Psalm 79:1-13
A melody of Aʹsaph.+
79 O God, the nations have invaded your inheritance;+They have defiled your holy temple;+They have turned Jerusalem into a heap of ruins.+
2 They have given the dead bodies of your servants as food to the birds of the heavensAnd the flesh of your loyal ones to the wild beasts of the earth.+
3 They have poured out their blood like water around Jerusalem,And no one is left to bury them.+
4 We have become an object of reproach to our neighbors;+Those around us ridicule and jeer us.
5 How long, O Jehovah, will you be furious? Forever?+
How long will your indignation burn just like fire?+
6 Pour out your wrath on the nations that do not know youAnd on the kingdoms that do not call on your name.+
7 For they have devoured JacobAnd have desolated his homeland.+
8 Do not hold us accountable for the errors of our ancestors.+
Quickly show us your mercy,+For we have been brought very low.
9 Help us, O God of our salvation,+For the sake of your glorious name;Rescue us and forgive* our sins for the sake of your name.+
10 Why should the nations say: “Where is their God?”+
Before our eyes may it become known among the nationsThat the shed blood of your servants has been avenged.+
11 May you hear the sighing of the prisoner.+
Use your great power* to preserve* those sentenced to death.*+
12 Repay our neighbors sevenfold+For the taunts they have leveled at you, O Jehovah.+
13 Then we, your people and the flock of your pasture,+Will give thanks to you forever;And we will declare your praise from generation to generation.+