79:1 [A Psalm of Asaph.] O God, the nations have come into your inheritance; they have defiled your holy temple; they have laid Jerusalem in ruins. 79:2 They have given the bodies of your servants to the birds of the heavens for food, the flesh of your faithful to the beasts of the earth. 79:3 They have poured out their blood like water all around Jerusalem, and there was no one to bury them. 79:4 We have become a taunt to our neighbors, mocked and derided by those around us. 79:5 How long, O LORD Will you be angry forever Will your jealousy burn like fire 79:6 Pour out your anger on the nations that do not know you, and on the kingdoms that do not call upon your name! 79:7 For they have devoured Jacob and laid waste his habitation. 79:8 Do not remember against us our former iniquities; let your compassion come speedily to meet us, for we are brought very low. 79:9 Help us, O God of our salvation, for the glory of your name; deliver us, and atone for our sins, for your name's sake! 79:10 Why should the nations say, "Where is their God" Let the avenging of the outpoured blood of your servants be known among the nations before our eyes! 79:11 Let the groans of the prisoners come before you; according to your great power, preserve those doomed to die! 79:12 Return sevenfold into the lap of our neighbors the taunts with which they have taunted you, O Lord! 79:13 But we your people, the sheep of your pasture, will give thanks to you forever; from generation to generation we will recount your praise.