Psalm 79
1 Ein Psalm von Asaph. O Gott, in dein Eigentum sind Heiden eingedrungen,
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.
2 Sie haben die Leichen deiner Knechte den Vögeln des Himmels zum Fraß gegeben, den wilden Tieren des Landes die Leiber deiner Frommen!
[Instead of burying] the corpses of your people [whom they killed], they allowed vultures and wild animals to eat the flesh of those corpses,
3 Sie haben deren Blut vergossen wie Wasser rings um Jerusalem her, und niemand hat sie begraben!
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.
4 Wir sind unsern Nachbarn zur Schmähung geworden, ein Spott und Hohn den Völkern um uns her!
The people-groups that live in countries that surround our land insult us; they laugh at us and deride/belittle us.
5 Wie lange, o HERR, willst du unversöhnlich zürnen? Bis wann soll lodern dein Eifer wie Feuer?
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]?
6 Gieß deine Zornglut über die Heiden aus, die dich nicht kennen, auf die Reiche, die deinen Namen nicht anrufen!
[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,
7 Denn sie haben Jakob gefressen und seine Wohnstatt verwüstet.
because they have killed Israeli people and they have ruined your country.
8 Rechne uns nicht die Schuld der Väter an, laß eilends dein Erbarmen uns angedeihn! Denn gar schwach sind wir geworden.
Do not punish us because of the sins that our ancestors committed! Be merciful to us now/quickly, because we are very discouraged.
9 Hilf uns, du Gott unsers Heils, um der Ehre deines Namens willen! Errette uns und vergib uns unsere Sünden um deines Namens willen!
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].
10 Warum sollen die Heiden sagen: »Wo ist ihr Gott?« Laß kundwerden an den Heiden vor unsern Augen die Rache für das vergossne Blut deiner Knechte!
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.
11 Laß vor dich kommen das Seufzen der Gefangenen; kraft deines starken Armes erhalte am Leben die dem Tode Geweihten!
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.
12 Und zahle unsern Nachbarn siebenfach heim in ihren Busen den Hohn, mit dem sie dich, o Allherr, gehöhnt!
In return for their having [often] insulted you, punish them seven times as much!
13 Wir aber, dein Volk und die Herde, die du weidest, wir wollen dir ewiglich danken, von Geschlecht zu Geschlecht verkünden deinen Ruhm!
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].
