Psalms 79
JPS Tanakh (Jewish Publication Society, 1917)
Douay-Rheims Bible, American Edition (1899)
1A Psalm of Asaph. O God, the heathen are come into Thine inheritance; they have defiled Thy holy temple; they have made Jerusalem into heaps.
1Unto the end, for them that shall he changed, a testimony for Asaph, a psalm.
2They have given the dead bodies of Thy servants to be food unto the fowls of the heaven, the flesh of Thy saints unto 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 shed their blood like water round about Jerusalem, with none to bury them.
3Before Ephraim, Benjamin, and Manasses. Stir up thy might, and come to save us.
4We are become a taunt to our neighbours, a scorn and derision to them that are round about us.
4Convert us, O God: and shew us thy face, and we shall be saved.
5How long, O LORD, wilt Thou be angry for ever? How long will Thy jealousy burn like fire?
5O Lord God of hosts, how long wilt thou be angry against the prayer of thy servant?
6Pour out Thy wrath upon the nations that know Thee not, and upon the kingdoms that call not upon Thy 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 laid waste his habitation.
7Thou hast made us to be a contradiction to our neighbours: and our enemies have scoffed at us.
8Remember not against us the iniquities of our forefathers; let Thy compassions speedily come to meet us; for we are brought very 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 sake of the glory of Thy name; and deliver us, and forgive our sins, for Thy name's sake.
9Thou hast brought a vineyard out of Egypt: thou hast cast cut the Gentiles and planted it.
10Wherefore should the nations say: 'Where is their God?' Let the avenging of Thy servants' blood that is shed be made known among the nations in our sight.
10Thou wast the guide of its journey in its sight: thou plantedst the roots thereof, and it filled the land.
11Let the groaning of the prisoner come before Thee; according to the greatness of Thy power set free those that are appointed to death;
11The shadow of it covered the hills: and the branches thereof the cedars of God.
12And render unto our neighbours sevenfold into their bosom their reproach, wherewith they have reproached Thee, O Lord.
12It stretched forth its branches unto the sea, and its boughs unto the river.
13So we that are Thy people and the flock of Thy pasture will give Thee thanks for ever; we will tell of Thy praise to all generations.
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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