(A)Hear, O our God, how we are despised! (B)Return their reproach on their own heads and give them up for plunder in a land of captivity. Do not [a](C)forgive their iniquity and let not their sin be blotted out before You, for they have [b]demoralized the builders.

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Footnotes

  1. Nehemiah 4:5 Lit cover
  2. Nehemiah 4:5 Lit offended against

Remember, O Lord, against the sons of (A)Edom
The day of Jerusalem,
Who said, “Raze it, raze it
(B)To its very foundation.”
O daughter of Babylon, you [a](C)devastated one,
How blessed will be the one who (D)repays you
With [b]the recompense with which you have repaid us.

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 137:8 Or devastator
  2. Psalm 137:8 Lit your recompense