The Psalms (WEB)

Psalm 79

A Psalm by Asaph.

 ^79:1God, the nations have come into your inheritance.
      They have defiled your holy temple.
      They have laid Jerusalem in heaps.

 ^79:2They have given the dead bodies of your servants to be food for the birds of the sky,
      The flesh of your saints to the animals of the earth.

 ^79:3Their blood they have shed like water around Jerusalem.
      There was no one to bury them.

 ^79:4We have become a reproach to our neighbors,
      A scoffing and derision to those who are around us.

 ^79:5How long, Yahweh? Will you be angry forever?
      Will your jealousy burn like fire?

 ^79:6Pour out your wrath on the nations that don't know you;
      On the kingdoms that don't call on your names;

 ^79:7For they have devoured Jacob,
      And destroyed his homeland.

 ^79:8Don't hold the iniquities of our forefathers against us.
      Let your tender mercies speedily meet us,
      For we are in desperate need.

 ^79:9Help us, God of our salvation, for the glory of your name.
      Deliver us, and forgive our sins, for your name's sake.

 ^79:10Why should the nations say, "Where is their God?"
      Let it be known among the nations, before our eyes,
      That vengeance for your servants' blood is being poured out.

 ^79:11Let the sighing of the prisoner come before you.
      According to the greatness of your power, preserve those who are sentenced to death;

 ^79:12Pay back to our neighbors seven times into their bosom
      Their reproach with which they have reproached you, Lord.

 ^79:13So we, your people and sheep of your pasture,
      Will give you thanks forever.
      We will praise you forever, to all generations.

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