Psalms 79

1 A Psalm of Asaph. O God, the Gentiles have entered into your inheritance; they have polluted your holy temple. They have set Jerusalem as a place to tend fruit trees.

O God, the nations have come into thine inheritance. They have defiled thy holy temple. They have laid Jerusalem in heaps.

2 They have placed the dead bodies of your servants as food for the birds of the sky, the flesh of your saints for the beasts of the earth.

They have given the dead bodies of thy servants to be food to the birds of the heavens, the flesh of thy sanctified to the beasts of the earth.

3 They have poured out their blood like water all around Jerusalem, and there was no one who would bury them.

They have shed their blood like water round about Jerusalem, and there was none to bury them.

4 We have become a disgrace to our neighbors, an object of ridicule and mockery to those who are around us.

We have become a reproach to our neighbors, a scoffing and derision to those who are round about us.

5 How long, O Lord? Will you be angry until the end? Will your zeal be kindled like a fire?

How long, O Jehovah? Will thou be angry forever? Shall thy jealousy burn like fire?

6 Pour out your wrath among the Gentiles, who have not known you, and upon the kingdoms that have not invoked your name.

Pour out thy wrath upon the nations that do not know thee, and upon the kingdoms that do not call upon thy name.

7 For they have devoured Jacob, and they have desolated his place.

For they have devoured Jacob, and laid waste his habitation.

8 Do not remember our iniquities of the past. May your mercies quickly intercept us, for we have become exceedingly poor.

Do not remember against us the iniquities of our forefathers. Let thy tender mercies speedily meet us, for we are brought very low.

9 Help us, O God, our Savior. And free us, Lord, for the glory of your name. And forgive us our sins for the sake of your name.

Help us, O God of our salvation, for the glory of thy name. And deliver us, and forgive our sins, for thy name's sake.

10 Let them not say among the Gentiles, “Where is their God?” And may your name become known among the nations before our eyes. For the retribution of your servants’ blood, which has been poured out:

Why should the nations say, Where is their God? Let the avenging of the blood of thy servants which is shed be known among the nations in our sight.

11 may the groans of the shackled enter before you. According to the greatness of your arm, take possession of the sons of those who have been killed.

Let the sighing of the prisoner come before thee. According to the greatness of thy power preserve thou those who are appointed to death,

12 And repay our neighbors sevenfold within their sinews. It is the reproach of the same ones who brought reproach against you, O Lord.

and render to our neighbors sevenfold into their bosom their reproach with which they have reproached thee, O Lord,

13 But we are your people and the sheep of your pasture: we will give thanks to you in all ages. From generation to generation, we will announce your praise.

so we thy people and sheep of thy pasture will give thee thanks forever. We will show forth thy praise to all generations.