Psalms 79

¹Unto the end. For those who will be changed. The testimony of Asaph. A Psalm.

²The One who reigns over Israel: Be attentive. For you lead Joseph like a sheep. The One who sits upon the cherubim: Shine forth

³in the presence of Ephraim, Benjamin, and Manasseh. Awaken your power and draw near, so as to accomplish our salvation.

⁴Convert us, O God. And reveal your face, and we will be saved.

⁵O Lord, God of hosts, how long will you be angry over the prayer of your servant?

⁶How long will you feed us the bread of tears, and give us to drink a full measure of tears?

⁷You have set us as a contradiction to our neighbors. And our enemies have ridiculed us.

⁸O God of hosts, convert us. And reveal your face, and we will be saved.

⁹You have transferred a vineyard from Egypt. You have cast out the Gentiles, and planted it.

¹⁰You were the leader of the journey in its sight. You planted its roots, and it filled the earth.

¹¹Its shadow covered the hills, and its branches covered the cedars of God.

¹²It extended its new branches even to the sea, and its new seedlings even to the river.

¹³So then, why have you destroyed its walls, so that all those who pass by the way gather its grapes?

¹⁴The wild boar of the forest has trampled it, and a single wild beast has laid waste to it.

¹⁵Turn back, O God of hosts. Look down from heaven, and see, and visit this vineyard;

¹⁶and complete what your right hand has planted, and look upon the son of man, whom you have confirmed for yourself.

¹⁷Whatever has been set on fire and dug under will perish at the rebuke of your countenance.

¹⁸Let your hand be over the man on your right, and over the son of man, whom you have confirmed for yourself.

¹⁹For we do not depart from you, and you will revive us. And we will invoke your name.

²⁰O Lord, God of hosts, convert us. And reveal your face, and we will be saved.

Psalms 79

¹O God, the heathen are come into thine inheritance; thy holy temple have they defiled; they have laid Jerusalem on heaps.

²The 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.

³Their blood have they shed like water round about Jerusalem; and there was none to bury them.

⁴We are become a reproach to our neighbours, a scorn and derision to them that are round about us.

⁵How long, Lord? wilt thou be angry for ever? shall thy jealousy burn like fire?

⁶Pour out thy wrath upon the heathen that have not known thee, and upon the kingdoms that have not called upon thy name.

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

⁸O remember not against us former iniquities: let thy tender mercies speedily prevent us: for we are brought very low.

⁹Help 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.

¹⁰Wherefore 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.

¹¹Let the sighing of the prisoner come before thee; according to the greatness of thy power preserve thou those that are appointed to die;

¹²And render unto our neighbours sevenfold into their bosom their reproach, wherewith they have reproached thee, O Lord.

¹³So we thy people and sheep of thy pasture will give thee thanks for ever: we will shew forth thy praise to all generations.