Psalms 79
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PSALM 79
Common Meter: 8,6,8,6
A Psalm of Asaph.
1O God, the heathen enter'd have
thine heritage; by them
Defiled is thy house: on heaps
they laid Jerusalem.
2The bodies of thy servants they
have cast forth to be meat
To rav'nous fowls; thy dear saints' flesh
they gave to beasts to eat.
3Their blood about Jerusalem
like water they have shed;
And there was none to bury them
when they were slain and dead.
4Unto our neighbours a reproach
most base become are we;
A scorn and laughingstock to them
that round about us be.
5How long, Lord, shall thine anger last?
wilt thou still keep the same?
And shall thy fervent jealousy
burn like unto a flame?
6On heathen pour thy fury forth,
that have thee never known,
And on those kingdoms which thy name
have never call'd upon.
7For these are they who Jacob have
devoured cruelly;
And they his habitation
have caused waste to lie.
8Against us mind not former sins;
thy tender mercies show;
Let them prevent us speedily,
for we're brought very low.
9For thy name's glory help us, Lord,
who hast our Saviour been:
Deliver us; for thy name's sake,
O purge away our sin.
10Why say the heathen, Where's their God?
let him to them be known;
When those who shed thy servants' blood
are in our sight o'erthrown.
11O let the pris'ner's sighs ascend
before thy sight on high;
Preserve those in thy mighty pow'r
that are design'd to die.
12And to our neighbours' bosom cause
it sev'n-fold render'd be,
Ev'n the reproach wherewith they have,
O Lord, reproached thee.
13So we thy folk, and pasture-sheep,
shall give thee thanks always;
And unto generations all
we will shew forth thy praise.
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Psalms 79
79
Faith amid Confusion
A psalm of Asaph. # 1Ch 16:5,7
1God, the nations have invaded Your inheritance,
desecrated Your holy temple,
and turned Jerusalem into ruins. # Jr 26:18; Lm 1:10; Mc 3:12
2They gave the corpses of Your servants
to the birds of the sky for food,
the flesh of Your godly ones
to the beasts of the earth. # Dt 28:26; Jr 7:33; 16:4
3They poured out their blood
like water all around Jerusalem,
and there was no one to bury them. # Jr 14:16; 16:4; 22:19
4We have become an object of reproach
to our neighbors,
a source of mockery and ridicule
to those around us. # Ps 44:13-14; 80:6; Dn 9:16
5How long, Yahweh? Will You be angry forever?
Will Your jealousy keep burning like fire? # Ps 74:10; 78:58; 80:4
6Pour out Your wrath on the nations
that don’t acknowledge You,
on the kingdoms that don’t call on Your name, # Ps 14:4; Jr 10:25
7for they have devoured Jacob
and devastated his homeland. # Ps 53:4
8Do not hold past sins # Or hold the sins of past generations against us;
let Your compassion come to us quickly,
for we have become weak. # Ps 142:6; Is 64:9
9God of our salvation, help us # 1Ch 16:35; Ps 85:4 —
for the glory of Your name.
Deliver us and atone for # Or and wipe out, or and forgive our sins,
because of Your name. # Ps 25:11; 106:8; Jr 14:7
10Why should the nations ask,
“Where is their God? ” # Ps 42:3,10; 115:2
Before our eyes,
let vengeance for the shed blood of Your servants
be known among the nations. # Dt 32:43; Ps 94:1-2; Jr 46:10
11Let the groans of the prisoners reach You;
according to Your great power,
preserve those condemned to die. # Ps 102:20
12Pay back sevenfold to our neighbors # Lv 26:21,28
the reproach they have hurled at You, Lord. # Ps 74:10,18,22
13Then we, Your people, the sheep of Your pasture, # Ps 74:1; 100:3
will thank You forever;
we will declare Your praise
to generation after generation. # Ps 89:1; Is 43:21
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