Psalm 79 :: American Standard Version (ASV)

A Lament over the Destruction of Jerusalem, and Prayer for Help.

Psa 79:1

A Psalm of Asaph.

O God, the nations are come into thine inheritance;

Thy holy temple have they defiled;

They have laid Jerusalem in heaps.

Psa 79:2

The dead bodies of thy servants have they given to be food unto the birds of the heavens,

The flesh of thy saints unto the beasts of the earth.

Psa 79:3

Their blood have they shed like water round about Jerusalem;

And there was none to bury them.

Psa 79:4

We are become a reproach to our neighbors,

A scoffing and derision to them that are round about us.

Psa 79:5

How long, O Jehovah? wilt thou be angry for ever?

Shall thy jealousy burn like fire?

Psa 79:6

Pour out thy wrath upon the nations that know thee not,

And upon the kingdoms that call not upon thy name.

Psa 79:7

For they have devoured Jacob,

And laid waste his habitation.

Psa 79:8

Remember not against us the iniquities of our forefathers:

Let thy tender mercies speedily meet us;

For we are brought very low.

Psa 79:9

Help us, O God of our salvation, for the glory of thy name;

And deliver us, and forgive our sins, for thy name’s sake.

Psa 79:10

Wherefore should the nations say, Where is their God?

Let the avenging of the blood of thy servants which is shed

Be known among the nations in our sight.

Psa 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 death;

Psa 79:12

And render unto our neighbors sevenfold into their bosom

Their reproach, wherewith they have reproached thee, O Lord.

Psa 79:13

So we thy people and sheep of thy pasture

Will give thee thanks for ever:

We will show forth thy praise to all generations.

Thomas Nelson & Sons first published the American Standard Version in 1901. This translation of the Bible is in the public domain.

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Psalm 79 :: American Standard Version (ASV)

A Lament over the Destruction of Jerusalem, and Prayer for Help.

Psalm Chapter 79 — Additional Translations:

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