Psalms 79
79
Psalm 79
A psalm by Asaph.
1O God, the nations have invaded the land that belongs to you.
They have dishonored your holy temple.
They have left Jerusalem in ruins.
2They have given the dead bodies of your servants
to the birds for food.
They have given the flesh of your godly ones
to the animals.
3They have shed the blood of your people around Jerusalem
as though it were water.
There is no one to bury your people.
4We have become a disgrace to our neighbors,
an object of ridicule and contempt to those around us.
5How long, O Lord?
Will you remain angry forever?
Will your fury continue to burn like fire?
6Pour your fury on the nations that do not know you,
on the kingdoms that have not called you.
7They have devoured Jacob.
They have destroyed his home.
8Do not hold the crimes of our ancestors against us.
Reach out to us soon with your compassion,
because we are helpless.
9Help us, O God, our savior, for the glory of your name.
Rescue us, and forgive our sins for the honor of your name.
10Why should the nations ⌞be allowed to⌟ say,
“Where is their God?”
Let us watch as the nations learn
that there is punishment for shedding the blood of your servants.
11Let the groans of prisoners come into your presence.
With your powerful arm rescue those who are condemned to death.
12Pay each one of our neighbors back
with seven times the number of insults they used to insult you, O Lord.
13Then we, your people, the flock in your pasture,
will give thanks to you forever.
We will praise you throughout every generation.
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Psalms 79
79
PSALM 79.
1Unto the end, for them that shall he changed, a testimony for Asaph, a psalm.
2Give ear, O thou that rulest Israel: thou that leadest Joseph like a sheep. Thou that sittest upon the cherubims, shine forth
3before Ephraim, Benjamin, and Manasses. Stir up thy might, and come to save us.
4Convert us, O God: and shew us thy face, and we shall be saved.
5O Lord God of hosts, how long wilt thou be angry against the prayer of thy servant?
6How long wilt thou feed us with the bread of tears: and give us for our drink tears in measure?
7Thou hast made us to be a contradiction to our neighbours: and our enemies have scoffed at us.
8O God of hosts, convert us: and shew thy face, and we shall be saved.
9Thou hast brought a vineyard out of Egypt: thou hast cast cut the Gentiles and planted it.
10Thou wast the guide of its journey in its sight: thou plantedst the roots thereof, and it filled the land.
11The shadow of it covered the hills: and the branches thereof the cedars of God.
12It stretched forth its branches unto the sea, and its boughs unto the river.
13Why hast thou broken down the hedge thereof, so that all they who pass by the way do pluck it?
14The boar out of the wood hath laid it waste: and a singular wild beast hath devoured it.
15Turn again, O God of hosts, look down from heaven, and see, and visit this vineyard:
16And perfect the same which thy right hand hath planted: and upon the son of man whom thou hast confirmed for thyself.
17Things set on fire and dug down shall perish at the rebuke of thy countenance.
18Let thy hand be upon the man of thy right hand: and upon the son of man whom thou hast confirmed for thyself.
19And we depart not from thee, thou shalt quicken us: and we will call upon thy name.
20O Lord God of hosts, convert us: and shew thy face, and we shall be saved.
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