Psalms 79 Chanting to Asaph. O God, the nations came into thine inheritance; they defiled thy holy temple; they set Jerusalem for ruins.

JuliaSmith⁽ⁱ⁾ ¹ Chanting to Asaph. O God, the nations came into thine inheritance; they defiled thy holy temple; they set Jerusalem for ruins. ² They gave the corpses of thy servants food to the birds of the heavens, the flesh of thy godly ones to the beasts of the earth. ³ They poured out their blood as water round about Jerusalem; and none burying. ⁴ We were a reproach to our neighbors, a derision and scorn to those being round about us. ⁵ How long, O Jehovah? wilt thou be angry forever? shall thy jealousy burn as fire? ⁶ Pour out thy wrath upon the nations which knew thee not, and upon the kingdoms which called not upon thy name. ⁷ For devouring Jacob and they laid Waste his dwelling. ⁸ Thou wilt not remember against us former iniquities: thy compassions shall quickly anticipate us, for we were greatly weak: ⁹ Help us, O God; save us, for the word of the glory of thy name: and deliver us, and cover our sins for sake Of thy name. ¹⁰ Wherefore shall the nations say, Where is their God? He will make known among the nations before our eyes the vengeance of the blood of thy servants being poured out. ¹¹ The mourning of the bound shall come before thee; according to the greatness of thine arm let the sons of death remain ¹² And turn back to our neighbors seven fold to their bosom their reproach which they reproached thee, O Jehovah. ¹³ And we are thy people and the sheep of thy pasture: we will confess to thee forever: to generation and generation we will recount thy praise.