Catholic Public Domain Version
"They have placed the dead bodies of your servants as food for the birds of the sky, the flesh of your saints for the beasts of the earth. "
— Psalms 78:2, Catholic Public Domain Version
“I will open my mouth in a parable: I will utter dark sayings of old:”
“I will open my mouth in a parable; I will utter dark sayings of old, ”
“I will open my mouth in a parable. I will utter dark sayings of old,”
“I will sing a song that imparts wisdom; I will make insightful observations about the past.”
“They have given the dead bodies of thy servants to be meat for the fowls of the air: the flesh of thy saints for the beasts of the earth.”
“Opening my mouth I will give out a story, even the dark sayings of old times;”
“I will open my mouth in a parable: I will utter dark sayings of old:”
A Psalm of Asaph. O God, the Gentiles have entered into your inheritance; they have polluted your holy temple. They have set Jerusalem as a place to tend fruit trees.
They have placed the dead bodies of your servants as food for the birds of the sky, the flesh of your saints for the beasts of the earth.
They have poured out their blood like water all around Jerusalem, and there was no one who would bury them.
We have become a disgrace to our neighbors, an object of ridicule and mockery to those who are around us.
How long, O Lord? Will you be angry until the end? Will your zeal be kindled like a fire?