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Psalm 79

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.

World English Bible WEB

1 <<A Psalm by Asaph.>> God, the nations have come into your inheritance. They have defiled your holy temple. They have laid Jerusalem in heaps.

2 They have given the dead bodies of your servants to be food for the birds of the sky, The flesh of your saints to the animals of the earth.

3 Their blood they have shed like water around Jerusalem. There was no one to bury them.

4 We have become a reproach to our neighbors, A scoffing and derision to those who are around us.

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

6 Pour out your wrath on the nations that don't know you; On the kingdoms that don't call on your names;

7 For they have devoured Jacob, And destroyed his homeland.

8 Don't hold the iniquities of our forefathers against us. Let your tender mercies speedily meet us, For we are in desperate need.

9 Help us, God of our salvation, for the glory of your name. Deliver us, and forgive our sins, for your name's sake.

10 Why should the nations say, "Where is their God?" Let it be known among the nations, before our eyes, That vengeance for your servants' blood is being poured out.

11 Let the sighing of the prisoner come before you. According to the greatness of your power, preserve those who are sentenced to death;

12 Pay back to our neighbors seven times into their bosom Their reproach with which they have reproached you, Lord.

13 So we, your people and sheep of your pasture, Will give you thanks forever. We will praise you forever, to all generations.