Psalm Chapter 79 Back NextPsalm 79 A Psalm by
Asaph.
{79:1} God, the nations have come into your inheritance. They have defiled your holy temple. They have laid
Jerusalem in heaps.
{79:2} They have given the dead bodies of your servants to be food for the
birds of the sky, the
flesh of your saints to the animals of the
earth.
{79:3} Their
blood they have shed like water around Jerusalem. There was no one to bury them.
{79:4} We have become a reproach to our neighbors, a scoffing and derision to those who are around us.
{79:5} How long, Yahweh? Will you be angry forever? Will your
jealousy burn like
fire?
{79:6} Pour out your wrath on the nations that don't know you; on the kingdoms that don't call on your name;
{79:7} For they have devoured
Jacob, and destroyed his homeland.
{79:8} Don't hold the iniquities of our forefathers against us. Let your tender mercies speedily meet us, for we are in desperate need.
{79:9} Help us, God of our salvation, for the glory of your name. Deliver us, and forgive our sins, for your name's sake.
{79:10} Why should the nations say, "Where is their God?" Let it be known among the nations, before our eyes, that vengeance for your servants' blood is being poured out.
{79:11} Let the sighing of the prisoner come before you. According to the greatness of your power, preserve those who are sentenced to
death.
{79:12} Pay back to our neighbors seven times into their
bosom their reproach with which they have reproached you, Lord.
{79:13} So we, your people and sheep of your pasture, will give you thanks forever. We will praise you forever, to all generations.
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