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A Psalm by Asaph.

[1] God, the nations have come into your inheritance.
They have defiled your holy temple.
They have laid Jerusalem in heaps.
[2] They have given the dead bodies of your servants to be food for the birds of the sky,
the flesh of your saints to the animals of the earth.
[3] They have shed their blood like water around Jerusalem.
There was no one to bury them.
[4] We have become a reproach to our neighbors,
a scoffing and derision to those who are around us.
[5] How long, Yahweh?
Will you be angry forever?
Will your jealousy burn like fire?
[6] Pour out your wrath on the nations that don’t know you,
on the kingdoms that don’t call on your name,
[7] for they have devoured Jacob,
and destroyed his homeland.
[8] Don’t hold the iniquities of our forefathers against us.
Let your tender mercies speedily meet us,
for we are in desperate need.
[9] Help us, God of our salvation, for the glory of your name.
Deliver us, and forgive our sins, for your name’s sake.
[10] Why should the nations say, “Where is their God?”
Let it be known among the nations, before our eyes,
that vengeance for your servants’ blood is being poured out.
[11] Let the sighing of the prisoner come before you.
According to the greatness of your power, preserve those who are sentenced to death.
[12] Pay back to our neighbors seven times into their bosom
their reproach with which they have reproached you, Lord.
[13] So we, your people and sheep of your pasture,
will give you thanks forever.
We will praise you forever, to all generations.
King James Version

A Psalm H4210 of Asaph. H623

[1] O God, H430 the heathen H1471 are come H935 into thine inheritance; H5159
Thy holy H6944 H853 temple H1964 have they defiled; H2930 They have laid H7760 H853 Jerusalem H3389 on heaps. H5856
[2] H853 The dead bodies H5038 of thy servants H5650 have they given H5414 to be meat H3978 unto the fowls H5775 of the heaven, H8064
The flesh H1320 of thy saints H2623 unto the beasts H2416 of the earth. H776
[3] Their blood H1818 have they shed H8210 like water H4325 round about H5439 Jerusalem; H3389
And there was none to bury H6912 them.
[4] We are become a reproach H2781 to our neighbours, H7934
A scorn H3933 and derision H7047 to them that are round about H5439 us.
[5] How long, Lord? H3068 Wilt thou be angry H599 for ever? H5331
Shall thy jealousy H7068 burn H1197 like fire? H784
[6] Pour out H8210 thy wrath H2534 upon the heathen H1471 that have not known H3045 thee,
And upon the kingdoms H4467 that have not called H7121 upon thy name. H8034
[7] For H3588 they have devoured H398 H853 Jacob, H3290
And laid waste H8074 his dwelling place. H5116
[8] O remember H2142 not H408 against us former H7223 iniquities: H5771§ Let thy tender mercies H7356 speedily H4118 prevent H6923 us:
For we are brought H1809 very H3966 low. H1809
[9] Help H5826 us, O God H430 of our salvation, H3468 for H1697 the glory H3519 of thy name: H8034
And deliver H5337 us, and purge away H3722 our sins, H2403 for thy name’s H8034 sake.
[10] Wherefore should the heathen H1471 say, H559
Where is their God? H430
Let him be known H3045 among the heathen H1471 in our sight H5869
By the revenging H5360§ of the blood H1818 of thy servants H5650 which is shed. H8210
[11] Let the sighing H603 of the prisoner H615 come H935 before H6440 thee;
According to the greatness H1433 of thy power H2220§ preserve H3498 thou those that are appointed H1121 to die; H8546§
[12] And render H7725 unto H413 our neighbours H7934 sevenfold H7659 into their bosom H2436
Their reproach, H2781 wherewith they have reproached H2778 thee, O Lord. H136
[13] So we thy people H5971 and sheep H6629 of thy pasture H4830 will give thee thanks H3034 for ever: H5769
We will shew forth H5608 thy praise H8416 to all H1755 generations. H1755§

Footnotes

  1. § 79:8 Or, the iniquities of them that were before us
  2. § 79:10 Heb. vengeance
  3. § 79:11a Heb. thine arm
  4. § 79:11b Heb. reserve the children of death
  5. § 79:13 Heb. to generation and generation
Septuaginta
[1] ‡Ψαλμὸς G5568 τῷ G3588 Ασαφ. Ὁ G3588 θεός, G2316 ἤλθοσαν G2064 ἔθνη G1484 εἰς G1519 τὴν G3588 κληρονομίαν G2817 σου, G4675 ἐμίαναν G3392 τὸν G3588 ναὸν G3485 τὸν G3588 ἅγιόν σου, G4675 ἔθεντο G5087 Ιερουσαλημ G2419 εἰς G1519 ὀπωροφυλάκιον. [2] ‡Ἔθεντο G5087 τὰ G3588 θνησιμαῖα τῶν G3588 δούλων G1401 σου G4675 βρώματα G1033 τοῖς G3588 πετεινοῖς τοῦ G3588 οὐρανοῦ, G3772 τὰς G3588 σάρκας G4561 τῶν G3588 ὁσίων G3741 σου G4675 τοῖς G3588 θηρίοις G2342 τῆς G3588 γῆς· G1093 [3] ‡ἐξέχεαν G1632 τὸ G3588 αἷμα G129 αὐτῶν G846 ὡς G5613 ὕδωρ G5204 κύκλῳ G2945 Ιερουσαλημ, G2419 καὶ G2532 οὐκ G3756 ἦν G2258 ὁ G3588 θάπτων. G2290 [4] ‡Ἐγενήθημεν G1096 ὄνειδος G3681 τοῖς G3588 γείτοσιν G1069 ἡμῶν, G2257 μυκτηρισμὸς καὶ G2532 χλευασμὸς τοῖς G3588 κύκλῳ G2945 ἡμῶν. G2257 [5] ‡Ἕως G2193 πότε, G4219 κύριε, G2962 ὀργισθήσῃ G3710 εἰς G1519 τέλος, G5056 ἐκκαυθήσεται G1572 ὡς G5613 πῦρ G4442 ὁ G3588 ζῆλός G2205 σου; G4675 [6] ‡Ἔκχεον G1632 τὴν G3588 ὀργήν G3709 σου G4675 ἐπὶ G1909 ἔθνη G1484 τὰ G3588 μὴ G3361 γινώσκοντά G1097 σε G4571 καὶ G2532 ἐπὶ G1909 βασιλείας, G932 αἳ G3739 τὸ G3588 ὄνομά G3686 σου G4675 οὐκ G3756 ἐπεκαλέσαντο, G1941 [7] ‡ὅτι G3754 κατέφαγον G2719 τὸν G3588 Ιακωβ G2384 καὶ G2532 τὸν G3588 τόπον G5117 αὐτοῦ G846 ἠρήμωσαν. G2049 [8] ‡Μὴ G3361 μνησθῇς G3415 ἡμῶν G2257 ἀνομιῶν G458 ἀρχαίων· G744 ταχὺ G5035 προκαταλαβέτωσαν ἡμᾶς G2248 οἱ G3588 οἰκτιρμοί G3628 σου, G4675 ὅτι G3754 ἐπτωχεύσαμεν G4433 σφόδρα. G4970 [9] ‡Βοήθησον G997 ἡμῖν, G2254 ὁ G3588 θεὸς G2316 ὁ G3588 σωτὴρ G4990 ἡμῶν· G2257 ἕνεκα G1752 τῆς G3588 δόξης G1391 τοῦ G3588 ὀνόματός G3686 σου, G4675 κύριε, G2962 ῥῦσαι G4506 ἡμᾶς G2248 καὶ G2532 ἱλάσθητι G2433 ταῖς G3588 ἁμαρτίαις G266 ἡμῶν G2257 ἕνεκα G1752 τοῦ G3588 ὀνόματός G3686 σου, G4675 [10] ‡μήποτε G3379 εἴπωσιν G2036 τὰ G3588 ἔθνη G1484 Ποῦ G4226 ἐστιν G2076 ὁ G3588 θεὸς G2316 αὐτῶν; G846 Καὶ G2532 γνωσθήτω G1097 ἐν G1722 τοῖς G3588 ἔθνεσιν G1484 ἐνώπιον G1799 τῶν G3588 ὀφθαλμῶν G3788 ἡμῶν G2257 ἡ G3588 ἐκδίκησις G1557 τοῦ G3588 αἵματος G129 τῶν G3588 δούλων G1401 σου G4675 τοῦ G3588 ἐκκεχυμένου. G1632 [11] ‡Εἰσελθάτω G1525 ἐνώπιόν G1799 σου G4675 ὁ G3588 στεναγμὸς G4726 τῶν G3588 πεπεδημένων, κατὰ G2596 τὴν G3588 μεγαλωσύνην G3172 τοῦ G3588 βραχίονός G1023 σου G4675 περιποίησαι G4046 τοὺς G3588 υἱοὺς G5207 τῶν G3588 τεθανατωμένων. G2289 [12] ‡Ἀπόδος G591 τοῖς G3588 γείτοσιν G1069 ἡμῶν G2257 ἑπταπλασίονα εἰς G1519 τὸν G3588 κόλπον G2859 αὐτῶν G846 τὸν G3588 ὀνειδισμὸν G3680 αὐτῶν, G846 ὃν G3739 ὠνείδισάν G3679 σε, G4571 κύριε. G2962 [13] ‡Ἡμεῖς G2249 δὲ G1161 λαός G2992 σου G4675 καὶ G2532 πρόβατα G4263 τῆς G3588 νομῆς G3542 σου G4675 ἀνθομολογησόμεθά G437 σοι G4671 εἰς G1519 τὸν G3588 αἰῶνα, G165 εἰς G1519 γενεὰν G1074 καὶ G2532 γενεὰν G1074 ἐξαγγελοῦμεν G1804 τὴν G3588 αἴνεσίν G133 σου. G4675
Septuaginta, in place of Byzantine Greek New Testament

Footnotes

  1. ‡ 79:1 Originally verse 78:1.
  2. ‡ 79:2 Originally verse 78:2.
  3. ‡ 79:3 Originally verse 78:3.
  4. ‡ 79:4 Originally verse 78:4.
  5. ‡ 79:5 Originally verse 78:5.
  6. ‡ 79:6 Originally verse 78:6.
  7. ‡ 79:7 Originally verse 78:7.
  8. ‡ 79:8 Originally verse 78:8.
  9. ‡ 79:9 Originally verse 78:9.
  10. ‡ 79:10 Originally verse 78:10.
  11. ‡ 79:11 Originally verse 78:11.
  12. ‡ 79:12 Originally verse 78:12.
  13. ‡ 79:13 Originally verse 78:13.