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Psalm 79  Legacy Standard Bible

How Long, O Yahweh?

A Psalm of Asaph.

79 O God, the (A)nations have come into (B)Your inheritance;
They have defiled Your (C)holy temple;
They have (D)laid Jerusalem in ruins.
2 They have given the (E)dead bodies of Your slaves for food to the birds of the heavens,
The flesh of Your holy ones to the beasts of the earth.
3 They have poured out their blood like water round about Jerusalem;
And there was (F)no one to bury them.
4 We have become a (G)reproach to our neighbors,
A mockery and derision to those around us.
5 (H)How long, O Yahweh? Will You be angry forever?
Will Your (I)jealousy (J)burn like fire?
6 (K)Pour out Your wrath upon the nations which (L)do not know You,
And upon the kingdoms which (M)do not call upon Your name.
7 For they have (N)devoured Jacob
And (O)laid waste his [a]abode.

8 (P)Do not remember our former iniquities against us;
Let Your compassion quickly (Q)approach us,
For we are (R)brought very low.
9 (S)Help us, O God of our salvation, for the glory of (T)Your name;
And deliver us and (U)atone for our sins (V)for Your name’s sake.
10 (W)Why should the nations say, “Where is their God?”
Let it be known among the nations before our eyes:
(X)Vengeance for the blood of Your slaves which has been poured out.
11 Let (Y)the groaning of the prisoner come before You;
According to the greatness of Your [b]power preserve [c]those who are (Z)doomed to die.
12 And return to our neighbors (AA)sevenfold (AB)into their bosom
[d]The (AC)reproach with which they have reproached You, O Lord.
13 But as for us, as Your people and the (AD)sheep of Your pasture,
We will (AE)give thanks to You forever;
From generation to generation we will (AF)recount Your praise.

Footnotes

  1. Psalm 79:7 Lit pasture
  2. Psalm 79:11 Lit arm
  3. Psalm 79:11 Lit the children of death
  4. Psalm 79:12 Lit Their

Cross references

  1. Psalm 79:1 : Lam 1:10
  2. Psalm 79:1 : Ps 74:2
  3. Psalm 79:1 : Ps 74:3, 7
  4. Psalm 79:1 : 2 Kin 25:9, 10; 2 Chr 36:17-19; Jer 26:18; 52:12-14; Mic 3:12
  5. Psalm 79:2 : Deut 28:26; Jer 7:33; 16:4; 19:7; 34:20
  6. Psalm 79:3 : Jer 14:16; 16:4
  7. Psalm 79:4 : Ps 44:13; 80:6; Dan 9:16
  8. Psalm 79:5 : Ps 13:1; 74:1, 9, 10; 85:5; 89:46
  9. Psalm 79:5 : Deut 29:20; Ezek 36:5; 38:19
  10. Psalm 79:5 : Ps 89:46; Zeph 3:8
  11. Psalm 79:6 : Ps 69:24; Jer 10:25; Ezek 21:31; Zeph 3:8
  12. Psalm 79:6 : 1 Thess 4:5; 2 Thess 1:8
  13. Psalm 79:6 : Ps 14:4; 53:4
  14. Psalm 79:7 : Ps 53:4
  15. Psalm 79:7 : 2 Chr 36:19; Jer 39:8
  16. Psalm 79:8 : Ps 106:6; Is 64:9
  17. Psalm 79:8 : Ps 21:3
  18. Psalm 79:8 : Deut 28:43; Ps 116:6; 142:6; Is 26:5
  19. Psalm 79:9 : 2 Chr 14:11
  20. Psalm 79:9 : Ps 31:3
  21. Psalm 79:9 : Ps 25:11; 65:3
  22. Psalm 79:9 : Jer 14:7
  23. Psalm 79:10 : Ps 42:10; 115:2
  24. Psalm 79:10 : Ps 94:1, 2
  25. Psalm 79:11 : Ps 102:20
  26. Psalm 79:11 : Ps 102:20
  27. Psalm 79:12 : Gen 4:15; Lev 26:21, 28; Ps 12:6; 119:164; Prov 6:31; 24:16; Is 30:26
  28. Psalm 79:12 : Ps 35:13; Is 65:6, 7; Jer 32:18; Luke 6:38
  29. Psalm 79:12 : Ps 74:10, 18, 22
  30. Psalm 79:13 : Ps 74:1; 95:7; 100:3
  31. Psalm 79:13 : Ps 44:8
  32. Psalm 79:13 : Ps 89:1; Is 43:21
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