Psalm 79
โ Psalm 78 | Psalm | Psalm 80 โ
v1
God, the nations have come into your inheritance. They have defiled your holy temple. They have laid Jerusalem in heaps.
v2
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.
v3
They have shed their blood like water around Jerusalem. There was no one to bury them.
v4
We have become a reproach to our neighbors, a scoffing and derision to those who are around us.
v5
How long, Yahweh? Will you be angry forever? Will your jealousy burn like fire?
v6
Pour out your wrath on the nations that donโt know you, on the kingdoms that donโt call on your name;
v7
for they have devoured Jacob, and destroyed his homeland.
v8
Donโt hold the iniquities of our forefathers against us. Let your tender mercies speedily meet us, for we are in desperate need.
v9
Help us, God of our salvation, for the glory of your name. Deliver us, and forgive our sins, for your nameโs sake.
v10
Why should the nations say, โWhere is their God?โ Let it be known among the nations, before our eyes, that vengeance for your servantsโ blood is being poured out.
v11
Let the sighing of the prisoner come before you. According to the greatness of your power, preserve those who are sentenced to death.
v12
Pay back to our neighbors seven times into their bosom their reproach with which they have reproached you, Lord.
v13
So we, your people and sheep of your pasture, will give you thanks forever. We will praise you forever, to all generations.