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 of Asaph. O God, the Gentiles have entered into your inheritance; they have polluted your holy temple. They have set Jerusalem as a place to tend fruit trees.

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 placed the dead bodies of your servants as food for the birds of the sky, the flesh of your saints for the beasts of the earth.

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

They have poured out their blood like water all around Jerusalem, and there was no one who would bury them.

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

We have become a disgrace to our neighbors, an object of ridicule and mockery to those who are around us.

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

How long, O Lord? Will you be angry until the end? Will your zeal be kindled like a 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 among the Gentiles, who have not known you, and upon the kingdoms that have not invoked your name.

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

For they have devoured Jacob, and they have desolated his place.

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

Do not remember our iniquities of the past. May your mercies quickly intercept us, for we have become exceedingly poor.

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 Savior. And free us, Lord, for the glory of your name. And forgive us our sins for the sake of your name.

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.

Let them not say among the Gentiles, “Where is their God?” And may your name become known among the nations before our eyes. For the retribution of your servants’ blood, which has been poured out:

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

may the groans of the shackled enter before you. According to the greatness of your arm, take possession of the sons of those who have been killed.

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

And repay our neighbors sevenfold within their sinews. It is the reproach of the same ones who brought reproach against 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!

But we are your people and the sheep of your pasture: we will give thanks to you in all ages. From generation to generation, we will announce your praise.