Psalms 79:1-9 ▼

1 A psalm of Asaph. ”8224; 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 faithful 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 iniquities against us; let your compassion come to us quickly, for we have become very weak.

9 God of our salvation, help us, for the glory of your name. Rescue us and atone for our sins, for your name’s sake.