79Verse 1God, foreign nations have come into your inheritance; they have defiled your holy temple; they have turned Jerusalem into a heap of ruins. Verse 2They have given the dead bodies of your servants as food to the birds of the skies, the bodies of your faithful people to the beasts of the earth. Verse 3They have shed their blood like water around Jerusalem, and there was none to bury them. Verse 4We have become a reproach for our neighbors, mocking and derision to those who are around us. Verse 5How long, Yahweh? Will you stay angry forever? How long will your jealous anger burn like fire? Verse 6Pour out your wrath on the nations that do not know you and on the kingdoms that do not call upon your name. Verse 7For they have devoured Jacob and destroyed his villages. Verse 8Do not hold the sins of our forefathers against us; may your merciful actions come to us, for we are very low. Verse 9Help us, God of our salvation, for the sake of the glory of your name; save us and forgive our sins for your name's sake. Verse 10Why should the nations say, “Where is their God?” May the blood of your servants that was shed be avenged on the nations before our eyes. Verse 11May the groans of the prisoners come before you; with the greatness of your power keep the children of death alive. Verse 12Pay back into the laps of our neighboring countries seven times as much as the insults with which they have insulted you, Lord. Verse 13So we your people and sheep of your pasture will give you thanks forever. We will tell your praises to all generations.
Psalms 79 — ULB
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A psalm of Asaph.
79Verse 1God, foreign nations have come into your inheritance;they have defiled your holy temple;
they have turned Jerusalem into a heap of ruins.
Verse 2They have given the dead bodies of your servants as food to the birds of the skies,
the bodies of your faithful people to the beasts of the earth.
Verse 3They have shed their blood like water around Jerusalem,
and there was none to bury them.
Verse 4We have become a reproach for our neighbors,
mocking and derision to those who are around us.
Verse 5How long, Yahweh? Will you stay angry forever?
How long will your jealous anger burn like fire?
Verse 6Pour out your wrath on the nations that do not know you
and on the kingdoms that do not call upon your name.
Verse 7For they have devoured Jacob
and destroyed his villages.
Verse 8Do not hold the sins of our forefathers against us;
may your merciful actions come to us,
for we are very low.
Verse 9Help us, God of our salvation, for the sake of the glory of your name;
save us and forgive our sins for your name's sake.
Verse 10Why should the nations say, “Where is their God?”
May the blood of your servants that was shed
be avenged on the nations before our eyes.
Verse 11May the groans of the prisoners come before you;
with the greatness of your power keep the children of death alive.
Verse 12Pay back into the laps of our neighboring countries seven times as much
as the insults with which they have insulted you, Lord.
Verse 13So we your people and sheep of your pasture
will give you thanks forever.
We will tell your praises to all generations.