Psalms 79 — FBV

A psalm of Asaph.

79Verse 1God, heathen nations have invaded your land. They have defiled your holy Temple. They have turned Jerusalem into heaps of rubble.
^{Verse 2}They have given the dead bodies of your servants as food to the birds of the air, the flesh of your faithful people to the beasts of the earth.
^{Verse 3}They have poured out the blood of Jerusalem's people like water all through the city; no one remains to bury the dead.
^{Verse 4}We have been made a mockery before our neighbors, ridiculed and laughed at by those around us.
^{Verse 5}How long, Lord? Will you be angry with us forever? Will your jealousy always burn like fire?
^{Verse 6}Pour out your anger on the heathen nations that don't know you, and on those kingdoms that don't worship you!
^{Verse 7}For they have destroyed the descendants of Jacob, and turned our country into a wasteland.
^{Verse 8}Don't hold the sins of our forefathers against us! Come to us quickly for we desperately need your compassion.
^{Verse 9}Help us, God of our salvation, because of your wonderful character! Save us and forgive us our sins because that's the kind of person you are!^{+
Verse 10}Why should the heathen nations be able to say, “Where is their God?” May they experience your punishment for shedding the blood of your servants, and may we see it.
^{Verse 11}Listen to the groans of the prisoners; with your great power save those condemned to die.
^{Verse 12}Pay each of these neighbors back seven times for the scorn and ridicule they directed against you, Lord.
^{Verse 13}Then we your people, the flock of your pasture, will praise you forever. We will thank you for all generations to come.