneath,

14  with the choicest fruits of the sun

and the rich yield of the months,

15  with the finest produce of the ancient mountains

and the abundance of ^vthe everlasting hills,

16  with the best gifts of the earth and ^wits fullness

and the favor of ^xhim who dwells in the bush.

May these rest on the head of Joseph,

on the pate of him who is prince among his brothers.

17  ^yA firstborn bull¹¹—he has majesty,

and his horns are the horns of a ^zwild ox;

with them ^ahe shall gore the peoples,

all of them, to the ends of the earth;

^bthey are the ten thousands of Ephraim,

and they are the thousands of Manasseh.”

^c“Rejoice, Zebulun, in your going out,

and Issachar, in your tents.

19  They shall call peoples ^dto their mountain;

there they offer ^eright sacrifices;

for they draw from the abundance of the seas

and the hidden treasures of the sand.”

“Blessed be he who enlarges Gad!

Gad crouches ^glike a lion;

he tears off arm and scalp.

21  ^hHe chose the best of the land for himself,

for there a commander’s portion was reserved;

and ⁱhe came with the heads of the people,

with Israel he executed the justice of the Lord,

and his judgments for Israel.”

^k“Dan is a lion’s cub

^lthat leaps from Bashan.”

“O Naphtali, sated with favor,

and full of the blessing of the Lord,

ⁿpossess the lake¹² and the south.”

“Most blessed of sons be Asher;

let him be the favorite of his brothers,

and let him ^pdip his foot in oil.

25  Your bars shall be iron and bronze,

and as your days, so shall your strength be.

26  ^q“There is none like God, O ^rJeshurun,

^swho rides through the heavens to your help,

through the skies in his majesty.

27  The eternal God is your ^tdwelling place,¹³

and underneath are the everlasting arms.¹⁴

And he thrust out the enemy before you

and said, ‘Destroy.’

28  So Israel lived in safety,

^uJacob lived ^valone,¹⁵

in a land of grain and wine,

whose heavens drop down dew.

29  Happy are you, O Israel! ^wWho is like you,

a people ^xsaved by the Lord,

^ythe shield of your help,

and the sword of your triumph!

Your enemies shall come fawning to you,

and you shall tread upon their backs.”