Psalms 79
79
A psalm of Asaph.
1O God, pagan nations have conquered your land,
your special possession.
They have defiled your holy Temple
and made Jerusalem a heap of ruins.
2They have left the bodies of your servants
as food for the birds of heaven.
The flesh of your godly ones
has become food for the wild animals.
3Blood has flowed like water all around Jerusalem;
no one is left to bury the dead.
4We are mocked by our neighbors,
an object of scorn and derision to those around us.
5O Lord, how long will you be angry with us? Forever?
How long will your jealousy burn like fire?
6Pour out your wrath on the nations that refuse to acknowledge you—
on kingdoms that do not call upon your name.
7For they have devoured your people Israel,#79:7 Hebrew devoured Jacob. See note on 44:4.
making the land a desolate wilderness.
8Do not hold us guilty for the sins of our ancestors!
Let your compassion quickly meet our needs,
for we are on the brink of despair.
9Help us, O God of our salvation!
Help us for the glory of your name.
Save us and forgive our sins
for the honor of your name.
10Why should pagan nations be allowed to scoff,
asking, “Where is their God?”
Show us your vengeance against the nations,
for they have spilled the blood of your servants.
11Listen to the moaning of the prisoners.
Demonstrate your great power by saving those condemned to die.
12O Lord, pay back our neighbors seven times
for the scorn they have hurled at you.
13Then we your people, the sheep of your pasture,
will thank you forever and ever,
praising your greatness from generation to generation.
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Psalms 79
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Psalm 79
A Psalm of Asaph.
1¶ O God, the Gentiles are come into thine inheritance; they have defiled the temple of thy holiness; they have laid Jerusalem on heaps.
2The dead bodies of thy slaves they have given to be food unto the fowls of the heavens, the flesh of thy saints unto the beasts of the earth.
3They have shed their blood like water round about Jerusalem, and there was no one to bury them.
4We are reproached by our neighbours, scorned, and derided by those that are round about us.
5How long, Lord? wilt thou be angry for ever? shall thy jealousy burn like fire?
6¶ Pour out thy wrath upon the Gentiles that do not know thee and upon the kingdoms that do not call upon thy name.
7For they have devoured Jacob and laid waste his dwelling place.
8O remember not against us former iniquities; let thy tender mercies speedily meet us on the way, for we are very poor.
9Help us, O God, our saving health, for the honor of thy name and deliver us and purge away our sins, for thy name’s sake.
10Why should the Gentiles say, Where is their God? let him be known among the Gentiles in our sight by the revenging of the blood of thy slaves which is shed.
11Let the sighing of the prisoners come before thee; according to the greatness of thy power preserve those that are appointed to die
12and render unto our neighbours sevenfold into their bosom their reproach, with which they have reproached thee, O Lord.
13So we thy people and sheep of thy pasture will give thee thanks for ever: from generation to generation we will sing thy praises.
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