79:1 {A Psalm of Asaph.} O God, the heathen are come into thine inheritance; thy holy temple have they defiled; they have laid Jerusalem on heaps.
79:1 A Psalm of Asaph. O God, the nations have come into Your inheritance; Your holy temple they have defiled; They have laid Jerusalem in heaps.

79:2 The dead bodies of thy servants have they given [to be] meat unto the fowls of the heaven, the flesh of thy saints unto the beasts of the earth.
79:2 The dead bodies of Your servants They have given as food for the birds of the heavens, The flesh of Your saints to the beasts of the earth.

79:3 Their blood have they shed like water round about Jerusalem; and [there was] none to bury [them].
79:3 Their blood they have shed like water all around Jerusalem, And there was no one to bury them.

79:4 We are become a reproach to our neighbours, a scorn and derision to them that are round about us.
79:4 We have become a reproach to our neighbors, A scorn and derision to those who are around us.

79:5 How long, LORD? wilt thou be angry for ever? shall thy jealousy burn like fire?
79:5 How long, LORD? Will You be angry forever? Will Your jealousy burn like fire?

79:6 Pour out thy wrath upon the heathen that have not known thee, and upon the kingdoms that have not called upon thy name.
79:6 Pour out Your wrath on the nations that do not know You, And on the kingdoms that do not call on Your name.

79:7 For they have devoured Jacob, and laid waste his dwelling place.
79:7 For they have devoured Jacob, And laid waste his dwelling place.

79:8 O remember not against us former iniquities: let thy tender mercies speedily prevent us: for we are brought very low.
79:8 Oh, do not remember former iniquities against us! Let Your tender mercies come speedily to meet us, For we have been brought very low.

79:9 Help us, O God of our salvation, for the glory of thy name: and deliver us, and purge away our sins, for thy name's sake.
79:9 Help us, O God of our salvation, For the glory of Your name; And deliver us, and provide atonement for our sins, For Your name's sake!

79:10 Wherefore should the heathen say, Where [is] their God? let him be known among the heathen in our sight [by] the revenging of the blood of thy servants [which is] shed.
79:10 Why should the nations say, "Where is their God?" Let there be known among the nations in our sight The avenging of the blood of Your servants which has been shed.

79:11 Let the sighing of the prisoner come before thee; according to the greatness of thy power preserve thou those that are appointed to die;
79:11 Let the groaning of the prisoner come before You; According to the greatness of Your power Preserve those who are appointed to die;

79:12 And render unto our neighbours sevenfold into their bosom their reproach, wherewith they have reproached thee, O Lord.
79:12 And return to our neighbors sevenfold into their bosom Their reproach with which they have reproached You, O Lord.

79:13 So we thy people and sheep of thy pasture will give thee thanks for ever: we will shew forth thy praise to all generations.
79:13 So we, Your people and sheep of Your pasture, Will give You thanks forever; We will show forth Your praise to all generations.