Psalms 79
A Lament over the Destruction of Jerusalem, and Prayer for Help.
A Psalm of Asaph.
1 O God, the anations have ▼▼ Lit come into
invaded cYour inheritance;They have defiled Your dholy temple;
They have elaid Jerusalem in ruins.
2They have given the fdead bodies of Your servants for food to the birds of the heavens,
The flesh of Your godly ones to the beasts of the earth.
3They have poured out their blood like water round about Jerusalem;
And there was gno one to bury them.
4We have become a hreproach to our neighbors,
A scoffing and derision to those around us.
5 iHow long, O Lord? Will You be angry forever?
Will Your jjealousy kburn like fire?
6 lPour out Your wrath upon the nations which mdo not know You,
And upon the kingdoms which ndo not call upon Your name.
7For they have odevoured Jacob
And plaid waste his ▼
▼ Lit pasture
habitation.8 rDo not remember ▼
▼ Or our former iniquities
the iniquities of our forefathers against us;Let Your compassion come quickly to tmeet us,
For we are ubrought very low.
9 vHelp us, O God of our salvation, for the glory of wYour name;
And deliver us and ▼
▼ Lit cover over, atone for
,
yforgive our sins zfor Your name’s sake.10 aaWhy should the nations say, “Where is their God?”
Let there be known among the nations in our sight,
abVengeance for the blood of Your servants which has been shed.
11Let acthe groaning of the prisoner come before You;
According to the greatness of Your ▼
▼ Lit arm
power preserve ▼▼ Lit the children of death
those who are afdoomed to die.12And return to our neighbors agsevenfold ahinto their bosom
▼
▼ Lit Their
The ajreproach with which they have reproached You, O Lord.13So we Your people and the aksheep of Your ▼
▼ Or pasturing
pastureWill amgive thanks to You forever;
To all generations we will antell of Your praise.
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