Good News Translation
They begged the Lord to help his people, now trampled under foot by all nations, to take pity on the Temple, now defiled by pagans,

New Revised Standard Version
They implored the Lord to look upon the people who were oppressed by all; and to have pity on the temple that had been profaned by the godless;

Contemporary English Version
Afterwards, they prayed: Our Lord, we've been horribly abused by everyone! Please have pity on us and on your temple that these godless foreigners have made unfit for worship.

New American Bible
They implored the Lord to look kindly upon this people, who were being oppressed by all; to have pity on the sanctuary, which was profaned by renegades;

Douay-Rheims Bible
And they called upon the Lord, that he would look upon his people that was trodden down by all and would have pity on the temple, that was defiled by the wicked:

And they called upon the Lord, that he would look upon his people that was trodden down by all and would have pity on the temple, that was defiled by the wicked:

2 Maccabees 7:42
But now there is enough said of the sacrifices and of the excessive cruelties.

2 Maccabees 8:1
But Judas Machabeus, and they that were with him, went privately into the towns: and calling together their kinsmen and friends, and taking unto them such as continued in the Jews' religion, they assembled six thousand men.

2 Maccabees 8:3
That he would have pity also upon the city that was destroyed, that was ready to be made even with the ground, and would hear the voice of the blood that cried to him:

2 Maccabees 8:4
That he would remember also the most unjust deaths of innocent children, and the blasphemies offered to his name, and would shew his indignation on this occasion.