My [only] sacrifice [acceptable] to God is a broken spirit;
A broken and contrite heart [broken with sorrow for sin, thoroughly penitent], such, O God, You will not despise.

O God, You have rejected us and cast us off. You have broken [down our defenses and scattered] us;
You have been angry; O restore us and turn again to us.

Why have You broken down its walls and hedges,
So that all who pass by pick its fruit?

You have broken down all his [city] walls;
You have brought his strongholds to ruin.