Psalms 79:1-9 ▼

1 A Psalm of Asaph. O God, the nations have come into Your inheritance; They have defiled Your holy temple; They have laid Jerusalem in ruins.

2 They have given the dead bodies of Your slaves for food to the birds of the heavens, The flesh of Your holy ones to the beasts of the earth.

3 They have poured out their blood like water round about Jerusalem; And there was no one to bury them.

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

5 How long, O Yahweh? Will You be angry forever? Will Your jealousy burn like fire?

6 Pour out Your wrath upon the nations which do not know You, And upon the kingdoms which do not call upon Your name.

7 For they have devoured Jacob And laid waste his abode.

8 Do not remember our former iniquities against us; Let Your compassion quickly approach us, For we are brought very low.

9 Help us, O God of our salvation, for the glory of Your name; And deliver us and atone for our sins for Your name’s sake.