Psalms 79:2-13 ▼

2 They have given the corpses of Your servants as food to the birds of the air, the flesh of Your saints to the beasts of the earth.

3 They have poured out their blood like water all around Jerusalem (city of peace), and there is no one to bury the dead.

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

5 How long, O LORD {YHWH}? Will You be angry forever? Will Your jealousy burn like fire?

6 Pour out Your wrath on the nations that do not acknowledge You, on the kingdoms that refuse to call on Your name,

7 for they have devoured Jacob (he grasps the heel) and devastated his homeland.

8 Do not hold past sins against us; let Your compassion come quickly, for we are brought low.

9 Help us, O God {Elohe} of our salvation, for the glory of Your name; deliver us and atone for our sins, for the sake of Your name.

10 Why should the nations ask, “Where is their God {Eloheikem}?” Before our eyes, make known among the nations Your vengeance for the bloodshed of Your servants.

11 May the groans of the captives reach You; by the strength of Your arm preserve those condemned to death.

12 Pay back into the laps of our neighbors sevenfold the reproach they hurled at You, O Lord {Adonai}.

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