Psa 79 | NASB1995 | STEP | A Psalm of Asaph. O God , the nations have invaded Your inheritance ; They have defiled Your holy temple ; They have laid Jerusalem in ruins .

Psalms 79

A Lament over the Destruction of Jerusalem, and Prayer for Help.

A Psalm of Asaph.

1 O God, the ^anations have ^{▼▼ Lit come into}invaded ^cYour inheritance;
They have defiled Your ^dholy temple;
They have ^elaid Jerusalem in ruins.
2 They have given the ^fdead bodies of Your servants for food to the birds of the heavens,
The flesh of Your godly ones to the beasts of the earth.
3 They have poured out their blood like water round about Jerusalem;
And there was ^gno one to bury them.
4 We have become a ^hreproach to our neighbors,
A scoffing and derision to those around us.
5 ⁱHow long, O Lord? Will You be angry forever?
Will Your ^jjealousy ^kburn like fire?
6 ^lPour out Your wrath upon the nations which ^mdo not know You,
And upon the kingdoms which ⁿdo not call upon Your name.
7 For they have ^odevoured Jacob
And ^plaid waste his ^{▼▼ Lit pasture}habitation.

8 ^rDo not remember ^{▼▼ Or our former iniquities}the iniquities of our forefathers against us;
Let Your compassion come quickly to ^tmeet us,
For we are ^ubrought very low.
9 ^vHelp us, O God of our salvation, for the glory of ^wYour name;
And deliver us and ^{▼▼ Lit cover over, atone for
,} ^yforgive our sins ^zfor Your name’s sake.
10 ^aaWhy should the nations say, “Where is their God?”
Let there be known among the nations in our sight,
^abVengeance for the blood of Your servants which has been shed.
11 Let ^acthe groaning of the prisoner come before You;
According to the greatness of Your ^{▼▼ Lit arm}power preserve ^{▼▼ Lit the children of death}those who are ^afdoomed to die.
12 And return to our neighbors ^agsevenfold ^ahinto their bosom
^{▼▼ Lit Their}The ^ajreproach with which they have reproached You, O Lord.
13 So we Your people and the ^aksheep of Your ^{▼▼ Or pasturing}pasture
Will ^amgive thanks to You forever;
To all generations we will ^antell of Your praise.