Psalms 79
Berean Standard BibleTranslation
Berean Standard Bible
Douay-Rheims Bible, American Edition (1899)
1The nations, O God, have invaded Your inheritance; they have defiled Your holy temple and reduced Jerusalem to rubble.
1Unto the end, for them that shall he changed, a testimony for Asaph, a psalm.
2They 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.
2Give ear, O thou that rulest Israel: thou that leadest Joseph like a sheep. Thou that sittest upon the cherubims, shine forth
3They have poured out their blood like water all around Jerusalem, and there is no one to bury the dead.
3Before Ephraim, Benjamin, and Manasses. Stir up thy might, and come to save us.
4We have become a reproach to our neighbors, a scorn and derision to those around us.
4Convert us, O God: and shew us thy face, and we shall be saved.
5How long, O LORD? Will You be angry forever? Will Your jealousy burn like fire?
5O Lord God of hosts, how long wilt thou be angry against the prayer of thy servant?
6Pour out Your wrath on the nations that do not acknowledge You, on the kingdoms that refuse to call on Your name,
6How long wilt thou feed us with the bread of tears: and give us for our drink tears in measure?
7for they have devoured Jacob and devastated his homeland.
7Thou hast made us to be a contradiction to our neighbours: and our enemies have scoffed at us.
8Do not hold past sins against us; let Your compassion come quickly, for we are brought low.
8O God of hosts, convert us: and shew thy face, and we shall be saved.
9Help 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.
9Thou hast brought a vineyard out of Egypt: thou hast cast cut the Gentiles and planted it.
10Why should the nations ask, “Where is their God?” Before our eyes, make known among the nations Your vengeance for the bloodshed of Your servants.
10Thou wast the guide of its journey in its sight: thou plantedst the roots thereof, and it filled the land.
11May the groans of the captives reach You; by the strength of Your arm preserve those condemned to death.
11The shadow of it covered the hills: and the branches thereof the cedars of God.
12Pay back into the laps of our neighbors sevenfold the reproach they hurled at You, O Lord.
12It stretched forth its branches unto the sea, and its boughs unto the river.
13Then we Your people, the sheep of Your pasture, will thank You forever; from generation to generation we will declare Your praise.
13Why hast thou broken down the hedge thereof, so that all they who pass by the way do pluck it?
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14The boar out of the wood hath laid it waste: and a singular wild beast hath devoured it.
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15Turn again, O God of hosts, look down from heaven, and see, and visit this vineyard:
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16And perfect the same which thy right hand hath planted: and upon the son of man whom thou hast confirmed for thyself.
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17Things set on fire and dug down shall perish at the rebuke of thy countenance.
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18Let thy hand be upon the man of thy right hand: and upon the son of man whom thou hast confirmed for thyself.
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19And we depart not from thee, thou shalt quicken us: and we will call upon thy name.
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20O Lord God of hosts, convert us: and shew thy face, and we shall be saved.
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