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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