Psalm 79 - English Standard Version Anglicised (ESVUK)

How Long, O Lord?

A Psalm of (A)Asaph.

79 O God, (B)the nations have come into your (C)inheritance;
they have defiled your (D)holy temple;
they have (E)laid Jerusalem in ruins.
2 They have given (F)the bodies of your servants
to the birds of the heavens for food,
the flesh of your (G)faithful to (H)the beasts of the earth.
3 They have poured out their blood like water
all round Jerusalem,
and there was (I)no one to bury them.
4 We have become (J)a taunt to our neighbours,
(K)mocked and derided by those around us.
5 (L)How long, O Lord? Will you be angry (M)for ever?
Will your (N)jealousy (O)burn like fire?
6 (P)Pour out your anger on the nations
that (Q)do not know you,
and on the kingdoms
that (R)do not call upon your name!
7 For they have devoured Jacob
and laid waste his habitation.
8 (S)Do not remember against us (T)our former iniquities;[a]
let your compassion come speedily to meet us,
for we are (U)brought very low.
9 (V)Help us, O God of our salvation,
for the glory of your name;
deliver us, and (W)atone for our sins,
for your (X)name's sake!
10 (Y)Why should the nations say,
“Where is their God?”
Let (Z)the avenging of the outpoured blood of your servants
be known among the nations before our eyes!
11 Let (AA)the groans of the prisoners come before you;
according to your great power, preserve those (AB)doomed to die!
12 Return (AC)sevenfold into the (AD)lap of our neighbours
the (AE)taunts with which they have taunted you, O Lord!
13 But we your people, the (AF)sheep of your pasture,
will (AG)give thanks to you for ever;
from generation to generation we will recount your praise.

Footnotes

  1. Psalm 79:8 Or the iniquities of former generations

Cross references

  1. Psalm 79:1 : Ps. 50, title
  2. Psalm 79:1 : Lam. 1:10
  3. Psalm 79:1 : Ex. 15:17; See Ps. 74:2
  4. Psalm 79:1 : [Ps. 74:7]
  5. Psalm 79:1 : Jer. 26:18; Mic. 3:12; [2 Kgs. 25:9, 10]; 2 Chr. 36:19
  6. Psalm 79:2 : Deut. 28:26; Jer. 7:33; 16:4; 19:7; 34:20
  7. Psalm 79:2 : See Ps. 50:5
  8. Psalm 79:2 : Ps. 74:19
  9. Psalm 79:3 : Jer. 14:16; [2 Kgs. 9:10]
  10. Psalm 79:4 : Dan. 9:16; See Ps. 44:13
  11. Psalm 79:4 : Dan. 9:16; See Ps. 44:13
  12. Psalm 79:5 : [Ps. 74:10; 80:4]
  13. Psalm 79:5 : [Ps. 74:1; 85:5]; See Ps. 13:1
  14. Psalm 79:5 : Ps. 78:58
  15. Psalm 79:5 : Ps. 78:21; 89:46
  16. Psalm 79:6 : Cited Jer. 10:25; [Zeph. 3:8]
  17. Psalm 79:6 : 2 Thess. 1:8
  18. Psalm 79:6 : See Ps. 14:4
  19. Psalm 79:8 : Isa. 64:9
  20. Psalm 79:8 : Jer. 11:10
  21. Psalm 79:8 : Ps. 116:6; 142:6
  22. Psalm 79:9 : 2 Chr. 14:11
  23. Psalm 79:9 : See Ps. 65:3
  24. Psalm 79:9 : Jer. 14:7, 21; See Ps. 23:3
  25. Psalm 79:10 : See Ps. 42:3
  26. Psalm 79:10 : See Ps. 94:1
  27. Psalm 79:11 : Ps. 102:20
  28. Psalm 79:11 : [1 Sam. 20:31]
  29. Psalm 79:12 : Gen. 4:15, 24; Lev. 26:21, 28; Prov. 6:31
  30. Psalm 79:12 : Isa. 65:6, 7; Jer. 32:18
  31. Psalm 79:12 : See Ps. 74:10
  32. Psalm 79:13 : See Ps. 74:1
  33. Psalm 79:13 : Isa. 43:21

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