2 Maccabees

2 Maccabees 8:2

καὶ ἐπεκαλοῦντο τὸν κύριον ἐπιδεῖν τὸν ὑπὸ πάντων καταπατούμενον λαόν, οἰκτῖραι δὲ καὶ τὸν ναὸν τὸν ὑπὸ τῶν ἀσεβῶν ἀνθρώπων βεβηλωθέντα,
King James Version (KJV)

And they called upon the Lord, that he would look upon the people that was trodden down of all; and also pity the temple profaned of ungodly men;

Modern English

They called on the Lord to look upon his people, trampled down by everyone, and to have pity on the temple that ungodly men had defiled,

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