Psalm 79-80

English Standard Version

How Long, O Lord?

A Psalm of ^(A)Asaph.

79 O God, ^(B)the nations have come into your ^(C)inheritance;
    they have defiled your ^(D)holy temple;
    they have ^(E)laid Jerusalem in ruins.
²They have given ^(F)the bodies of your servants
    to the birds of the heavens for food,
    the flesh of your ^(G)faithful to ^(H)the beasts of the earth.
³They have poured out their blood like water
    all around Jerusalem,
    and there was ^(I)no one to bury them.
⁴We have become ^(J)a taunt to our neighbors,
    ^(K)mocked and derided by those around us.

⁵^(L)How long, O Lord? Will you be angry ^(M)forever?
    Will your ^(N)jealousy ^(O)burn like fire?
⁶^(P)Pour out your anger on the nations
    that ^(Q)do not know you,
and on the kingdoms
    that ^(R)do not call upon your name!
⁷For they have devoured Jacob
    and laid waste his habitation.

⁸^(S)Do not remember against us ^(T)our former iniquities;^[a]
    let your compassion come speedily to meet us,
    for we are ^(U)brought very low.
⁹^(V)Help us, O God of our salvation,
    for the glory of your name;
deliver us, and ^(W)atone for our sins,
    for your ^(X)name's sake!
¹⁰^(Y)Why should the nations say,
    “Where is their God?”
Let ^(Z)the avenging of the outpoured blood of your servants
    be known among the nations before our eyes!

¹¹Let ^(AA)the groans of the prisoners come before you;
    according to your great power, preserve those ^(AB)doomed to die!
¹²Return ^(AC)sevenfold into the ^(AD)lap of our neighbors
    the ^(AE)taunts with which they have taunted you, O Lord!
¹³But we your people, the ^(AF)sheep of your pasture,
    will ^(AG)give thanks to you forever;
    from generation to generation we will recount your praise.

Restore Us, O God

To the choirmaster: according to ^(AH)Lilies. A Testimony. Of ^(AI)Asaph, a Psalm.

80 Give ear, O Shepherd of Israel,
    you who lead ^(AJ)Joseph like ^(AK)a flock.
You who are ^(AL)enthroned upon the cherubim, ^(AM)shine forth.
²    Before ^(AN)Ephraim and Benjamin and Manasseh,
^(AO)stir up your might
    and ^(AP)come to save us!

³^(AQ)Restore us,^[b] O God;
^(AR)let your face shine, that we may be saved!

⁴O ^(AS)Lord God of hosts,
    ^(AT)how long will you be angry with your people's prayers?
⁵You have fed them with ^(AU)the bread of tears
    and given them tears to drink in full measure.
⁶^(AV)You make us an object of contention for our ^(AW)neighbors,
    and our enemies laugh among themselves.

⁷^(AX)Restore us, O God of hosts;
let your face shine, that we may be saved!

⁸You brought ^(AY)a vine out of Egypt;
    you ^(AZ)drove out the nations and planted it.
⁹You ^(BA)cleared the ground for it;
    it took deep root and filled the land.
¹⁰The mountains were covered with its shade,
    the mighty cedars with its branches.
¹¹It sent out its branches to ^(BB)the sea
    and its shoots to ^(BC)the River.^[c]
¹²Why then have you ^(BD)broken down its walls,
    so that all who pass along the way pluck its fruit?
¹³^(BE)The boar from the forest ravages it,
    and all that move in the field feed on it.

¹⁴Turn again, O God of hosts!
    ^(BF)Look down from heaven, and see;
have regard for this vine,
¹⁵    the stock that your right hand planted,
    and for the son whom you made strong for yourself.
¹⁶They have ^(BG)burned it with fire; they have ^(BH)cut it down;
    may they perish at ^(BI)the rebuke of your face!
¹⁷But ^(BJ)let your hand be on the man of your right hand,
    the son of man whom you have made strong for yourself!
¹⁸Then we shall not turn back from you;
    ^(BK)give us life, and we will call upon your name!

¹⁹^(BL)Restore us, O Lord God of hosts!
Let your face shine, that we may be saved!

Footnotes

Psalm 79:8 Or the iniquities of former generations
Psalm 80:3 Or Turn us again; also verses 7, 19
Psalm 80:11 That is, the Euphrates

Romans 11:1-18

English Standard Version

The Remnant of Israel

11 I ask, then, ^(A)has God rejected his people? By no means! For ^(B)I myself am an Israelite, a descendant of Abraham,^[a] a member of the tribe of Benjamin. ²^(C)God has not rejected his people whom he ^(D)foreknew. Do you not know what the Scripture says of Elijah, how he appeals to God against Israel? ³^(E)“Lord, they have killed your prophets, they have demolished your altars, and I alone am left, and they seek my life.” ⁴But what is God's reply to him? ^(F)“I have kept for myself seven thousand men who have not bowed the knee to Baal.” ⁵So too at the present time there is ^(G)a remnant, chosen by grace. ⁶^(H)But if it is by grace, it is no longer on the basis of works; otherwise grace would no longer be grace.

⁷What then? ^(I)Israel failed to obtain what it was seeking. The elect obtained it, but the rest ^(J)were hardened, ⁸as it is written,

^(K)“God gave them a spirit of stupor,
^(L)eyes that would not see
and ears that would not hear,
down to this very day.”

⁹And David says,

^(M)“Let their table become a snare and a trap,
a stumbling block and a retribution for them;
¹⁰let their eyes be darkened so that they cannot see,
and bend their backs forever.”

Gentiles Grafted In

¹¹So I ask, did they stumble in order that they might fall? By no means! Rather, through their trespass ^(N)salvation has come to the Gentiles, so as to make Israel jealous. ¹²Now if their trespass means riches for the world, and if their failure means riches for the Gentiles, how much more will their full inclusion^[b] mean!

¹³Now I am speaking to you Gentiles. Inasmuch then as ^(O)I am an apostle to the Gentiles, I magnify my ministry ¹⁴in order somehow to make my fellow Jews jealous, and ^(P)thus save some of them. ¹⁵For if their rejection means ^(Q)the reconciliation of the world, what will their acceptance mean but life from the dead? ¹⁶^(R)If the dough offered as firstfruits is holy, so is the whole lump, and if the root is holy, so are the branches.

¹⁷But if ^(S)some of the branches were broken off, and you, ^(T)although a wild olive shoot, were grafted in among the others and now share in the nourishing root^[c] of the olive tree, ¹⁸do not be arrogant toward the branches. If you are, remember it is not you who support the root, but the root that supports you.

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