Psalms 79; Psalms 80

1 God, the nations have invaded Your inheritance, desecrated Your holy temple, and turned Jerusalem into ruins.

2 They gave the corpses of Your servants to the birds of the sky for food, the flesh of Your godly ones to the beasts of the earth.

3 They poured out their blood like water all around Jerusalem, and there was no one to bury [them].

4 We have become an object of reproach to our neighbors, a source of mockery and ridicule to those around us.

5 How long, Lord? Will You be angry forever? Will Your jealousy keep burning like fire?

6 Pour out Your wrath on the nations that don't acknowledge You, on the kingdoms that don't call on Your name,

7 for they have devoured Jacob and devastated his homeland.

8 Do not hold past sins against us; let Your compassion come to us quickly, for we have become weak.

9 God of our salvation, help us- for the glory of Your name. Deliver us and atone for our sins, because of Your name.

10 Why should the nations ask, "Where is their God?" Before our eyes, let vengeance for the shed blood of Your servants be known among the nations.

11 Let the groans of the prisoners reach You; according to Your great power, preserve those condemned to die.

12 Pay back sevenfold to our neighbors the reproach they have hurled at You, Lord.

13 Then we, Your people, the sheep of Your pasture, will thank You forever; we will declare Your praise to generation after generation.

1 Listen, Shepherd of Israel, who guides Joseph like a flock; You who sit enthroned [on] the cherubim, rise up

2 at the head of Ephraim, Benjamin, and Manasseh. Rally Your power and come to save us.

3 Restore us, God; look [on us] with favor, and we will be saved.

4 Lord God of Hosts, how long will You be angry with Your people's prayers?

5 You fed them the bread of tears and gave them a full measure of tears to drink.

6 You set us at strife with our neighbors; our enemies make fun of us.

7 Restore us, God of Hosts; look [on us] with favor, and we will be saved.

8 You uprooted a vine from Egypt; You drove out the nations and planted it.

9 You cleared [a place] for it; it took root and filled the land.

10 The mountains were covered by its shade, and the mighty cedars with its branches.

11 It sent out sprouts toward the Sea and shoots toward the River.

12 Why have You broken down its walls so that all who pass by pick its fruit?

13 The boar from the forest gnaws at it, and creatures of the field feed on it.

14 Return, God of Hosts. Look down from heaven and see; take care of this vine,

15 the root Your right hand has planted, the shoot that You made strong for Yourself.

16 It was cut down and burned up; they perish at the rebuke of Your countenance.

17 Let Your hand be with the man at Your right hand, with the son of man You have made strong for Yourself.

18 Then we will not turn away from You; revive us, and we will call on Your name.

19 Restore us, Lord God of Hosts; look [on us] with favor, and we will be saved.