Salmos 79
1 Oh Dios, las naciones han venido a tu heredad; Han hecho tu santo Templo inmundo. han convertido a Jerusalén en una masa de muros rotos.
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 Han dado los cuerpos de tus siervos como comida a las aves del cielo, y la carne de tus santos a las bestias de la tierra.
[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 Su sangre fluyó como agua alrededor de Jerusalén; no había nadie para ponerlos en su último lugar de descanso.
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 Somos menospreciados por nuestros vecinos, se ríen y se burlan aquellos que nos rodean.
The people-groups that live in countries that surround our land insult us; they laugh at us and deride/belittle us.
5 ¿Cuánto tiempo, oh Señor? ¿Estarás enojado por siempre? ¿Seguirá tu ira ardiendo como el fuego?
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 Sea tu ira sobre las naciones que no te conocen, y sobre los reinos que no invocan tu nombre.
[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 Porque tomaron a Jacob por su carne, y devastaron su casa.
because they have killed Israeli people and they have ruined your country.
8 No tengas en cuenta contra nosotros los pecados de nuestros padres; deja que tu misericordia venga a nosotros rápidamente, porque estamos muy abatidos.
Do not punish us because of the sins that our ancestors committed! Be merciful to us now/quickly, because we are very discouraged.
9 Danos ayuda, oh Dios de nuestra salvación, para la gloria de tu nombre; líbranos del peligro y perdónanos por nuestros pecados, por tu nombre.
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 ¿Por qué dirán las naciones: Dónde está su Dios? Que el pago por la sangre de tus siervos sea hecho abiertamente entre las naciones ante nuestros ojos.
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 Deja que el clamor del prisionero venga delante de ti; con tu brazo fuerte libera a los sentenciados a la muerte;
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 Y castiga siete veces en el pecho de nuestro prójimo por las amargas palabras que han dicho contra ti, oh SEÑOR.
In return for their having [often] insulted you, punish them seven times as much!
13 Y nosotros, tu pueblo, y las ovejas de tu rebaño, te daremos gloria para siempre; te alabaremos por todas las generaciones.
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].
