Psalms 79
1 A Psalm by Asaph. God, the nations have come into your inheritance. They have defiled your holy temple. They have laid Jerusalem in heaps.
Psalmus Asaph. Deus venerunt Gentes in hereditatem tuam, polluerunt templum sanctum tuum: posuerunt Ierusalem in pomorum custodiam.
2 They have given the dead bodies of your servants to be food for the birds of the sky, the flesh of your saints to the animals of the earth.
Posuerunt morticina servorum tuorum, escas volatilibus caeli: carnes sanctorum tuorum bestiis terrae.
3 They have shed their blood like water around Jerusalem. There was no one to bury them.
Effuderunt sanguinem eorum tamquam aquam in circuitu Ierusalem: et non erat qui sepeliret.
4 We have become a reproach to our neighbors, a scoffing and derision to those who are around us.
Facti sumus opprobrium vicinis nostris: subsannatio et illusio his, qui in circuitu nostro sunt.
5 How long, LORD? Will you be angry forever? Will your jealousy burn like fire?
Usquequo Domine irasceris in finem: accendetur velut ignis zelus tuus?
6 Pour out your wrath on the nations that don’t know you, on the kingdoms that don’t call on your name,
Effunde iram tuam in Gentes, quae te non noverunt: et in regna, quae nomen tuum non invocaverunt:
7 for they have devoured Jacob, and destroyed his homeland.
Quia comederunt Iacob: et locum eius desolaverunt.
8 Don’t hold the iniquities of our forefathers against us. Let your tender mercies speedily meet us, for we are in desperate need.
Ne memineris iniquitatum nostrarum antiquarum, cito anticipent nos misericordiae tuae: quia pauperes facti sumus nimis.
9 Help us, God of our salvation, for the glory of your name. Deliver us, and forgive our sins, for your name’s sake.
Adiuva nos Deus salutaris noster: et propter gloriam nominis tui Domine libera nos: et propitius esto peccatis nostris, propter nomen tuum:
10 Why should the nations say, “Where is their God?” Let it be known among the nations, before our eyes, that vengeance for your servants’ blood is being poured out.
Ne forte dicant in Gentibus: Ubi est Deus eorum? et innotescat in nationibus coram oculis nostris. Ultio sanguinis servorum tuorum, qui effusus est:
11 Let the sighing of the prisoner come before you. According to the greatness of your power, preserve those who are sentenced to death.
introeat in conspectu tuo gemitus compeditorum. Secundum magnitudinem brachii tui, posside filios mortificatorum.
12 Pay back to our neighbors seven times into their bosom their reproach with which they have reproached you, Lord.
Et redde vicinis nostris septuplum in sinu eorum: improperium ipsorum, quod exprobraverunt tibi Domine.
13 So we, your people and sheep of your pasture, will give you thanks forever. We will praise you forever, to all generations.
Nos autem populus tuus, et oves pascuae tuae, confitebimur tibi in saeculum: In generatione et generationem annunciabimus laudem tuam.
