| 79 | Psalms | ||
| 1 | O God, the heathen have come into your inheritance; they have defiled your holy temple; they have laid Jerusalem in ruins. | National Lament over the destruction of Jerusalem. Psalm 79(v78) | |
| 2 | They have given the bodies of your servants to the birds of the air for food, the flesh of your saints to the beasts of the earth. | ||
| 3 | They have poured out their blood like water round about Jerusalem, and there was none to bury them. | ||
| 4 | We have become a taunt to our neighbours, mocked and derided by those round about us. | ||
| 5 | How long, O Yahweh? Will you be angry for ever? Will your jealous wrath burn like fire? | ||
| 6 | Pour out your anger on the nations that do not know you, and on the kingdoms that do not call on your name! | ||
| 7 | For they have devoured Jacob, and laid waste his habitation. | ||
| 8 | Do not remember against us the iniquities of our forefathers; let your compassion come speedily to meet us, for we are brought very low. | ||
| 9 | Help us, O God of our salvation, for the glory of your name; deliver us, and forgive our sins, for your name's sake! | ||
| 10 | Why should the nations say, "Where is their God?" Let the avenging of the outpoured blood of your servants be known among the nations before our eyes! | ||
| 11 | Let the groans of the prisoners come before you; according to your great power preserve those doomed to die! | ||
| 12 | Return sevenfold into the bosom of our neighbours the taunts with which they have taunted you, O Yahweh! | ||
| 13 | Then we your people, the flock of your pasture, will give thanks to you for ever; from generation to generation we will recount your praise. | ||
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