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
A psalm of Asaph.
1God, heathen nations have invaded your land. They have defiled your holy Temple. They have turned Jerusalem into heaps of rubble.
2They 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.
3They have poured out the blood of Jerusalem's people like water all through the city; no one remains to bury the dead.
4We have been made a mockery before our neighbors, ridiculed and laughed at by those around us.
5How long, Lord? Will you be angry with us forever? Will your jealousy always burn like fire?
6Pour out your anger on the heathen nations that don't know you, and on those kingdoms that don't worship you!
7For they have destroyed the descendants of Jacob, and turned our country into a wasteland.
8Don't hold the sins of our forefathers against us! Come to us quickly for we desperately need your compassion.
9Help 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!#79:9. Literally, “for your name's sake.”
10Why 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.
11Listen to the groans of the prisoners; with your great power save those condemned to die.
12Pay each of these neighbors back seven times for the scorn and ridicule they directed against you, Lord.
13Then we your people, the flock of your pasture, will praise you forever. We will thank you for all generations to come.
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