Thematic Bible

Psalm 79:1

A psalm of Asaph.God, the nations have invaded Your inheritance,
desecrated Your holy temple,
and turned Jerusalem into ruins.

Psalm 79:2

They 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.

Psalm 79:3

They poured out their blood
like water all around Jerusalem,
and there was no one to bury them.

Psalm 79:4

We have become an object of reproach
to our neighbors,
a source of mockery and ridicule
to those around us.

Psalm 79:5

How long, Yahweh? Will You be angry forever?
Will Your jealousy keep burning like fire?

Psalm 79:6

Pour out Your wrath on the nations
that don’t acknowledge You,
on the kingdoms that don’t call on Your name,

Psalm 79:7

for they have devoured Jacob
and devastated his homeland.

Psalm 79:8

Do not hold past sins against us;
let Your compassion come to us quickly,
for we have become weak.

Psalm 79:9

God of our salvation, help us
for the glory of Your name.
Deliver us and atone for our sins,
because of Your name.

Psalm 79:10

Why should the nations ask,
“Where is their God?”
Before our eyes,
let vengeance for the shed blood of Your servants
be known among the nations.

Psalm 79:11

Let the groans of the prisoners reach You;
according to Your great power,
preserve those condemned to die.

Psalm 79:12

Pay back sevenfold to our neighbors
the reproach they have hurled at You, Lord.

Psalm 79:13

Then we, Your people, the sheep of Your pasture,
will thank You forever;
we will declare Your praise
to generation after generation.