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World English Bible

Psalm 79 (WEBP)

[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.

Scripture quotations are taken from The World English Bible™ of eBible.org, 2020 stable text edition. It is in the public domain.

King James w/Strong’s #s

Psalm 79 (KJVS)

[1] O God, the heathen are come into thine inheritance; Thy holy temple have they defiled; They have laid Jerusalem on heaps.
[2] The dead bodies of thy servants have they given to be meat unto the fowls of the heaven, The flesh of thy saints unto the beasts of the earth.
[3] Their blood have they shed like water round about Jerusalem; And there was none to bury them.
[4] We are become a reproach to our neighbours, A scorn and derision to them that are round about us.
[5] How long, Lord? Wilt thou be angry for ever? Shall thy jealousy burn like fire?
[6] Pour out thy wrath upon the heathen that have not known thee, And upon the kingdoms that have not called upon thy name.
[7] For they have devoured Jacob, And laid waste his dwelling place.
[8] O remember not against us former iniquities: Let thy tender mercies speedily prevent us: For we are brought very low.
[9] Help us, O God of our salvation, for the glory of thy name: And deliver us, and purge away our sins, for thy name’s sake.
[10] Wherefore should the heathen say, Where is their God? Let him be known among the heathen in our sight By the revenging of the blood of thy servants which is shed.
[11] Let the sighing of the prisoner come before thee; According to the greatness of thy power preserve thou those that are appointed to die;
[12] And render unto our neighbours sevenfold into their bosom Their reproach, wherewith they have reproached thee, O Lord.
[13] So we thy people and sheep of thy pasture will give thee thanks for ever: We will shew forth thy praise to all generations.

Psalm 79:8 Or, the iniquities of them that were before us
Psalm 79:10 Heb. vengeance
Psalm 79:11a Heb. thine arm
Psalm 79:11b Heb. reserve the children of death
Psalm 79:13 Heb. to generation and generation

Scripture quotations from The Authorized King James Version of the Holy Bible, using the standardized text of 1769. It is in the public domain.

Greek Bible (LXX/BYZ)

Psalm 79 (BYZ)

[1] Ψαλμὸς () τῷ () Ασαφ. Ὁ () θεός, () ἤλθοσαν () ἔθνη () εἰς () τὴν () κληρονομίαν () σου, () ἐμίαναν () τὸν () ναὸν () τὸν () ἅγιόν σου, () ἔθεντο () Ιερουσαλημ () εἰς () ὀπωροφυλάκιον.
[2] Ἔθεντο () τὰ () θνησιμαῖα τῶν () δούλων () σου () βρώματα () τοῖς () πετεινοῖς τοῦ () οὐρανοῦ, () τὰς () σάρκας () τῶν () ὁσίων () σου () τοῖς () θηρίοις () τῆς () γῆς· ()
[3] ἐξέχεαν () τὸ () αἷμα () αὐτῶν () ὡς () ὕδωρ () κύκλῳ () Ιερουσαλημ, () καὶ () οὐκ () ἦν () ὁ () θάπτων. ()
[4] Ἐγενήθημεν () ὄνειδος () τοῖς () γείτοσιν () ἡμῶν, () μυκτηρισμὸς καὶ () χλευασμὸς τοῖς () κύκλῳ () ἡμῶν. ()
[5] Ἕως () πότε, () κύριε, () ὀργισθήσῃ () εἰς () τέλος, () ἐκκαυθήσεται () ὡς () πῦρ () ὁ () ζῆλός () σου; ()
[6] Ἔκχεον () τὴν () ὀργήν () σου () ἐπὶ () ἔθνη () τὰ () μὴ () γινώσκοντά () σε () καὶ () ἐπὶ () βασιλείας, () αἳ () τὸ () ὄνομά () σου () οὐκ () ἐπεκαλέσαντο, ()
[7] ὅτι () κατέφαγον () τὸν () Ιακωβ () καὶ () τὸν () τόπον () αὐτοῦ () ἠρήμωσαν. ()
[8] Μὴ () μνησθῇς () ἡμῶν () ἀνομιῶν () ἀρχαίων· () ταχὺ () προκαταλαβέτωσαν ἡμᾶς () οἱ () οἰκτιρμοί () σου, () ὅτι () ἐπτωχεύσαμεν () σφόδρα. ()
[9] Βοήθησον () ἡμῖν, () ὁ () θεὸς () ὁ () σωτὴρ () ἡμῶν· () ἕνεκα () τῆς () δόξης () τοῦ () ὀνόματός () σου, () κύριε, () ῥῦσαι () ἡμᾶς () καὶ () ἱλάσθητι () ταῖς () ἁμαρτίαις () ἡμῶν () ἕνεκα () τοῦ () ὀνόματός () σου, ()
[10] μήποτε () εἴπωσιν () τὰ () ἔθνη () Ποῦ () ἐστιν () ὁ () θεὸς () αὐτῶν; () Καὶ () γνωσθήτω () ἐν () τοῖς () ἔθνεσιν () ἐνώπιον () τῶν () ὀφθαλμῶν () ἡμῶν () ἡ () ἐκδίκησις () τοῦ () αἵματος () τῶν () δούλων () σου () τοῦ () ἐκκεχυμένου. ()
[11] Εἰσελθάτω () ἐνώπιόν () σου () ὁ () στεναγμὸς () τῶν () πεπεδημένων, κατὰ () τὴν () μεγαλωσύνην () τοῦ () βραχίονός () σου () περιποίησαι () τοὺς () υἱοὺς () τῶν () τεθανατωμένων. ()
[12] Ἀπόδος () τοῖς () γείτοσιν () ἡμῶν () ἑπταπλασίονα εἰς () τὸν () κόλπον () αὐτῶν () τὸν () ὀνειδισμὸν () αὐτῶν, () ὃν () ὠνείδισάν () σε, () κύριε. ()
[13] Ἡμεῖς () δὲ () λαός () σου () καὶ () πρόβατα () τῆς () νομῆς () σου () ἀνθομολογησόμεθά () σοι () εἰς () τὸν () αἰῶνα, () εἰς () γενεὰν () καὶ () γενεὰν () ἐξαγγελοῦμεν () τὴν () αἴνεσίν () σου. ()

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

Old Testament scripture quotations and versification from Septuaginta, edited by Alfred Rahlfs (Stuttgart: Württembergische Bibelanstalt, 1935). New Testament quotations are from the Byzantine Text (Guardian Press, LLC, Robinson-Pierpont Byzantine Textform, 2026). Both are in the public domain.