Psalms 79

A lament over the destruction of Jerusalem, and prayer for help.

The dead bodies of thy servants have they given to be food unto the birds of the heavens,

Their blood have they shed like water round about Jerusalem;

We are become a reproach to our neighbors,

How long, O Jehovah? wilt thou be angry for ever?

Pour out thy wrath upon the nations that know thee not,

For they have devoured Jacob,

Remember not against us the iniquities of our forefathers:

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

Wherefore should the nations say, Where is their God?

Let the sighing of the prisoner come before thee:

And render unto our neighbors sevenfold into their bosom

So we thy people and sheep of thy pasture