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,

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.

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

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

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

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

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

8 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 Your Name, And deliver us, and cover over 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.

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

12 And return to our neighbors, Sevenfold to their bosom, their reproach, With which they 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!