Previous Chapter Full Page Full Page Next Chapter

Psalm 79 :: New American Standard Bible 2020 (NASB20)

Grieving over the Destruction of Jerusalem, and Prayer for Help.

Psa 79:1

A Psalm of Asaph.

God, the nations have [fn]invaded Your inheritance;

They have defiled Your holy temple;

They have laid Jerusalem in ruins.

Psa 79:2

They have given the dead bodies of Your servants to the birds of the sky as food,

The flesh of Your godly ones to the animals of the earth.

Psa 79:3

They have poured out their blood like water all around Jerusalem;

And there was no one to bury them.

Psa 79:4

We have become a disgrace before our neighbors,

An object of derision and ridicule to those around us.

Psa 79:5

How long, LORD? Will You be angry forever?

Will Your jealousy burn like fire?

Psa 79:6

Pour out Your wrath upon the nations which do not know You,

And upon the kingdoms which do not call upon Your name.

Psa 79:7

For they have devoured Jacob

And laid waste his [fn]settlement.

Psa 79:8

Do not [fn]hold us responsible for [fn]the guilty deeds of our forefathers;

Let Your compassion come quickly to meet us,

For we have become very low.

Psa 79:9

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

And save us and [fn]forgive our sins for the sake of Your name.

Psa 79:10

Why should the nations say, “Where is their God?”

Let vengeance for the blood of Your servants which has been shed

Be known among the nations in our sight.

Psa 79:11

Let the groaning of the prisoner come before You;

According to the greatness of Your [fn]power, let [fn]those who are doomed to die remain.

Psa 79:12

And return to our neighbors seven times as much into their lap

Their taunts with which they have taunted You, Lord.

Psa 79:13

So we Your people and the sheep of Your [fn]pasture

Will give thanks to You forever;

To all generations we will tell of Your praise.

NASB20 Footnotes
Lit come into
Lit pasture
Lit remember against us
Or our former sins
Lit cover over, atone for
Lit arm
Lit the sons of death
Or pasturing
Translation Copyright Logo

New American Standard Bible 2020
Copyright (c) 1960, 1962, 1963, 1968, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1977, 1995, 2020
by The Lockman Foundation, La Habra, Calif.
All rights reserved
https://www.lockman.org/new-american-standard-bible-nasb/

The "NASB," "NAS," "New American Standard Bible," and "New American Standard" trademarks are registered in the United States Patent and Trademark Office by The Lockman Foundation. Use of these trademarks requires the permission of The Lockman Foundation.

For Permission To Quote visit http://www.lockman.org

For more information on this translation, see the NASB20 Preface.

Psalm Chapter 79 — Additional Translations: