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Saamu ti Asafu.

79 Ọlọ́run, àwọn orílẹ̀-èdè ti wá ilẹ̀ ìní rẹ;
    wọ́n ti ba tẹmpili mímọ́ rẹ jẹ́,
    wọn di Jerusalẹmu kù sí òkìtì àlàpà.
Wọn ti fi ara òkú àwọn ìránṣẹ́ rẹ
    fún àwọn ẹyẹ ojú ọ̀run ní oúnjẹ,
    ẹran-ara àwọn ènìyàn mímọ́ rẹ̀ fún ẹranko ilẹ̀.
Wọ́n tu ẹ̀jẹ̀ jáde gẹ́gẹ́ bí omi
    yí Jerusalẹmu ká,
    kò sì ṣí àwọn tí yóò sìn wọ́n.
Àwa di ohun ẹ̀gàn sí àwọn tí ó yí wa ká,
    àbùkù àti ìfiṣe ẹlẹ́yà sí àwọn tí ó yí wa ká.

Nígbà wo, Olúwa? Ní ìwọ ó máa bínú títí láé?
    Yóò ti pẹ́ tó ti owú rẹ yóò ha jò bí iná?
Tú ìbínú rẹ jáde sí orílẹ̀-èdè
    tí kò ní ìmọ̀ rẹ,
lórí àwọn ìjọba
    tí kò pe orúkọ rẹ;
Nítorí wọ́n ti run Jakọbu
    wọ́n sì sọ ibùgbé rẹ di ahoro.

Má ṣe ka ẹ̀ṣẹ̀ àwọn baba wa sí wa lọ́rùn
    jẹ́ kí àánú rẹ wá kánkán láti bá wa,
    nítorí tí a rẹ̀ wá sílẹ̀ gidigidi.
Ràn wá lọ́wọ́, Ọlọ́run Olùgbàlà wa,
    fún ògo orúkọ rẹ;
gbà wá kí o sì dárí ẹ̀ṣẹ̀ wa jì
    nítorí orúkọ rẹ.
10 Àwọn orílẹ̀-èdè yóò máa wí pé,
    “Níbo ni Ọlọ́run wọn wà?”

Ní ojú wa, kí a mọ̀ láàrín àwọn orílẹ̀-èdè
    kí ó sì gbẹ̀san àwọn ẹ̀jẹ̀ ìránṣẹ́ rẹ tí a tú jáde.
11 Jẹ́ kí ìmí ẹ̀dùn oǹdè náà wá síwájú rẹ,
    gẹ́gẹ́ bí títóbi agbára rẹ
    ìwọ ṣe ìtọ́jú àwọn ti a dá lẹ́bi ikú.
12 San án padà sí àyà àwọn aládùúgbò wa nígbà méje
    nípa ẹ̀gàn tí wọn ti gàn ọ́ Olúwa.
13 Nígbà náà àwa ènìyàn rẹ,
    àti àgùntàn pápá rẹ,
yóò fi ọpẹ́ fún ọ títí láé;
    láti ìran dé ìran
ni àwa ó fi ìyìn rẹ hàn.

A Dirge and a Prayer for Israel, Destroyed by Enemies

A Psalm of Asaph.

79 O God, the [a]nations have come into (A)Your inheritance;
Your holy temple they have defiled;
(B)They have laid Jerusalem [b]in heaps.
(C)The dead bodies of Your servants
They have given as food for the birds of the heavens,
The flesh of Your saints to the beasts of the earth.
Their blood they have shed like water all around Jerusalem,
And there was no one to bury them.
We have become a reproach to our (D)neighbors,
A scorn and derision to those who are around us.

(E)How long, Lord?
Will You be angry forever?
Will Your (F)jealousy burn like fire?
(G)Pour out Your wrath on the [c]nations that (H)do not know You,
And on the kingdoms that (I)do not call on Your name.
For they have devoured Jacob,
And laid waste his dwelling place.

(J)Oh, do not remember [d]former iniquities against us!
Let Your tender mercies come speedily to meet us,
For we have been brought very low.
Help us, O God of our salvation,
For the glory of Your name;
And deliver us, and provide atonement for our sins,
(K)For Your name’s sake!
10 (L)Why should the [e]nations say,
“Where is their God?”
Let there be known among the nations in our sight
The avenging of the blood of Your servants which has been shed.

11 Let (M)the groaning of the prisoner come before You;
According to the greatness of Your [f]power
Preserve those who are appointed to die;
12 And return to our neighbors (N)sevenfold into their bosom
(O)Their reproach with which they have reproached You, O Lord.

13 So (P)we, Your people and sheep of Your pasture,
Will give You thanks forever;
(Q)We will show forth Your praise to all generations.

Footnotes

  1. Psalm 79:1 Gentiles
  2. Psalm 79:1 in ruins
  3. Psalm 79:6 Gentiles
  4. Psalm 79:8 Or against us the iniquities of those who were before us
  5. Psalm 79:10 Gentiles
  6. Psalm 79:11 Lit. arm