Psalms 79

1Unto the end, for them that shall be changed, a testimony for Asaph, a psalm.

1 O God, the nations are come into thine inheritance; Thy holy temple have they defiled; They have laid Jerusalem in heaps.

2Give ear, O thou that rulest Israel: thou that leadest Joseph like a sheep. Thou that sittest upon the cherubims, shine forth

2The dead bodies of thy servants have they given to be food unto the birds of the heavens, The flesh of thy saints unto the beasts of the earth.

3Before Ephraim, Benjamin, and Manasses. Stir up thy might, and come to save us.

3Their blood have they shed like water round about Jerusalem; And there was none to bury them.

4Convert us, O God: and shew us thy face, and we shall be saved.

4We are become a reproach to our neighbors, A scoffing and derision to them that are round about us.

5O Lord God of hosts, how long wilt thou be angry against the prayer of thy servant?

5How long, O Jehovah? wilt thou be angry for ever? Shall thy jealousy burn like fire?

6How long wilt thou feed us with the bread of tears: and give us for our drink tears in measure?

6Pour out thy wrath upon the nations that know thee not, And upon the kingdoms that call not upon thy name.

7Thou hast made us to be a contradiction to our neighbours: and our enemies have scoffed at us.

7For they have devoured Jacob, And laid waste his habitation.

8O God of hosts, convert us: and shew thy face, and we shall be saved.

8Remember not against us the iniquities of our forefathers: Let thy tender mercies speedily meet us; For we are brought very low.

9Thou hast brought a vineyard out of Egypt: thou hast cast out the Gentiles and planted it.

9Help us, O God of our salvation, for the glory of thy name; And deliver us, and forgive our sins, for thy name’s sake.

10Thou wast the guide of its journey in its sight: thou plantedst the roots thereof, and it filled the land.

10Wherefore should the nations say, Where is their God? Let the avenging of the blood of thy servants which is shed Be known among the nations in our sight.

11The shadow of it covered the hills: and the branches thereof the cedars of God.

11Let the sighing of the prisoner come before thee: According to the greatness of thy power preserve thou those that are appointed to death;

12It stretched forth its branches unto the sea, and its boughs unto the river.

12And render unto our neighbors sevenfold into their bosom Their reproach, wherewith they have reproached thee, O Lord.

13Why hast thou broken down the hedge thereof, so that all they who pass by the way do pluck it?

13So we thy people and sheep of thy pasture Will give thee thanks for ever: We will show forth thy praise to all generations.

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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