Psalms 79
1 A Psalm of Asaph. The nations, O God, have invaded Your inheritance; they have defiled Your holy temple and reduced Jerusalem to rubble.
God, the nations have come into your inheritance. They have defiled your holy temple. They have laid Jerusalem [City of peace] in heaps.
2 They have given the corpses of Your servants as food to the birds of the air, the flesh of Your saints to the beasts of the earth.
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.
3 They have poured out their blood like water all around Jerusalem, and there is no one to bury the dead.
Their blood they have shed like water around Jerusalem [City of peace]. And there was no one to bury them.
4 We have become a reproach to our neighbors, a scorn and derision to those around us.
We have become a reproach to our neighbors, a scoffing and derision to those who are around us.
5 How long, O LORD? Will You be angry forever? Will Your jealousy burn like fire?
How long, Adonai? Will you be angry forever? Will your jealousy burn like fire?
6 Pour out Your wrath on the nations that do not acknowledge You, on the kingdoms that refuse to call on Your name,
Pour out your wrath on the nations that don’t know you; on the kingdoms that don’t call on your name;
7 for they have devoured Jacob and devastated his homeland.
For they have devoured Jacob [Supplanter], and destroyed his homeland.
8 Do not hold past sins against us; let Your compassion come quickly, for we are brought low.
Don’t hold the depravities (moral evils) of our forefathers against us. Let your tender rachamim ·merciful loves· speedily meet us, for we are in desperate need.
9 Help us, O God of our salvation, for the glory of Your name; deliver us and atone for our sins, for the sake of Your name.
Help us, God of our yesha' ·salvation·, for the kavod ·weighty glory· of your name. Deliver us, and forgive our habitual sins ·missing the marks·, for your name’s sake.
10 Why should the nations ask, “Where is their God?” Before our eyes, make known among the nations Your vengeance for the bloodshed of Your servants.
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.
11 May the groans of the captives reach You; by the strength of Your arm preserve those condemned to death.
Let the sighing of the prisoner come before you. According to the greatness of your power, preserve those who are sentenced to death.
12 Pay back into the laps of our neighbors sevenfold the reproach they hurled at You, O Lord.
Pay back to our neighbors seven times into their bosom their reproach with which they have reproached you, Lord.
13 Then we Your people, the sheep of Your pasture, will thank You forever; from generation to generation we will declare Your praise.
So we, your people and sheep of your pasture, will yadah ·extend hands in thankful praise· to you forever. We will tehilah ·praise song· you forever, to all generations.
