Psalms 79:1-6

A Lament for Jerusalem after Its Destruction

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A psalm of Asaph.

1 O God, [the] nations have entered your inheritance; they have defiled your holy temple; they have reduced Jerusalem to ruins.
2 They have given the bodies of your servants as food for the birds of the heavens, the flesh of your faithful to [the] beasts of [the] earth.
3 They have poured out their blood like water all around Jerusalem, and there was none to bury [them].
4 We have become a taunt to our neighbors, a derision and a scorn to those around us.
5 How long, O Yahweh? Will you be angry forever? Will your jealousy burn like fire?
6 Pour out your anger on the nations that do not know you, and on [the] kingdoms that do not call on your name,

Footnotes 1

  • [a]. The Hebrew Bible counts the superscription as the first verse of the psalm
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