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Psalm 79

The Bible in Basic English BBE

1 <A Psalm. Of Asaph.> O God, the nations have come into your heritage; they have made your holy Temple unclean; they have made Jerusalem a mass of broken walls.

2 They have given the bodies of your servants as food to the birds of the air, and the flesh of your saints to the beasts of the earth.

3 Their blood has been flowing like water round about Jerusalem; there was no one to put them in their last resting-place.

4 We are looked down on by our neighbours, we are laughed at and made sport of by those who are round us.

5 How long, O Lord? will you be angry for ever? will your wrath go on burning like fire?

6 Let your wrath be on the nations who have no knowledge of you, and on the kingdoms who have not made prayer to your name.

7 For they have taken Jacob for their meat, and made waste his house.

8 Do not keep in mind against us the sins of our fathers; let your mercy come to us quickly, for we have been made very low.

9 Give us help, O God of our salvation, for the glory of your name; take us out of danger and give us forgiveness for our sins, because of your name.

10 Why may the nations say, Where is their God? Let payment for the blood of your servants be made openly among the nations before our eyes.

11 Let the cry of the prisoner come before you; with your strong arm make free the children of death;

12 And give punishment seven times over into the breast of our neighbours for the bitter words which they have said against you, O Lord.

13 So we your people, and the sheep of your flock, will give you glory for ever: we will go on praising you through all generations.

Good News Translation GNT

1 O God, the heathen have invaded your land. They have desecrated your holy Temple and left Jerusalem in ruins.

2 They left the bodies of your people for the vultures, the bodies of your servants for wild animals to eat.

3 They shed your people's blood like water; blood flowed like water all through Jerusalem, and no one was left to bury the dead.

4 The surrounding nations insult us; they laugh at us and mock us.

5 Lord, will you be angry with us forever? Will your anger continue to burn like fire?

6 Turn your anger on the nations that do not worship you, on the people who do not pray to you.

7 For they have killed your people; they have ruined your country.

8 Do not punish us for the sins of our ancestors. Have mercy on us now; we have lost all hope.

9 Help us, O God, and save us; rescue us and forgive our sins for the sake of your own honor.

10 Why should the nations ask us, "Where is your God?" Let us see you punish the nations for shedding the blood of your servants.

11 Listen to the groans of the prisoners, and by your great power free those who are condemned to die.

12 Lord, pay the other nations back seven times for all the insults they have hurled at you.

13 Then we, your people, the sheep of your flock, will thank you forever and praise you for all time to come.