Psalms 79
79
PSALM 79
Common Meter: 8,6,8,6
A Psalm of Asaph.
1O God, the heathen enter'd have
thine heritage; by them
Defiled is thy house: on heaps
they laid Jerusalem.
2The bodies of thy servants they
have cast forth to be meat
To rav'nous fowls; thy dear saints' flesh
they gave to beasts to eat.
3Their blood about Jerusalem
like water they have shed;
And there was none to bury them
when they were slain and dead.
4Unto our neighbours a reproach
most base become are we;
A scorn and laughingstock to them
that round about us be.
5How long, Lord, shall thine anger last?
wilt thou still keep the same?
And shall thy fervent jealousy
burn like unto a flame?
6On heathen pour thy fury forth,
that have thee never known,
And on those kingdoms which thy name
have never call'd upon.
7For these are they who Jacob have
devoured cruelly;
And they his habitation
have caused waste to lie.
8Against us mind not former sins;
thy tender mercies show;
Let them prevent us speedily,
for we're brought very low.
9For thy name's glory help us, Lord,
who hast our Saviour been:
Deliver us; for thy name's sake,
O purge away our sin.
10Why say the heathen, Where's their God?
let him to them be known;
When those who shed thy servants' blood
are in our sight o'erthrown.
11O let the pris'ner's sighs ascend
before thy sight on high;
Preserve those in thy mighty pow'r
that are design'd to die.
12And to our neighbours' bosom cause
it sev'n-fold render'd be,
Ev'n the reproach wherewith they have,
O Lord, reproached thee.
13So we thy folk, and pasture-sheep,
shall give thee thanks always;
And unto generations all
we will shew forth thy praise.
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Tehillim (Psalms) 79
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1O Elohim, the nations#See Psa. 79:6, 7; Psa. 74; Isa. 63:18; Jer. 51:51; Lam. 1:10; Dan. 8:13; Dan. 11:31; Mat. 24:15 have come into Your inheritance; They have defiled Your set-apart Hĕḵal; They turned Yerushalayim into ruins.
2They have given the dead bodies of Your servants As food for the birds of the heavens, The flesh of Your lovingly-committed ones to the wild beast of the earth.
3They have poured out their blood Like water all around Yerushalayim, With no one to bury them.
4We have become a reproach to our neighbours, A scorn and a mockery to those who are around us.
5How long, O יהוה, Would You be enraged forever? Would Your jealousy burn like fire?
6Pour out Your wrath on the nations Who have not known You, And on reigns that have not called on Your Name.
7For they have devoured Ya‛aqoḇ, And laid waste his pasture.
8Do not remember against us The crookednesses of the fathers! Let Your compassion speedily meet us, For we have been greatly weakened.
9Help us, O Elohim of our deliverance, For the sake of the esteem of Your Name. And deliver us, and cover over our sins, For Your Name’s sake!
10Why should the nations say, “Where is their Elohim?” Let the vengeance of the outpoured blood of Your servants Be known among the nations, Before our eyes.
11Let the groaning of the prisoner come before You. According to the greatness of Your arm Preserve those appointed to death.
12And repay to our neighbours sevenfold Their reproach, into their bosom, With which they have reproached You, O יהוה.
13And we, Your people and the sheep of Your pasture, We give thanks to You forever; From generation to generation we show forth Your praise.
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