Psalms 79

1 A Psalm of Asaph. O God, the nations are come into thine inheritance: thy holy temple have they defiled; they have laid Jerusalem in heaps.

A PSALM OF ASAPH. O God, nations have come into Your inheritance, They have defiled Your holy temple, They made Jerusalem become heaps,

2 The dead bodies of thy servants have they given to be meat unto the fowl of the heavens, the flesh of thy saints unto the beasts of the earth:

They gave the dead bodies of Your servants [As] food for the birds of the heavens, The flesh of Your saints For the wild beast of the earth.

3 Their blood have they shed like water round about Jerusalem, and there was none to bury [them].

They have shed their blood As water around Jerusalem, And there is none burying.

4 We are become a reproach to our neighbours, a mockery and a derision to them that are round about us.

We have been a reproach to our neighbors, A scorn and a derision to our surrounders.

5 How long, O Jehovah? wilt thou be angry for ever? Shall thy jealousy burn like fire?

Until when, O YHWH? Are You angry forever? Your jealousy burns as fire.

6 Pour out thy fury upon the nations that have not known thee, and upon the kingdoms that call not upon thy name:

Pour Your fury on the nations who have not known You, And on kingdoms that have not called on Your Name.

7 For they have devoured Jacob, and laid waste his habitation.

For [one] has devoured Jacob, And they have made his habitation desolate.

8 Remember not against us the iniquities of [our] forefathers; let thy tender mercies speedily come to meet us: for we are brought very low.

Do not remember for us the iniquities of forefathers, Hurry, let Your mercies go before us, For we have been very weak.

9 Help us, O God of our salvation, because of the glory of thy name; and deliver us, and forgive our sins, for thy name's sake.

Help us, O God of our salvation, Because of the glory of Your Name, And deliver us, and cover over our sins, For Your Name’s sake.

10 Wherefore should the nations say, Where is their God? Let the avenging of the blood of thy servants that is shed be known among the nations in our sight.

Why do the nations say, “Where [is] their God?” Let [it] be known among the nations before our eyes, The vengeance of the blood of Your servants that is shed.

11 Let the groaning of the prisoner come before thee; according to the greatness of thine arm, preserve those that are appointed to die;

Let the groaning of the prisoner come in before You, According to the greatness of Your arm, Leave the sons of death.

12 And render unto our neighbours, sevenfold into their bosom, their reproach, wherewith they have reproached thee, O Lord.

And return to our neighbors, Sevenfold to their bosom, their reproach, With which they reproached You, O Lord.

13 And we, thy people and the sheep of thy pasture, will give thanks unto thee for ever; we will shew forth thy praise from generation to generation.

And we, Your people, and the flock of Your pasture, We give thanks to You for all time, We recount Your praise from generation to generation!