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The dead bodies of Your servants
    they have given to the birds of the sky for food
    and the flesh of Your faithful to the animals of the land.
Their blood they have poured out like water
    all around Jerusalem,
    and there was no one to bury them.
We have become a reproach to our neighbors,
    a scorn and derision to those who are around us.

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They have left the dead bodies of your servants
    as food for the birds of the sky,(A)
    the flesh of your own people for the animals of the wild.(B)
They have poured out blood like water
    all around Jerusalem,
    and there is no one to bury(C) the dead.(D)
We are objects of contempt to our neighbors,
    of scorn(E) and derision to those around us.(F)

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