Psalms 79

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

A Psalm for Asaph. O God, the heathen are come into your inheritance; they have polluted your holy temple; they have made Jerusalem a storehouse of fruits.

2 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.

They have given the dead bodies of your servants [to be] food for the birds of the sky, the flesh of your holy ones for the wild beasts of the earth.

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

They have shed their blood as water, round about Jerusalem; and there was none to bury [them].

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

We are become a reproach to our neighbours, a scorn and derision to them [that are] round about us.

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

How long, O Lord? will you be angry for ever? shall your jealousy burn like fire?

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

Pour out your wrath upon the heathen that have not known you, and upon the kingdoms which have not called upon your name.

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

For they have devoured Jacob, and laid his place waste.

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

Remember not our old transgressions; let your tender mercies speedily prevent us; for we are greatly impoverished.

9 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.

Help us, O God our Saviour; for the glory of your name, O Lord, deliver us; and be merciful to our sins, for your name's sake.

10 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.

Lets haply they should say amongst the heathen, Where is their God? and let the avenging of your servant's blood that has been shed be known amongst the heathen before our eyes.

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

Let the groaning of the prisoners come in before you; according to the greatness of your arm preserve the sons of the slain ones.

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

Repay to our neighbours sevenfold into their bosom their reproach, with which they have reproached you, O Lord.

13 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!

For we are your people and the sheep of your pasture; we will give you thanks for ever; we will declare your praise throughout all generations.