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
Faith amid Confusion
A psalm of Asaph. # 1Ch 16:5,7
1God, the nations have invaded Your inheritance,
desecrated Your holy temple,
and turned Jerusalem into ruins. # Jr 26:18; Lm 1:10; Mc 3:12
2They gave the corpses of Your servants
to the birds of the sky for food,
the flesh of Your godly ones
to the beasts of the earth. # Dt 28:26; Jr 7:33; 16:4
3They poured out their blood
like water all around Jerusalem,
and there was no one to bury them. # Jr 14:16; 16:4; 22:19
4We have become an object of reproach
to our neighbors,
a source of mockery and ridicule
to those around us. # Ps 44:13-14; 80:6; Dn 9:16
5How long, Yahweh? Will You be angry forever?
Will Your jealousy keep burning like fire? # Ps 74:10; 78:58; 80:4
6Pour out Your wrath on the nations
that don’t acknowledge You,
on the kingdoms that don’t call on Your name, # Ps 14:4; Jr 10:25
7for they have devoured Jacob
and devastated his homeland. # Ps 53:4
8Do not hold past sins # Or hold the sins of past generations against us;
let Your compassion come to us quickly,
for we have become weak. # Ps 142:6; Is 64:9
9God of our salvation, help us # 1Ch 16:35; Ps 85:4 —
for the glory of Your name.
Deliver us and atone for # Or and wipe out, or and forgive our sins,
because of Your name. # Ps 25:11; 106:8; Jr 14:7
10Why should the nations ask,
“Where is their God? ” # Ps 42:3,10; 115:2
Before our eyes,
let vengeance for the shed blood of Your servants
be known among the nations. # Dt 32:43; Ps 94:1-2; Jr 46:10
11Let the groans of the prisoners reach You;
according to Your great power,
preserve those condemned to die. # Ps 102:20
12Pay back sevenfold to our neighbors # Lv 26:21,28
the reproach they have hurled at You, Lord. # Ps 74:10,18,22
13Then we, Your people, the sheep of Your pasture, # Ps 74:1; 100:3
will thank You forever;
we will declare Your praise
to generation after generation. # Ps 89:1; Is 43:21
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