Psalms 79
New International Version - Psalms 79 << | >> 123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930313233343536373839404142434445464748495051525354555657585960616263646566676869707172737475767778798081828384858687888990919293949596979899100101102103104105106107108109110111112113114115116117118119120121122123124125126127128129130131132133134135136137138139140141142143144145146147148149150 79:1 O God, the nations have invaded your inheritance; they have defiled your holy temple, they have reduced Jerusalem to rubble. 79:2 They have given the dead bodies of your servants as food to the birds of the air, the flesh of your saints to the beasts of the earth. 79:3 They have poured out blood like water all around Jerusalem, and there is no one to bury the dead. 79:4 We are objects of reproach to our neighbors, of scorn and derision to those around us. 79:5 How long, O Lord ? Will you be angry forever? How long will your jealousy burn like fire? 79:6 Pour out your wrath on the nations that do not acknowledge you, on the kingdoms that do not call on your name; 79:7 for they have devoured Jacob and destroyed his homeland. 79:8 Do not hold against us the sins of the fathers; may your mercy come quickly to meet us, for we are in desperate need. 79:9 Help us, O God our Savior, for the glory of your name; deliver us and forgive our sins for your name's sake. 79:10 Why should the nations say, 'Where is their God?' Before our eyes, make known among the nations that you avenge the outpoured blood of your servants. 79:11 May the groans of the prisoners come before you; by the strength of your arm preserve those condemned to die. 79:12 Pay back into the laps of our neighbors seven times the reproach they have hurled at you, O Lord. 79:13 Then we your people, the sheep of your pasture, will praise you forever; from generation to generation we will recount your praise.