Thematic Bible
Psalm 79:1 (show verse)
O God, the nations have come into your inheritance; they have defiled your holy temple; they have laid Jerusalem in ruins.
Psalm 79:2 (show verse)
They have given the bodies of your servants to the birds of the heavens for food, the flesh of your faithful to the beasts of the earth.
Psalm 79:3 (show verse)
They have poured out their blood like water all around Jerusalem, and there was no one to bury them.
Psalm 79:4 (show verse)
We have become a taunt to our neighbors, mocked and derided by those around us.
Psalm 79:5 (show verse)
How long, O LORD? Will you be angry forever? Will your jealousy burn like fire?
Psalm 79:6 (show verse)
Pour out your anger on the nations that do not know you, and on the kingdoms that do not call upon your name!
Psalm 79:7 (show verse)
For they have devoured Jacob and laid waste his habitation.
Psalm 79:8 (show verse)
Do not remember against us our former iniquities; let your compassion come speedily to meet us, for we are brought very low.
Psalm 79:9 (show verse)
Help us, O God of our salvation, for the glory of your name; deliver us, and atone for our sins, for your name's sake!
Psalm 79:10 (show verse)
Why should the nations say, "Where is their God?" Let the avenging of the outpoured blood of your servants be known among the nations before our eyes!
Psalm 79:11 (show verse)
Let the groans of the prisoners come before you; according to your great power, preserve those doomed to die!
Psalm 79:12 (show verse)
Return sevenfold into the lap of our neighbors the taunts with which they have taunted you, O Lord!
Psalm 79:13 (show verse)
But we your people, the sheep of your pasture, will give thanks to you forever; from generation to generation we will recount your praise.