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Psalm 79
A psalm of Asaph.
O God, the nations have invaded your inheritance;
they have defiled your holy temple,
they have reduced Jerusalem to rubble.
A psalm of Asaph.
O God, the nations have invaded your inheritance;
they have defiled your holy temple,
they have reduced Jerusalem to rubble.
How Long, O Lord?
{A Psalm of Asaph.} O God, the nations are come into thine inheritance: thy holy temple have they defiled; they have laid Jerusalem in heaps.
{A Psalm of Asaph.} O God, the nations are come into thine inheritance: thy holy temple have they defiled; they have laid Jerusalem in heaps.
They have left the dead bodies of your servants
as food for the birds of the sky,
the flesh of your own people for the animals of the wild.
as food for the birds of the sky,
the flesh of your own people for the animals of the wild.
The dead bodies of thy servants have they given to be meat unto the fowl of the heavens, the flesh of thy saints unto the beasts of the earth:
They have poured out blood like water
all around Jerusalem,
and there is no one to bury the dead.
all around Jerusalem,
and there is no one to bury the dead.
Their blood have they shed like water round about Jerusalem, and there was none to bury [them].
We are objects of contempt to our neighbors,
of scorn and derision to those around us.
of scorn and derision to those around us.
We are become a reproach to our neighbours, a mockery and a derision to them that are round about us.
How long, Lord? Will you be angry forever?
How long will your jealousy burn like fire?
How long will your jealousy burn like fire?
How long, O Jehovah? wilt thou be angry for ever? Shall thy jealousy burn like fire?
Pour out your wrath on the nations
that do not acknowledge you,
on the kingdoms
that do not call on your name;
that do not acknowledge you,
on the kingdoms
that do not call on your name;
Pour out thy fury upon the nations that have not known thee, and upon the kingdoms that call not upon thy name:
for they have devoured Jacob
and devastated his homeland.
and devastated his homeland.
For they have devoured Jacob, and laid waste his habitation.
Do not hold against us the sins of past generations;
may your mercy come quickly to meet us,
for we are in desperate need.
may your mercy come quickly to meet us,
for we are in desperate need.
Remember not against us the iniquities of [our] forefathers; let thy tender mercies speedily come to meet us: for we are brought very low.
Help us, God our Savior,
for the glory of your name;
deliver us and forgive our sins
for your name’s sake.
for the glory of your name;
deliver us and forgive our sins
for your name’s sake.
Help us, O God of our salvation, because of the glory of thy name; and deliver us, and forgive our sins, for thy name's sake.
Why should the nations say,
“Where is their God?”
Before our eyes, make known among the nations
that you avenge the outpoured blood of your servants.
“Where is their God?”
Before our eyes, make known among the nations
that you avenge the outpoured blood of your servants.
Wherefore should the nations say, Where is their God? Let the avenging of the blood of thy servants that is shed be known among the nations in our sight.
May the groans of the prisoners come before you;
with your strong arm preserve those condemned to die.
with your strong arm preserve those condemned to die.
Let the groaning of the prisoner come before thee; according to the greatness of thine arm, preserve those that are appointed to die;
Pay back into the laps of our neighbors seven times
the contempt they have hurled at you, Lord.
the contempt they have hurled at you, Lord.
And render unto our neighbours, sevenfold into their bosom, their reproach, wherewith they have reproached thee, O Lord.