79: 1 A Lament over the Destruction of Jerusalem, and Prayer for Help. A Psalm of Asaph. O God, the nations are come into thine inheritance; Thy holy temple have they defiled; They have laid Jerusalem in heaps.
79: 2 The dead bodies of thy servants have they given to be food unto the birds of the heavens, The flesh of thy saints unto the beasts of the earth.
79: 3 Their blood have they shed like water round about Jerusalem; And there was none to bury them.
79: 4 We are become a reproach to our neighbors, A scoffing and derision to them that are round about us.
79: 5 How long, O Jehovah? wilt thou be angry for ever? Shall thy jealousy burn like fire?
79: 6 Pour out thy wrath upon the nations that know thee not, And upon the kingdoms that call not upon thy name.
79: 7 For they have devoured Jacob, And laid waste his ⁵⁰⁷habitation.
⁵⁰⁷Or, pasture.

79: 8 Remember not against us the iniquities of our forefathers: Let thy tender mercies speedily meet us; For we are brought very low.
79: 9 Help us, O God of our salvation, for the glory of thy name; And deliver us, and ⁵⁰⁸atone for our sins, for thy name’s sake.
⁵⁰⁸Or, expiate or possibly, forgive

79: 10 Wherefore should the nations say, Where is their God? Let the avenging of the blood of thy servants which is shed Be known among the nations in our sight.
79: 11 Let the sighing of the prisoner come before thee: According to the greatness of ⁵⁰⁹thy power preserve thou ⁵¹⁰those that are appointed to death;
⁵⁰⁹Hb. thine arm
⁵¹⁰Hb. the sons of death;

79: 12 And render unto our neighbors sevenfold into their bosom Their reproach, wherewith they have reproached thee, ⁵¹¹O Jehovah.
⁵¹¹Sopherim changed to O Lord.

79: 13 So we thy people and sheep of thy pasture Will give thee thanks for ever: We will show forth thy praise to all generations.