(A)Pour out thy wrath upon the heathen that have not known thee, and upon the kingdoms that have not called upon thy Name.

For they have devoured Jacob, and made his dwelling place desolate.

Remember not against us the [a]former iniquities, but [b]make haste, and let thy tender mercies prevent us: for we are in great misery.

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 79:8 Which we and our fathers have committed.
  2. Psalm 79:8 And stay not till we have recompensed for our sins.

Pour out your wrath(A) on the nations
    that do not acknowledge(B) you,
on the kingdoms
    that do not call on your name;(C)
for they have devoured(D) Jacob
    and devastated his homeland.

Do not hold against us the sins of past generations;(E)
    may your mercy come quickly to meet us,
    for we are in desperate need.(F)

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