Psm79:1 O God, the nations have come into your inheritance; they have defiled your holy temple; they have laid Jerusalem in ruins.
Psm79:2 They have given the bodies of your servants to the birds of the air for food, the flesh of your faithful to the wild animals of the earth.
Psm79:3 They have poured out their blood like water all around Jerusalem, and there was no one to bury them.
Psm79:4 We have become a taunt to our neighbors, mocked and derided by those around us.
Psm79:5 How long, O LORD? Will you be angry forever? Will your jealous wrath burn like fire?
Psm79:6 Pour out your anger on the nations that do not know you, and on the kingdoms that do not call on your name.
Psm79:7 For they have devoured Jacob and laid waste his habitation.
Psm79:8 Do not remember against us the iniquities of our ancestors; let your compassion come speedily to meet us, for we are brought very low.
Psm79:9 Help us, O God of our salvation, for the glory of your name; deliver us, and forgive our sins, for your name's sake.
Psm79:10 Why should the nations say, "Where is their God?" Let the avenging of the outpoured blood of your servants be known among the nations before our eyes.
Psm79:11 Let the groans of the prisoners come before you; according to your great power preserve those doomed to die.
Psm79:12 Return sevenfold into the bosom of our neighbors the taunts with which they taunted you, O Lord!
Psm79:13 Then we your people, the flock of your pasture, will give thanks to you forever; from generation to generation we will recount your praise.