< 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.
A psalm of Asaph O God they have come [the] nations - in inheritance your they have made unclean [the] temple of holiness your they have made Jerusalem into heaps of ruins.
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] corpse[s] of servants your food to [the] bird[s] of the heavens [the] flesh faithful [people] your to [the] animal[s] of [the] earth.
3 They have poured out their blood like water all around Jerusalem, and there is no one to bury the dead.
They have poured out blood their - like water round about Jerusalem and there not [was one who] buried [them].
4 We have become a reproach to our neighbors, a scorn and derision to those around us.
We have become a reproach to neighbors our mockery and derision to [those] around us.
5 How long, O LORD? Will You be angry forever? Will Your jealousy burn like fire?
Until when? O Yahweh will you be angry? to perpetuity will it burn? like fire jealousy your.
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 anger your against the nations which not they know you and on kingdoms which on name your not they call.
7 for they have devoured Jacob and devastated his homeland.
For it has consumed Jacob and habitation its they have devastated.
8 Do not hold past sins against us; let Your compassion come quickly, for we are brought low.
May not you remember to us iniquities former [surely] quickly may they come to meet us compassion your for we have become low exceedingly.
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 - O God of salvation our on [the] matter of [the] glory of name your and deliver us and atone on sins our for [the] sake of name your.
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? - will they say the nations where? [is] God their let it be known (among the nations *Q(k)*) to eyes our [the] vengeance of [the] blood of servants your poured out.
11 May the groans of the captives reach You; by the strength of Your arm preserve those condemned to death.
May it come before you [the] groaning of [the] prisoner according to [the] greatness of arm your leave over [the] sons of death.
12 Pay back into the laps of our neighbors sevenfold the reproach they hurled at You, O Lord.
And repay to neighbors our sevenfold into bosom their reproach their which they reproached you O Lord.
13 Then we Your people, the sheep of Your pasture, will thank You forever; from generation to generation we will declare Your praise.
And we people your - and [the] sheep of pasture your we will give thanks to you for ever to a generation and a generation we will recount praise your.