79:1 A song of Asaph. O God, the nations around us have raided the land that belongs to You; they have defiled Your holy house and crushed Jerusalem to a heap of ruins.
79:2 Your servants are dead; birds of the air swoop down to pick at their remains. Scavengers of the earth eat what is left of Your saints.
79:3 The enemy poured out their blood; it flowed like water all over Jerusalem, and there is no one left, no one to bury what remains of them.
79:4 The surrounding peoples taunt us. We are nothing but a joke to them, people to be ridiculed.
79:5 How long can this go on, O Eternal One? Will You stay angry at us forever? Your jealousy burning like wildfire?
79:6 Flood these outsiders with Your wrath— they have no knowledge of You! Drown the kingdoms of this world that call on false gods and not on Your name.
79:7 For these nations devoured Jacob, consumed him, and turned his home into a wasteland.
79:8 Do not hold the sins of our ancestors against us, but send Your compassion to meet us quickly, God. We are in deep despair.
79:9 Help us, O God who saves us, to the honor and glory of Your name. Pull us up, deliver us, and forgive our sins, for Your name’s sake.
79:10 Don’t give these people any reason to ask, “Where is their God?” Avenge the blood spilled by Your servants. Put it on display among the nations before our very eyes.
79:11 May the deep groans and wistful sighs of the prisoners reach You, and by Your great power, save those condemned to die.
79:12 Pay back each of our invaders personally, seven times for the shame they heaped on You, O Lord!
79:13 Then we, Your people, the sheep of Your pasture, will pause and give You thanks forever; Your praise will be told by our generation to the next.
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