PSALM 79-Plea for Mercy for Jerusalem

PSALM 79

Plea for Mercy for Jerusalem

Psalm 79:1 O God, the heathen have come into your inheritance; they have defiled your holy temple; they have laid Jerusalem in ruins.

Psalm 79:2 They have given the bodies of your servants to the birds of the air for food, the flesh of your saints to the beasts of the earth.

Psalm 79:3 They have poured out their blood like water round about Jerusalem, and there was none to bury them.

Psalm 79:4 We have become a taunt to our neighbors, mocked and derided by those round about us.

Psalm 79:5 How long, O LORD? Will you be angry for ever? Will your jealous wrath burn like fire?

Psalm 79:6 Pour out your anger on the nations that do not know you, and on the kingdoms that do not call on your name!

Psalm 79:7 For they have devoured Jacob, and laid waste his habitation.

Psalm 79:8 Do not remember against us the iniquities of our forefathers; let your compassion come speedily to meet us, for we are brought very low.

Psalm 79:9 Help us, O God of our salvation, for the glory of your name; deliver us, and forgive our sins, for your name’s sake!

Psalm 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!

Psalm 79:11 Let the groans of the prisoners come before you; according to your great power preserve those doomed to die!

Psalm 79:12 Return sevenfold into the bosom of our neighbors the taunts with which they have taunted you, O Lord!

Psalm 79:13 Then we your people, the flock of your pasture, will give thanks to you for ever; from generation to generation we will recount your praise.