Grieving over the Destruction of Jerusalem, and Prayer for Help.
A Psalm of Asaph.
79 God, the (A)nations have invaded (B)Your inheritance;
They have defiled Your (C)holy temple;
They have (D)laid Jerusalem in ruins.
2 They have given the (E)dead bodies of Your servants to the birds of the sky as food,
The flesh of Your godly ones to the animals of the earth.
3 They have poured out their blood like water all around Jerusalem;
And there was (F)no one to bury them.
4 We have become a (G)disgrace before our neighbors,
An object of derision and ridicule to those around us.
5 (H)How long, Lord? Will You be angry forever?
Will Your (I)jealousy (J)burn like fire?
6 (K)Pour out Your wrath upon the nations which (L)do not know You,
And upon the kingdoms which (M)do not call upon Your name.
7 For they have (N)devoured Jacob
And (O)laid waste his settlement.
8 (P)Do not hold us responsible for the guilty deeds of our forefathers;
Let Your compassion come quickly to (Q)meet us,
For we have (R)become very low.
9 (S)Help us, God of our salvation, for the glory of (T)Your name;
And save us and (U)forgive our sins (V)for the sake of Your name.
10 (W)Why should the nations say, “Where is their God?”
Let (X)vengeance for the blood of Your servants which has been shed
Be known among the nations in our sight.
11 Let (Y)the groaning of the prisoner come before You;
According to the greatness of Your power, let those who are (Z)doomed to die remain.
12 And return to our neighbors (AA)seven times as much (AB)into their lap
Their (AC)taunts with which they have taunted You, Lord.
13 So we Your people and the (AD)sheep of Your pasture
Will (AE)give thanks to You forever;
To all generations we will (AF)tell of Your praise.
Footnotes
- Psalm 79:1
- Psalm 79:7
- Psalm 79:8
- Psalm 79:8
- Psalm 79:9
- Psalm 79:11
- Psalm 79:11
- Psalm 79:13
Cross references
- Psalm 79:1 : Lam 1:10
- Psalm 79:1 : Ps 74:2
- Psalm 79:1 : Ps 74:3, 7
- Psalm 79:1 : 2 Kin 25:9, 10; 2 Chr 36:17-19; Jer 26:18; 52:12-14; Mic 3:12
- Psalm 79:2 : Deut 28:26; Jer 7:33; 16:4; 19:7; 34:20
- Psalm 79:3 : Jer 14:16; 16:4
- Psalm 79:4 : Ps 44:13; 80:6; Dan 9:16
- Psalm 79:5 : Ps 13:1; 74:1, 9, 10; 85:5; 89:46
- Psalm 79:5 : Deut 29:20; Ezek 36:5; 38:19
- Psalm 79:5 : Ps 89:46; Zeph 3:8
- Psalm 79:6 : Ps 69:24; Jer 10:25; Ezek 21:31; Zeph 3:8
- Psalm 79:6 : 1 Thess 4:5; 2 Thess 1:8
- Psalm 79:6 : Ps 14:4; 53:4
- Psalm 79:7 : Ps 53:4
- Psalm 79:7 : 2 Chr 36:19; Jer 39:8
- Psalm 79:8 : Ps 106:6; Is 64:9
- Psalm 79:8 : Ps 21:3
- Psalm 79:8 : Deut 28:43; Ps 116:6; 142:6; Is 26:5
- Psalm 79:9 : 2 Chr 14:11
- Psalm 79:9 : Ps 31:3
- Psalm 79:9 : Ps 25:11; 65:3
- Psalm 79:9 : Jer 14:7
- Psalm 79:10 : Ps 42:10; 115:2
- Psalm 79:10 : Ps 94:1, 2
- Psalm 79:11 : Ps 102:20
- Psalm 79:11 : Ps 102:20
- Psalm 79:12 : Gen 4:15; Lev 26:21, 28; Ps 12:6; 119:164; Prov 6:31; 24:16; Is 30:26
- Psalm 79:12 : Ps 35:13; Is 65:6, 7; Jer 32:18; Luke 6:38
- Psalm 79:12 : Ps 74:10, 18, 22
- Psalm 79:13 : Ps 74:1; 95:7; 100:3
- Psalm 79:13 : Ps 44:8
- Psalm 79:13 : Ps 89:1; Is 43:21
