Psalm 79-80

New American Standard Bible

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

A Psalm of Asaph.

79 God, the ^(A)nations have ^[a]invaded ^(B)Your inheritance;
They have defiled Your ^(C)holy temple;
They have ^(D)laid Jerusalem in ruins.
²They have given the ^(E)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.
³They have poured out their blood like water all around Jerusalem;
And there was ^(F)no one to bury them.
⁴We have become a ^(G)disgrace before our neighbors,
An object of derision and ridicule to those around us.
⁵^(H)How long, Lord? Will You be angry forever?
Will Your ^(I)jealousy ^(J)burn like fire?
⁶^(K)Pour out Your wrath upon the nations which ^(L)do not know You,
And upon the kingdoms which ^(M)do not call upon Your name.
⁷For they have ^(N)devoured Jacob
And ^(O)laid waste his ^[b]settlement.

⁸^(P)Do not ^[c]hold us responsible for ^[d]the guilty deeds of our forefathers;
Let Your compassion come quickly to ^(Q)meet us,
For we have ^(R)become very low.
⁹^(S)Help us, God of our salvation, for the glory of ^(T)Your name;
And save us and ^[e]^(U)forgive our sins ^(V)for the sake of Your name.
¹⁰^(W)Why should the nations say, “Where is their God?”
Let ^(X)vengeance for the blood of Your servants which has been shed
Be known among the nations in our sight.
¹¹Let ^(Y)the groaning of the prisoner come before You;
According to the greatness of Your ^[f]power, let ^[g]those who are ^(Z)doomed to die remain.
¹²And return to our neighbors ^(AA)seven times as much ^(AB)into their lap
Their ^(AC)taunts with which they have taunted You, Lord.
¹³So we Your people and the ^(AD)sheep of Your ^[h]pasture
Will ^(AE)give thanks to You forever;
To all generations we will ^(AF)tell of Your praise.

God Implored to Rescue His People from Their Calamities.

For the music director; set to ^[i]El Shoshannim; ^[j]Eduth. A Psalm of Asaph.

80 Listen, ^(AG)Shepherd of Israel,
Who leads ^(AH)Joseph like a flock;
You who ^(AI)are enthroned above the cherubim, shine forth!
²Before ^(AJ)Ephraim, Benjamin, and Manasseh, ^(AK)awaken Your power,
And come to save us!
³God, ^(AL)restore us
And ^(AM)make Your face shine upon us, ^[k]and we will be saved.

⁴^(AN)Lord God of armies,
^(AO)How long will You ^[l]be angry with the prayer of Your people?
⁵You have fed them with the ^(AP)bread of tears,
And You have made them drink tears in ^[m]large measure.
⁶You make us ^[n]an object of contention ^(AQ)to our neighbors,
And our enemies laugh among themselves.
⁷God of armies, restore us
And make Your face shine upon us, ^[o]and we will be saved.

⁸You removed a ^(AR)vine from Egypt;
You ^(AS)drove out the ^[p]nations and ^(AT)planted it.
⁹You ^(AU)cleared the ground before it,
And it ^(AV)took deep root and filled the land.
¹⁰The mountains were covered with its shadow,
And ^[q]the cedars of God with its ^(AW)branches.
¹¹It was sending out its branches ^(AX)to the sea
And its shoots to the Euphrates River.
¹²Why have You ^(AY)broken down its ^[r]hedges,
So that all who pass that way pick its fruit?
¹³A boar from the forest ^(AZ)eats it away,
And whatever moves in the field feeds on it.

¹⁴God of armies, do ^(BA)turn back;
^(BB)Look down from heaven and see, and take care of this vine,
¹⁵The ^[s]^(BC)shoot which Your right hand has planted,
And of the ^[t]son whom You have ^[u]strengthened for Yourself.
¹⁶It is ^(BD)burned with fire, it is cut down;
They perish from the ^(BE)rebuke of Your face.
¹⁷Let ^(BF)Your hand be upon the man of Your right hand,
Upon the son of man whom You ^(BG)made strong for Yourself.
¹⁸Then we will not ^(BH)turn back from You;
^(BI)Revive us, and we will call upon Your name.
¹⁹Lord God of armies, ^(BJ)restore us;
Make Your face shine upon us, ^[v]and we will be saved.