Psalm 79
A lament over the destruction of Jerusalem. The nations have invaded God's inheritance and shed blood like water. The psalmist pleads for God's compassion, asking him to avenge his people and restore them for his name's sake.
PsalmsPsalm 79 of 15013 versesBerean Standard Bible
In this passage: Jerusalem
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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.
We have become a reproach to our neighbors, a scorn and derision to those around us.
How long, O LORD? Will You be angry forever? Will Your jealousy burn like fire?
Pour out Your wrath on the nations that do not acknowledge You, on the kingdoms that refuse to call on Your name,
for they have devoured Jacob and devastated his homeland.
Do not hold past sins against us; let Your compassion come quickly, for we are brought low.
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.
Pay back into the laps of our neighbors sevenfold the reproach they hurled at You, O Lord.
Then we Your people, the sheep of Your pasture, will thank You forever; from generation to generation we will declare Your praise.
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“The corpses of this people will become food for the birds of the air and the beasts of the earth, and there will be no one to scare them away.”
“Do not be angry, O LORD, beyond measure; do not remember our iniquity forever. Oh, look upon us, we pray; we are all Your people!”
“Although our iniquities testify against us, O LORD, act for the sake of Your name. Indeed, our rebellions are many; we have sinned against You.”
“Then Asa cried out to the LORD his God: “O LORD, there is no one besides You to help the powerless against the mighty. Help us, O LORD our God, for we rely on You, and in Your name we have come against this multitude. O LORD, You are our God. Do not let a mere mortal prevail against You.””
“to hear a prisoner’s groaning, to release those condemned to death,”
Cross-references from OpenBible.info, licensed CC BY.
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