Psalms 79

1 O God, the heathen are come into thine inheritance; thy holy temple have they defiled; they have laid Jerusalem on 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 fowls of the heaven, 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 scorn and 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, Yhwh? 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 wrath upon the heathen that have not known thee, and upon the kingdoms that have not called 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 dwelling place.

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

8 O remember not against us former iniquities: let thy tender mercies speedily come to 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, for the glory of thy name: and deliver us, and purge away 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 heathen say, Where is their God? let him be known among the heathen in our sight by the revenging of the blood of thy servants which is shed.

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 sighing of the prisoner come before thee; according to the greatness of thy power preserve thou 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 So we thy people and sheep of thy pasture will give thee thanks for ever: we will shew forth thy praise to all generations.

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!