CHAPTER 79
A Psalm
of Asaph.
The nations,
O God,
have invaded
Your inheritance;
they have defiled
Your holy
temple
and reduced
Jerusalem
to rubble.
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.
They have poured out
their blood
like water
all around
Jerusalem,
and there is no one
to bury the dead.
Pour out
Your wrath
on
the nations
that
do not
acknowledge You,
on
the kingdoms
that
refuse
to call
on Your name,
Help us,
O God
of our salvation,
for
the glory
of Your name;
deliver us
and atone
for
our sins,
for the sake
of Your name.
Why
should the nations
ask,
“Where
is their God?”
Before our eyes,
make known
among the nations
Your vengeance
for the bloodshed
of Your servants.
May the groans
of the captives
reach You;
by the strength
of Your arm
preserve
those condemned
to death.
Then we
Your people,
the sheep
of Your pasture,
will thank
You
forever;
from generation
to generation,
we will declare
Your praise.