Mazmur 79
1 Mazmur Asaf. Ya Allah, bangsa-bangsa lain telah masuk ke dalam tanah milik-Mu, menajiskan bait kudus-Mu, membuat Yerusalem menjadi timbunan puing.
A Psalm. Of Asaph. O God, the nations have come into your heritage; they have made your holy Temple unclean; they have made Jerusalem a mass of broken walls.
2 Mereka memberikan mayat hamba-hamba-Mu sebagai makanan kepada burung-burung di udara, daging orang-orang yang Kaukasihi kepada binatang-binatang liar di bumi.
They have given the bodies of your servants as food to the birds of the air, and the flesh of your saints to the beasts of the earth.
3 Mereka menumpahkan darah orang-orang itu seperti air sekeliling Yerusalem, dan tidak ada yang menguburkan.
Their blood has been flowing like water round about Jerusalem; there was no one to put them in their last resting-place.
4 Kami menjadi cela bagi tetangga-tetangga kami, menjadi olok-olok dan cemooh bagi orang-orang sekeliling kami.
We are looked down on by our neighbours, we are laughed at and made sport of by those who are round us.
5 Berapa lama lagi, ya TUHAN, Engkau murka terus-menerus, dan cemburu-Mu berkobar-kobar seperti api?
How long, O Lord? will you be angry for ever? will your wrath go on burning like fire?
6 Tumpahkanlah amarah-Mu ke atas bangsa-bangsa yang tidak mengenal Engkau, ke atas kerajaan-kerajaan yang tidak menyerukan nama-Mu;
Let your wrath be on the nations who have no knowledge of you, and on the kingdoms who have not made prayer to your name.
7 sebab mereka telah memakan habis Yakub, dan tempat kediamannya mereka hancurkan.
For they have taken Jacob for their meat, and made waste his house.
8 Janganlah perhitungkan kepada kami kesalahan nenek moyang kami; kiranya rahmat-Mu segera menyongsong kami, sebab sudah sangat lemah kami.
Do not keep in mind against us the sins of our fathers; let your mercy come to us quickly, for we have been made very low.
9 Tolonglah kami, ya Allah penyelamat kami, demi kemuliaan nama-Mu! Lepaskanlah kami dan ampunilah dosa kami oleh karena nama-Mu!
Give us help, O God of our salvation, for the glory of your name; take us out of danger and give us forgiveness for our sins, because of your name.
10 Mengapa bangsa-bangsa lain boleh berkata: "Di mana Allah mereka?" Biarlah di hadapan kami bangsa-bangsa lain mengetahui pembalasan atas darah yang tertumpah dari hamba-hamba-Mu.
Why may the nations say, Where is their God? Let payment for the blood of your servants be made openly among the nations before our eyes.
11 Biarlah sampai ke hadapan-Mu keluhan orang tahanan; sesuai dengan kebesaran lengan-Mu, biarkanlah hidup orang-orang yang ditentukan untuk mati dibunuh!
Let the cry of the prisoner come before you; with your strong arm make free the children of death;
12 Dan balikkanlah ke atas pangkuan tetangga kami tujuh kali lipat cela yang telah didatangkan kepada-Mu, ya Tuhan!
And give punishment seven times over into the breast of our neighbours for the bitter words which they have said against you, O Lord.
13 Maka kami ini, umat-Mu, dan kawanan domba gembalaan-Mu, akan bersyukur kepada-Mu untuk selama-lamanya, dan akan memberitakan puji-pujian untuk-Mu turun-temurun.
So we your people, and the sheep of your flock, will give you glory for ever: we will go on praising you through all generations.
