Psalms 79
1 God, other people-groups have invaded your land. They have (desecrated your temple/caused your temple to be unfit for worship), and they have destroyed all the buildings in Jerusalem.
Salmo de Asaph. OH Dios, vinieron las gentes á tu heredad; el templo de tu santidad han contaminado; pusieron á Jerusalem en montones.
2 [Instead of burying] the corpses of your people [whom they killed], they allowed vultures and wild animals to eat the flesh of those corpses,
Dieron los cuerpos de tus siervos por comida á las aves de los cielos; la carne de tus santos á las bestias de la tierra.
3 When they killed your people, your people’s blood flowed like water through [the streets of] Jerusalem, and there was [almost] no one [HYP] left to bury their corpses.
Derramaron su sangre como agua en los alrededores de Jerusalem; y no hubo quien [los] enterrase.
4 The people-groups that live in countries that surround our land insult us; they laugh at us and deride/belittle us.
Somos afrentados de nuestros vecinos, escarnecidos y burlados de los que están en nuestros alrededores.
5 Yahweh, how long [will this continue]? Will you be angry with us forever? Will your being angry [destroy us like] a burning fire [destroys things]?
¿Hasta cuándo, oh Jehová? ¿has de estar airado para siempre? ¿arderá como fuego tu celo?
6 [Instead of being angry with us], be angry with the people-groups that do not know/worship you! Be angry with kingdoms whose people do not pray to you,
Derrama tu ira sobre las gentes que no te conocen, y sobre los reinos que no invocan tu nombre.
7 because they have killed Israeli people and they have ruined your country.
Porque han consumido á Jacob, y su morada han asolado.
8 Do not punish us because of the sins that our ancestors committed! Be merciful to us now/quickly, because we are very discouraged.
No recuerdes contra nosotros las iniquidades antiguas: anticípennos presto tus misericordias, porque estamos muy abatidos.
9 God, you have saved/rescued [us many times], [so] help us [now]; rescue us and forgive us for having sinned in order that other people will honor you [MTY].
Ayúdanos, oh Dios, salud nuestra, por la gloria de tu nombre: y líbranos, y aplácate sobre nuestros pecados por amor de tu nombre.
10 It is not right that [RHQ] other people-groups say [about us], “If their God [is very powerful], (surely he should help them/why does he not [help them])?” Allow us to see you punishing the people of other nations in return for their shedding our blood; they have killed many of us, your people.
Porque dirán las gentes: ¿Dónde está su Dios? Sea notoria en las gentes, delante de nuestros ojos, la venganza de la sangre de tus siervos, que fué derramada.
11 Listen to your people groaning while they are in prison, and by your great power free those whom our enemies say that they will certainly execute.
Entre ante tu acatamiento el gemido de los presos: conforme á la grandeza de tu brazo preserva á los sentenciados á muerte.
12 In return for their having [often] insulted you, punish them seven times as much!
Y torna á nuestros vecinos en su seno siete tantos de su infamia, con que te han deshonrado, oh Jehová.
13 After you do that, we, whom you [take care of like a shepherd takes care of] his sheep, will continue praising you; we will continue to praise you forever [HYP].
Y nosotros, pueblo tuyo, y ovejas de tu dehesa, te alabaremos para siempre: por generación y generación cantaremos tus alabanzas.
