Psalms 79
1 A Melody of Asaph. O God, nations, Have entered thine inheritance, Have profaned thy holy temple, —Have laid Jerusalem in heaps:
A Psalm of Asaph. The nations, O God, have invaded Your inheritance; they have defiled Your holy temple and reduced Jerusalem to rubble.
2 They have given, The dead bodies of thy servants, As food for the birds of the heavens, The flesh of thy men of lovingkindness, Unto the wild beast of the earth:
They have given the corpses of Your servants as food to the birds of the air, the flesh of Your saints to the beasts of the earth.
3 They have poured out their blood like water, Round about Jerusalem, With none to bury.
They have poured out their blood like water all around Jerusalem, and there is no one to bury the dead.
4 We have become, A reproach to our neighbours, —A mockery and a derision, to them who are round about us.
We have become a reproach to our neighbors, a scorn and derision to those around us.
5 How long, O Yahweh, wilt thou be angry utterly? Shall thy jealousy, burn like fire?
How long, O LORD? Will You be angry forever? Will Your jealousy burn like fire?
6 Pour out thy wrath, Upon the nations that have not known thee—and, Upon the kingdoms that, on thy Name, have not called.
Pour out Your wrath on the nations that do not acknowledge You, on the kingdoms that refuse to call on Your name,
7 For he hath devoured Jacob, —And, his dwelling-place, have they laid waste.
for they have devoured Jacob and devastated his homeland.
8 Do not remember against us former iniquities, —Haste thee, let thy compassions, come to meet us, For we have been brought very low!
Do not hold past sins against us; let Your compassion come quickly, for we are brought low.
9 Help us, O God of our salvation, on account of the glory of thy Name, —Rescue us then, and put a propitiatory-covering over our sins, For the sake of thy Name.
Help us, O God of our salvation, for the glory of Your name; deliver us and atone for our sins, for the sake of Your name.
10 Wherefore should the nations say—Where is their God? Let him be known among the nations before our eyes! [Yea! By] the avenging of the blood of thy servants which hath been shed!
Why should the nations ask, “Where is their God?” Before our eyes, make known among the nations Your vengeance for the bloodshed of Your servants.
11 Let the groaning of the prisoner, come in before thee, —According to the greatness of thine arm, Set free them who are appointed to death.
May the groans of the captives reach You; by the strength of Your arm preserve those condemned to death.
12 Return, therefore, unto our neighbours—Sevenfold, into their own bosom, The reproach wherewith they have reproached thee, O Adonay!
Pay back into the laps of our neighbors sevenfold the reproach they hurled at You, O Lord.
13 So, we, thy people, and the sheep of thy pasture, will give thanks unto thee, to times age-abiding, —To generation after generation, will we recount thy praise.
Then we Your people, the sheep of Your pasture, will thank You forever; from generation to generation we will declare Your praise.
