Psalms79

¹A Psalm of Asaph . O God , the nations have come into your inheritance ; they have defiled your holy temple ; they have laid Jerusalem in ruins .

²They 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 .

³They have poured out their blood like water all around Jerusalem , and there was no one to bury them.

⁴We have a taunt to our neighbors , mocked and derided by those around us.

⁵How long , O Lord? Will you be angry forever ? Will your jealousy burn like fire ?

⁶Pour out your anger on the nations that do not know you, and on the kingdoms that do not call upon your name !

⁷For they have devoured Jacob and laid waste his habitation .

⁸Do not remember against us our former iniquities ; let your compassion come speedily to meet us, for we are brought very low .

⁹Help us, O God of our salvation , for the glory of your name ; deliver us, and atone for our sins , for your name’s sake!

¹⁰Why 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 !

¹¹Let the groans of the prisoners come before you; according to your great power , preserve those doomed to die !

¹²Return sevenfold into the lap of our neighbors the taunts with which they have taunted you, O Lord !

¹³But we your people , the sheep of your pasture , will give thanks to you forever ; from generation to generation we will recount your praise .