Psalmorum 79
1 psalmus Asaph Deus venerunt gentes in hereditatem tuam polluerunt templum sanctum tuum posuerunt Hierusalem in pomorum custodiam
A Psalm of Asaph. The nations, O God, have invaded Your inheritance; they have defiled Your holy temple and reduced Jerusalem to rubble.
2 posuerunt morticina servorum tuorum escas volatilibus caeli carnes sanctorum tuorum bestiis terrae
They have given the corpses of Your servants as food to the birds of the air, the flesh of Your saints to the beasts of the earth.
3 effuderunt sanguinem ipsorum tamquam aquam in circuitu Hierusalem et non erat qui sepeliret
They have poured out their blood like water all around Jerusalem, and there is no one to bury the dead.
4 facti sumus obprobrium vicinis nostris subsannatio et inlusio his qui circum nos sunt
We have become a reproach to our neighbors, a scorn and derision to those around us.
5 usquequo Domine irasceris in finem accendetur velut ignis zelus tuus
How long, O LORD? Will You be angry forever? Will Your jealousy burn like fire?
6 effunde iram tuam in gentes quae te non noverunt et in regna quae nomen tuum non invocaverunt
Pour out Your wrath on the nations that do not acknowledge You, on the kingdoms that refuse to call on Your name,
7 quia comederunt Iacob et locum eius desolaverunt
for they have devoured Jacob and devastated his homeland.
8 ne memineris iniquitatum nostrarum antiquarum cito anticipent nos misericordiae tuae quia pauperes facti sumus nimis
Do not hold past sins against us; let Your compassion come quickly, for we are brought low.
9 adiuva nos Deus salutaris noster propter gloriam nominis tui Domine libera nos et propitius esto peccatis nostris propter nomen tuum
Help us, O God of our salvation, for the glory of Your name; deliver us and atone for our sins, for the sake of Your name.
10 ne forte dicant in gentibus ubi est Deus eorum et innotescat in nationibus coram oculis nostris ultio sanguinis servorum tuorum qui effusus est
Why should the nations ask, “Where is their God?” Before our eyes, make known among the nations Your vengeance for the bloodshed of Your servants.
11 introeat in conspectu tuo gemitus conpeditorum secundum magnitudinem brachii tui posside filios mortificatorum
May the groans of the captives reach You; by the strength of Your arm preserve those condemned to death.
12 et redde vicinis nostris septuplum in sinu eorum inproperium ipsorum quod exprobraverunt tibi Domine
Pay back into the laps of our neighbors sevenfold the reproach they hurled at You, O Lord.
13 nos autem populus tuus et oves pascuae tuae confitebimur tibi in saeculum in generationem et generationem adnuntiabimus laudem tuam
Then we Your people, the sheep of Your pasture, will thank You forever; from generation to generation we will declare Your praise.
