Psaltaren 79
1 En Psalm Assaphs. Gud, Hedningarna äro in i ditt arf fallne; de hafva orenat ditt helga tempel, och af Jerusalem stenhopar gjort.
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 De hafva gifvit dina tjenares lekamen foglomen under himmelen till att äta, och dina heligas kött djuromen på markene.
[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 De hafva utgjutit deras blod omkring Jerusalem, såsom vatten; och der var ingen, som begrof.
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 Vi äre vårom grannom till en försmädelse vordne; till spott och hån dem som omkring oss äro.
The people-groups that live in countries that surround our land insult us; they laugh at us and deride/belittle us.
5 Herre, huru länge vill du så allstings vred vara; och ditt nit, såsom en eld, brinna låta?
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 Utgjut dina grymhet öfver Hedningarna, de dig intet känna, och uppå de Konungariken, som ditt Namn intet åkalla.
[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 Ty de hafva uppätit Jacob, och hans hus förödt.
because they have killed Israeli people and they have ruined your country.
8 Tänk icke uppå våra förra missgerningar. Förbarma dig öfver oss snarliga, ty vi äre fast eländige vordne.
Do not punish us because of the sins that our ancestors committed! Be merciful to us now/quickly, because we are very discouraged.
9 Hjelp du oss, Gud vår hjelpare, för dins Namns äros skull; fräls oss, och förlåt oss våra synder, för ditt Namns skull.
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 Hvi låter du Hedningarna säga: Hvar är nu deras Gud? Låt hämnden öfver dina tjenares blod, som utgjutet är, kunnig varda, ibland Hedningarna, för vår ögon.
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 Låt för dig komma de fångars suckande; efter din stora arm behåll dödsens barn.
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 Och vedergäll vårom grannom sjufaldt uti deras sköte deras försmädelse, der de dig, Herre, med försmädt hafva.
In return for their having [often] insulted you, punish them seven times as much!
13 Men vi, ditt folk och din fosterfår, tackom dig evinnerliga, och förkunnom ditt lof förutan ända.
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].
